Curriculum
Vita
EDUCATION:
Ph.D.,
Political Science, UCLA, 1987
M.P.P.,
Public Policy, Graduate School
of Public Policy, UC Berkeley,
1983
B.A.,
with Honors, Economics, UC Santa
Barbara, 1981
OCCUPATIONAL
HISTORY:
Executive
Director, The American-Israeli
Cooperative Enterprise, Washington,
D.C., 1993-Present. Responsible
for developing policies,
managing the staff, developing
the budget and administering
finances. Also, the organization’s
advocate, fundraiser, principal
writer and public spokesman.
Created and maintains the
organization’s web
site, the Jewish Virtual
Library (www.JewishVirtualLibrary.org).
Lecturer/Consultant,
1993-Present. Variety of services
provided including lectures, writing newsletters,
issue analyses, indexes, speeches,
advocacy training, and columns.
Clients have included Hillel,
the American Israel Public Affairs
Committee, the Zionist Organization
of America, Israel Bonds, and the Jewish National
Fund.
Associate
Director of Research & Information,
American Israel Public Affairs
Committee, and Contributing
Editor, Near East
Report, Washington, DC,
1992. Wrote weekly articles
for NER, conducted research
on U.S. Middle East policy,
prepared testimony, talking
points and background materials
for political and legislative
departments. Since 1989, gave
more than 60 speeches and briefings.
Editor, Near
East Report, Washington,
D.C., 1989-92. Responsible
for all aspects of publication
of weekly newsletter on U.S.
Middle East policy. Supervised
staff and administered $600,000
budget. Also responsible for
writing, production and negotiations
related to Myths And Facts.
Analyst, George Bush
for President Survey Research
Group, Washington, DC, 1988.
Responsible for target groups,
foreign affairs, national poll
analysis, and special projects.
Postdoctoral
Fellow, UC Irvine. 1986-1987.
Collaborated on research concerning
the politics behind the rescue
of Ethiopian Jews.
Teaching
Assistant, Department
of Political Science, UCLA,
1984-1987. Courses in Public
Opinion and Voting Behavior,
Constitutional Law, American
Politics, American Foreign
Policy and Public Administration.
Research
Assistant, Comparative
Higher Education Research Group
and Higher Education Research
Institute, UCLA, 1984. Conducted
interviews and research for
Carnegie Foundation study on
the academic profession.
Analyst,
American Enterprise Institute,
Washington, DC, 1982. Researched
and wrote articles for Inflation
Watchnewsletter and assisted
in research on book concerning
Camp David peace process.
Analyst,
California Employment Development
Department, Sacramento, California,
1980-81. Helped develop high-technology
job training program for the
disabled. Wrote analysis of California
solar industry. Authored “California’s
Leading Growth Industries.
FELLOWSHIPS
AND AWARDS:
Goldsmith
Research Award, Joan Shorenstein
Barone Center on the Press,
Politics and Public Policy,
Harvard University, 1993.
Moody
Grant, Lyndon Baines Johnson
Foundation, 1985-1986.
Graduate
Honor Society, University of
California, Berkeley, 1982-1983
President’s
Undergraduate Research Fellowship,
University of California at Santa
Barbara, 1981
National
Economic Honor Society, University
of California at Santa Barbara,
1980-1981
Regents’
Scholar, University of California at
Santa Barbara, 1977-1981
BOOKS:
The
Water’s Edge and Beyond:
Defining the Limits to Domestic
Influence on U.S. Middle East Policy, (NJ:
Transaction Books, 1991)
U.S.-Israel
Relations: Looking To The Year
2000, AIPAC Papers On U.S.-Israel
Relations: 17, (DC:
American Israel Public Affairs
Committee, 1991)
Myths
And Facts: A Concise Record Of
The Arab-Israeli Conflict,
(DC, Near East Research, Inc.,
1992), with
Joel Himelfarb
Partners
for Change: How U.S.-Israel Cooperation
Can Benefit America, (MD: American-Israeli
Cooperative Enterprise,
1993)
Forgotten
Victims: The Abandonment of Americans
in Hitler’s Camps, (Westview
Press, 1994, paper, HarperCollins/Westview,
1995)
Learning
Together: Israeli Innovations In
Education That Could Benefit Americans, edited
book written by A. Harry Passow,
(MD: American-Israeli Cooperative
Enterprise, 1995)
