Jacob Hen-Tov (Hebrew: יעקב חן-טוב; born 24 August 1932) is an Israeli-American academic specializing in the history and politics of Russia and the Middle East and the legal system of the former Soviet Union.
[2] Hen-Tov spent his early employment years as a teacher in the Israeli educational system and subsequently, after training as a journalist, became a correspondent in criminal and legal affairs and later a parliamentary correspondent for the Israeli daily newspaper Herut.
Upon the completion of his legal studies in Tel-Aviv, he did his internship as a lawyer in the law firm of Dr. Samuel Fischelev (who later served as Israel's ambassador to the Philippines).
In 1975, Hen-Tov assumed the position of professor of history and government at the U.S. Army Russian Institute (Department of Defense) in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
In addition to his position at the U.S. Russian Institute (and later the George C. Marshall Center), Hen-Tov was a lecturer of history and government at the University of Maryland's European Extension Program (1976–96), an adjunct associate professor of Soviet government at Georgetown University (1983–84), and an adjunct professor of international relations at the NATO Military Academy-SHAPE, in Oberammergau, Germany (1981–88).