Mordechai Shani
Mordechai Shani is an Israeli physician. He is Professor of Healthcare Systems at Tel Aviv University. He served as the Director General of the Sheba Medical Center. He was the recipient of the Israel Prize in 2009.
Early life
Mordechai Shani received an M.D. from the Hadassah Medical School at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Career
He has served as the Director General of the Sheba Medical Center for thirty-three years. He also helped found the School for Health Policy at Tel Aviv University in 2005, and served as its Head until 2009. He served as the Director of the Israeli Ministry of Health in 1979 and again from 1993 to 1994. He was instrumental in the passing of a national healthcare insurance policy for Israeli citizens.
He is Professor of Healthcare Systems at Tel Aviv University. He is also the Founder and Chairman of the Management Committee of the Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research.
In 2009, he was awarded the Israel Prize from the State of Israel for 'Lifetime Achievement.' The prize was met with controversy, as an advocacy group accused Shani of working for a private corporation in Hungary, which he denied.
Mordecai
Mordecai or Mordechai (Hebrew: מָרְדֳּכַי, Modern Mordekhay, Tiberian Mordŏḵáy, Persian: مردخای, IPA value: [mɔrdɔ̆ˈxɑj]) is one of the main personalities in the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. He was the son of Jair, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Biblical account
Mordecai resided in Susa (Shushan or Shoushan), the metropolis of Persia (now Iran). He adopted his cousin (Esther 2:7), Hadassah (Esther), an orphan child, whom he brought up as if she were his own daughter. When "young virgins" were sought, she was taken into the presence of King Ahasuerus and was made queen in the place of the exiled queen Vashti. Mordecai was referred to subsequently as one of those who "sat in the king's gate" to indicate his position of closeness to the king. While holding this office, he discovered a plot of the king's chamberlains Bigthan and Teresh to assassinate the king. Because of Mordecai's vigilance, the plot was foiled. His services to the king in this matter was duly recorded in the king's royal diary.
Mordecai (disambiguation)
Mordecai is one of the main personalities in the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible.
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