Dan Be'eri

Dan Be'eri (born 1944 or 1945) is a French-born Israeli rabbi, founder of the Jewish educational method known as the Barkai method and a former member of Gush Emunim and the Jewish Underground.

Biography Born to a French Protestant family, his father having converted to Protestantism from Catholicism. He immigrated to Israel after the Six Day War after previously living in the country for a short period of time as a kibbutz volunteer before returning to France for his university studies. The couple had nine children. Be'eri completed his studies at a yeshiva in 1973. According to Be'eri, the plan aimed to provoke Egypt into abandoning its peace treaty with Israel, and delay the return of the Sinai Peninsula (then under Israeli control) to Egypt. He reached a plea bargain deal in March 1985.

He has promoted the celebrating of Hannukah through the lens of modern Zionism, drawing parallels between the Macabees and the Jewish Underground.

Be'eri has criticized the traditional model of yeshiva learning, believing it to no longer be necessary in the modern state of Israel.