Chimen Abramsky (Hebrew: שמעון אברמסקי; 12 September 1916 – 14 March 2010) was emeritus professor of Jewish studies at University College London.

[2][6][7] Three years later, in 1935, he travelled to Palestine to study history at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem but became involved in socialist campus politics.

On one occasion he was beaten up by future Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Shamir – then a leading figure in the rightwing Irgun.

The house Chimen and Miriam shared in Highgate, Northern London,[11] was considered an important destination for thinkers and scholars.

[6] In 1966, he was invited to take up a newly created lectureship in modern Jewish history at University College London.