Shimon Rubinstein is an Israeli historian born in Barlad, Romania, in 1941 who emigrated to Israel in 1950. He holds a degree from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem in the field of general world history and political science (1965). Since 1968 he has been working at Yad Ben Zvi, Jerusalem. He is the author of books and articles, mainly in connection with the history of Eretz Israel in the 19th and 20th centuries. He has specialized particularly in research on the history of Palestine during the transition period from Turkish to British Rule. His books have been published mainly in Hebrew and include the following titles:
         German Atrocity or British Propaganda, The Seventieth Anniversary of a Scandal: German Corpse Utilization Establishments in the First World War, Jerusalem 1987;
        At A Close Perspective, Reflexions on the Centenary of David Ben-Gurion, A few suggestions to the historian of 2086, Jerusalem, 1986;
        The Negev, The Great Zionist Blunder, 1919-1929, 4 vols. 1988;
        German-Turkish Endeavours in the Fields of Engineering, Water Exploration and Agriculture in the Sinai and the Negev during WWI and the Part played therein by the (Jewish) Yishuv,  1989;
        Crisis and Change, Petah Tikva in transition from Turkish to British Rule vol. 1-5, Jerusalem 1990-1992;
        At the Height of Expectations, the Land Policy of the Zionist Commission in 1918, Jerusalem 1992;
        From Barlad to the Maabarah of Rosh Pina: the first years of an immigrant family in Galilee 1950-1956, Tel Aviv 1993, Jerusalem 1995;
        Despite Birth Pangs and Uncertainty - On the history of the Institute for the Study of Jewish Communities in the East, 1947-1952 (1995);
        An Exemplary Rabbi, How the Chief Rabbi of Damascus, Rabbi Dr. Shelomo Tagger, saved his community during the Druze Revolt of 1925 (1995);
        A look at the Jewish Community in Gaza 1870-1929 (1995);
        Coinage, Measures and Weights in Eretz Israel from the Beginning of the 19th Century to the Period of Transition from Ottoman to British Rule. This book is regarded as an important contribution to the research of the economic history of Palestine during the 19th and 20th centuries.
        The Gate to the South, 1998;
        A Personal Exchange of Letters with a Hebrew Patriot in the Diaspora 1985-1995, 2 vols., 1999;
        Studies of the Efforts to Seatle the Negev from the First Alyiah to the Mass Alyiah (1882-1956) in 10 vols Jerusalem 2000;
        And Nevertheless Moshe Malal and Yosef Amozag were the First Martirs of the Yisuv in the 20 Century - 4 vols, 2001;
        The Participationof Teachers from Eretz Israel in the Effort and Strugle ti Promote Hebrew Language and Hebrew Education in the Meddle East and North Africa in the First Half of the 20 Century (in memoriam of my belowed wife, the painter Gretty Rubinstein), November 2001;
        Tangential History, vol. 1, Jerusalem 2003

Bibliographies and edited works:   
        1. Bibliography Rachel Yanait Ben Zvi (wife of the second president of Israel), Jerusalem 1978
        2. Ben-Hillel Hacohen, Mordechai, War of the Nations; An Eretz Israel Diary 1914 - 1918, 2 vols. Jerusalem 1981 - 1985
        3. Rubinstein , Nathan (Father of Shimon Rubinstein), Loving Memories of my Hometown Botosani (1913-1930), Jerusalem 2003