Yoram Bilu

Yoram Bilu (יורם בילו; born March 6, 1942) is an Israeli professor emeritus of anthropology and psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Member of the Israeli Academy of Sciences and Humanities..



He is known for his work on folk religion (messianism, saint worship);  the interaction between culture and mental health; the sanctification of space in Israel; and the religious and cultural practices of Moroccan Jews. He is recipient of 2013 the Israel Prize in sociology and anthropology. He is a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

From 2003 to 2004 he held a fellowship at the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. He has also been a member of the Israeli Society and of the American Association of Anthropology and serves as a member of the following scientific journals: Transcultural Psychiatry, Anthropology and Medicine, Contemporary Jewry.