Experience
Counts: Innovative Programs For
The Elderly In Israel That Can
Benefit Americans, edited book
written by Tamara Barnea et al.,
(MD: American-Israeli Cooperative
Enterprise, 1995)
Breakthrough
Dividend: Israeli Innovation In
Biotechnology That Could Benefit
Americans, edited book written
by Irvin Asher, (MD: American-Israeli
Cooperative Enterprise, 1995)
Building
Bridges: Lessons For America From
Novel Israeli Approaches To Promote
Coexistence, (MD: American-Israeli
Cooperative, Enterprise, 1997)
The
Complete Idiot's Guide to World
War II, (NY: MacMillan, 1998)
The
Complete Idiot's Guide To Middle
East Conflict, (NY: MacMillan,
1999)
The
Complete History of the Holocaust, Ed.,
(CA: Greenhaven Press, 2001)
The
Holocaust, Ed., Turning Points
in History Series, (CA: Greenhaven
Press, 2001)
The
Nuremberg Trials, Ed., At Issue
in History Series, (CA: Greenhaven
Press, 2001)
The
Nuremberg Trials, Ed., Witness
to History Series, (CA: Greenhaven
Press, 2002)
The
Politics Behind the Rescue of Ethiopian
Jews, (CT: Greenwood Press,
2002)
The
Complete Idiot's Guide To Understanding
the Brain, with Dr. Arthur
Bard, (NY: Alpha Books, 2002)
The
Complete Idiot's Guide To Middle
East Conflict, 2nd Edition,
(NY: Alpha Books, 2002)
On
One Foot: A Middle East Guide for
the Perplexed or How to Respond
on Your Way to Class When Your
Best Friend Joins an Anti-Israel
Protest, (CA: BE, Inc., 2002)
The
Founding of Israel, Ed., (CT:
Greenhaven Press, 2003)
The Complete Idiot's
Guide to World War II, 2nd Edition,
(NY: Alpha Books, 2004).
1001 Facts Everyone Should Know About
Israel, with Moshe Schwartz, (NJ:
Rowman & Littlefield, 2005).
The Complete Idiot's Guide To Middle
East Conflict, 3rd Edition, (NY:
Alpha Books, 2005).
Will Israel Survive? (NY: Palgrave,
2007).
The Complete Idiot's Guide To Middle
East Conflict, 4th Edition, (NY:
Alpha Books, Forthcoming 2008).
48 Hours of Kristallnacht: Night of Destruction/ Dawn of the Holocaust, (Lyons Press, 2008).
Israel Studies: An Anthology. Co-editor with David Nachmias. (Jewish Virtual Library, 2009). http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/isdf/text/anthologycvr.html.
The Arab Lobby: The Invisible Alliance That Undermines America's Interests in the Middle East, (HarperCollins, 2010).
Israel Matters: Understand the Past - Look to the Future, (Behrman House, 2012).
After Anatevka – Tevye in Palestine, [novel] (CreateSpace 2013).
Death to the Infidels: Radical Islam’s War Against the Jews, (Palgrave, 2014).
Myths and Facts: A Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 4th Edition, (MD: American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise, 2017).
CHAPTERS
IN BOOKS:
“Ethnic
Influence on Middle East Policy — How
and When: The Cases of the Jackson-Vanik
Amendment and the
Sale
of AWACS to Saudi Arabia,” in
M.E. Ahrari, ed., Political Battles
in Washington: The Dynamics of Ethnic
Participation in the U.S. Foreign
Policy Process, (Greenwood Press,
1987), pp. 45-64.
“The
Influences of Ethnic Interest Groups
on American Middle East Policy,”
in Charles Kegley and Eugene
Wittkopf,
eds., The Domestic Sources of
Foreign Policy: Insights and Interpretations,
(NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1988,
1994), pp. 79-94.
“How
Fares The Camp David Trio?” in
Daniel Pipes, ed., Sandstorm:
Middle East Conflicts & America,
(MD:
University Press of America, 1993),
pp. 109-129.
“The
Variety of Coexistence Efforts in
Israel: Lessons for the United States,”
in Eugene Weiner, ed., The Handbook
of Interethnic Coexistence, (NY:
Continuum Publishing Co., 1998), pp.
468-489.
“Holocaust,” in William
H. McNeill, ed. Berkshire Encyclopedia
of World History, Vol. 3, (MA: Berkshire
Publishing Group, 2005), pp. 917-921.
“AIPAC and US Middle East Policy,” in
Eytan Gilboa and Efraim Inbar, Eds., Issues
in Contemporary American-Israeli Relations,
(Routledge, 2009).
“American Jews and the International Arena (April 1, 2015–April 15, 2016): US–Israel Relations in a Crisis, a Hiccup, or a Healthy Alliance?” in Arnold Dashefsky and Iran Sheskin, Eds., American Jewish Yearbook 2016, (CT: Springer, 2017), pp. 127-151.
