David Hazony
Director of the Institute

David Hazony, Director and Steinhardt Senior Fellow of the Z3 Institute for Jewish Priorities, brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to our mission. An award-winning editor, translator and author, his work has been pivotal in shaping the discourse on Jewish thought and Zionism.

David is an award-winning editor, translator and author. He is the editor of Jewish Priorities (Wicked Son, 2023), the former editor-in-chief of the journal Azure and was the founding editor of TheTower.org. 

His book The Ten Commandments (Scribner, 2010) was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. His translation of Uri Bar-Joseph’s The Angel (HarperCollins, 2016) was a winner of the National Jewish Book Award. He has edited two previous anthologies: Essential Essays on Judaism by Eliezer Berkovits (Shalem, 2002), and, with Yoram Hazony and Michael B. Oren, New Essays on Zionism (Shalem, 2007). He has a Ph.D. in Jewish Philosophy from the Hebrew University and lives in Jerusalem.