Yoram Bilu (; born March 6, 1942) is an Israeli professor emeritus of anthropology and psychology at the

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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

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in sociology and anthropology. He is a member of the

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. From 2003 to 2004 he held a fellowship at the

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. 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.

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