Simon N Herman

Simon N. Herman is professor of social psychology in the department of psychology and the Institute of Contemporary Jewry of the Hebrew University. A graduate of the University of Cape Town and of the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, he continued his studies in the United States at Harvard University and at the Research Center for Group Dynamics (then at M.I.T.), where he worked under its founder, the late professor Kurt Lewin. He has devoted particular attention to the...See more

Simon N. Herman is professor of social psychology in the department of psychology and the Institute of Contemporary Jewry of the Hebrew University. A graduate of the University of Cape Town and of the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, he continued his studies in the United States at Harvard University and at the Research Center for Group Dynamics (then at M.I.T.), where he worked under its founder, the late professor Kurt Lewin. He has devoted particular attention to the application of the theories and methods of social psychology to the problems of contemporary Jewish life. He is the author of "The Reaction of Jews to Anti-Semitism; American Students in Israel; "and "Israelis and Jews: The Continuity of an Identity." See less