Professor Idith Zertal (Ph.D.) is a leading Israeli historian and
essayist, the author of many books and articles on Jewish, Zionist
and Israeli history. She has taught history and cultural studies at
the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at the Interdisciplinary
Center Herzliya. She has also been a visiting professor at the
University of Chicago and at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en
Sciences Sociales in Paris, and senior research fellow at research
institutes in the United States, Europe and Israel. She currently
teaches at the University of Basel, and is lecturing regularly in
Germany, France, and Israel. Among her major publications: From
Catastrophe to Power, Holocaust Survivors and the Emergence of
Israel and Israel's Holocaust and the Politics of Nationhood.
Akiva Eldar is currently a chief political columnist and editorial
writer for the prestigious Israeli national daily Ha'aretz. His
columns also appear regularly in the Ha'aretz-Herald Tribune
edition. In May 2006 The Financial Times selected him among the
most prominent and influential commentators in the world.
Mr Eldar was previously (1993-1996) the Ha'aretz US Bureau Chief
and Washington correspondent, covering the Peace Process, US-Israel
relations, American issues and Israel-Diaspora relations. Prior to
this, from 1983-1993 Mr. Eldar was diplomatic correspondent for
Ha'aretz and its municipal correspondent covering Jerusalem
(1978-1983).
He has appeared many times on news programm such as Nightline, The
Lehrer Show, Charlie Rose Show, CNN News and CBS Morning News,
current affairs programs on Israeli television, as well as NPR talk
shows.
Mr Eldar contributes to the op-ed pages of The New York Times, LA
Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The International Herald Tribune
and The New York Jewish Week. Mr. Eldar has lectured extensively
for the Jewish community and on campuses throughout the US, Canada
and Australia and has participated in various Israeli-Arab-European
seminars.
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