About the Author

Tudor Parfitt is Distinguished Professor and President Navon Professor of Sephardi and Mizrahi studies at Florida International University, USA. He is also Director of the Global Jewish Studies Program, a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and corresponding fellow of the Académie Royale des Sciences d’Outre-Mer, Belgium. His publications include In the Shadow of Moses: New Jewish Movements in Africa and the Diaspora (with Lis, Miles, 2016); Black Zion (with Bruder, 2012); and Black Jews in Africa and the Americas (2013).Netanel Fisher is a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication at the Open University of Israel. His publications include The Conversion Challenge in Israel: Analysis and Recommendations (Hewbrew) (2015).