David Rabeeya

{{Short description|American author and educator (1938–2022)}}

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| birth_name = Hikmat Rabeeya

| birth_date = May 12, 1938

| birth_place = Baghdad, Iraq

| death_date = February 18, 2022 (aged 83)

| death_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| occupation = Educator, Author, Poet

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| genre = Non-fiction

| subject = Iraqi Affairs, Judaism, Women's Issues, Rational Thought

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David Rabeeya (May 12, 1938 – February 18, 2022) was an Israeli-American author and professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies.

Dr. Rabeeya was a practicing Sephardic Jew born in Baghdad, Iraq and raised in an Arabic household. His family moved to Israel in 1951. In 1970, he moved to the United States. Dr. Rabeeya taught students at elementary school, high school, and university levels. He worked for 33 years at Bryn Mawr College where he was a lecturer in the Program in Hebrew and Judaic Studies.{{Cite web |date=2004-04-22 |title=RECEPTION TO HONOR RETIRING 33-YEAR VETERAN DAVID RABEEYA |url=http://www.brynmawr.edu/news/2004-04-22/rabeeya.shtml |url-status=dead |website=Bryn Mawr Now|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307073927/http://www.brynmawr.edu/news/2004-04-22/rabeeya.shtml |archive-date=2008-03-07 }} Dr. Rabeeya has written books on various subjects focusing on the Middle East and the relationship between Jews and other groups.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121108043411/http://www.angelfire.com/ultra/drabeeya/ Rabbi David Rabeeya, Ph.D]{{Better citation|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS).|date=July 2024}}

Rabeeya died on February 18, 2022, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the age of 83.{{Cite web |title=DAVID RABEEYA Obituary (2022) - Philadelphia, PA - The Philadelphia Inquirer |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/inquirer/name/david-rabeeya-obituary?id=33116609 |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=Legacy.com}}