Menahem Ben

Menahem Ben (Hebrew: מנחם בן‎; born October 31, 1948) is an Israeli poet and journalist and an outspoken literary and culture critic. He is a frequent op-ed contributor and authors two weekly columns, on culture and literature, in the Maariv daily newspaper, as well as a monthly book review page in that paper's literary supplement. He specializes in publishing provocative opinions, for instance that Charles Darwin's theory of evolution is an "idiotic idea" (Haaretz, 30 November, 2017). The general opinion among intellectuals in Israel is that his opinions on morality, culture and biology are not worth noticing.