His first book, "The Ten Commandments: How Our Most Ancient Moral Text Can Renew Modern Life" (Scribner, 2010), was a finalist for the 2010 National Jewish Book Award.
From 2004-2007, Hazony served as editor-in-chief of Azure, the quarterly journal of Jewish public thought published by the Shalem Center. He completed his PhD at Hebrew University in Jewish Philosophy, and has focused his research on the thought of Eliezer Berkovits, including two major essays on his thought, and editing two volumes of Berkovits' writings.
Hazony also translated Emunah Elon's novel "If You Awaken Love," which was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award in 2007; and Uri Bar-Joseph's Bestseller "The Angel" (HarperCollins, 2014).
He is the Director and Steinhardt Senior Fellow at the Z3 Institute for Jewish Priorities.
From 2013-2017, he moved to Washington DC where he served as Founding Editor of The Tower Magazine, a publication covering politics and culture of the Middle East.