Raanan Rein

Raanan Rein (Hebrew: ‎רענן ריין; 17 June 1960) is the Elías Sourasky Professor of Latin American and Spanish History and former Vice President of Tel Aviv University.

[2] He is a member of Argentina's National Academy of History,[2] and former President of the Latin American Jewish Studies Association (LAJSA).

Rein was born in Givataim (Israel) where he grew up and attended "Shimom Ben Tzvi" High School.

Shlomo Ben-Ami and Tzvi Medin, dealt with the Franco-Perón Alliance and Spanish-Argentine relations after World War II.

Between the years 2012-2021, Rein served as Tel Aviv University’s Vice President for Global Engagement.

Rein is also the co-editor of the journal Estudios Interdisciplinarios de América Latina y el Caribe, editor of the book series in Spanish Nuevas miradas a la Argentina del siglo XX published by Lumière in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and editor of Brill's book series Jewish Latin America: Issues and Methods.

In May 2017 The Argentine University of San Martin (UNSAM) conferred upon him an Honorary Doctorate.In January 2020, awarded the title Ufficiale dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia by the Italian government for his contribution to the promotion of academic relations and cooperation between Italy and Israel.