“US-Israel Relations and Obama’s Mixed Legacy Followed by the Uncertainty of Trump,” in Arnold Dashefsky and Iran Sheskin, Eds., American Jewish Yearbook 2017, (CT: Springer, 2018).
“The Gap Between American and Israeli Jews Widens as the gap Between Governments Narrows,” in Arnold Dashefsky and Iran Sheskin, Eds., American Jewish Yearbook 2018, (CT: Springer, 2019).
“American Jews and the International Arena,” in Arnold Dashefsky and Iran Sheskin, Eds., American Jewish Yearbook 2019, (CT: 2020).
JOURNAL
ARTICLES:
“How
the Palestinian Arabs Became Refugees,” Discovery,
(Spring 1981)
“Ideology
and Depression Politics I: Grover
Cleveland (1893-1897),” Presidential
Studies Quarterly, (Winter
1985)
“The
Turning Point in United States Relations
with Israel: The 1968 Sale of Phantom
Jets,”
Middle
East Review, (Summer 1988).
“Interest
Groups, the President, and Foreign
Policy: How Reagan Snatched Victory
From the Jaws of Defeat on
AWACS,” Presidential Studies
Quarterly, (Summer
1988).
“The
Evolution of Israel’s Africa
Policy,” Middle East Review,
(Winter 1988).
“How
Fares The Camp David Trio?” Orbis,
(Fall 1990).
“Behind
the Wire,” [film review], The
Public Historian, (Winter 1996).
“How
Special is the U.S.-Israel Relationship?” with
Daniel Pipes, Middle East Quarterly,
(June 1997).
“Deconstructing
George W. Bush’s Middle East
Strategy,” Perspectives:
An Israel Review, (Brown University,
Fall 2003, Vol. I, Issue 1).
“Academic Freedom as
a Shield for Anti-Semitism,” The Journal
of the James Madison Institute, (Summer
2005).
Review of Operation
Solomon: The Daring Rescue of Ethiopian
Jews by Stephen Spector, Middle East
Quarterly, (Spring 2006).
Review of Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East 1776 to the Present by Michael B. Oren, Israel Studies (Summer 2008).
Review of Doomed to Succeed: The U.S.-Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama by Dennis Ross, Middle East Quarterly, (Fall 2016).
CONFERENCE
PAPERS:
“The Water’s Edge and Beyond: Defining the Boundaries of Domestic Influence on U.S. Middle East Policy,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, 1985.
Discussant, Panel on Terrorism, Center for the Study of the Presidency Annual Leadership Conference, Grand Rapids, MI, 1985.
“Domestic Constraints on U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East: The Case of Anti-Boycott Legislation,” Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Eugene, OR 1986.
“Domestic Constraints on U.S. Middle East Policy: The Israeli Lobby and Arms Sales to the Arab States,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL 1986.
“Domestic Politics and the 1968 Phantom Jet Sale: Explaining the Evolution of the U.S.-Israel Alliance,” Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Anaheim, CA 1987.
“Presidential Dominance in Foreign Policy-Making: The Case of U.S. Middle East Policy, 1945-1984,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, 1987.
Discussant, Panel on Israel Studies, Association of Israel Studies Annual Conference, Banff, Canada, May 2006.
“AIPAC and U.S. Middle East Policy,” International Conference on US-Israel Relations in a New Era, the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Bar-Ilan University, May 20-21, 2007.
Discussant, Panel on Israel Studies: Past and Future. Association of Israel Studies Annual Conference, Open University, June 11-13, 2007.
“The University: The Last Bastion of American Anti-Semitism,” International Conference of the Global Forum for Combatting Antisemitism,” Jerusalem, February 24-25, 2008.
“Blunting the Israeli Lobby’s Influence: Presidential Waivers,” Association of Israel Studies Annual Conference, Beersheva, Israel, June 1-3, 2009.
“The Other Lobby: How The Arab Lobby Attempts to Influence U.S. Middle East Policy,” Association of Israel Studies Annual Conference, University of Toronto, May 9-12, 2010.
“Domestic Influences on the 2012 Presidential Election: Do the Arab and Israeli Lobbies Matter?” Association of Israel Studies Annual Conference, Haifa, Israel, June 25-27, 2012.
“The Impact of Visiting Israeli Scholars on the Field of Israel Studies,” Association of Israel Studies Annual Conference, UCLA, Los Angeles, June 24-26, 2013.
“Building Israel Studies from the Ground Up: AICE’s Experience Supporting Grad Students and Postdocs,” Association of Israel Studies Annual Conference, Sde Boker, Israel, June 23-25, 2014.
“Is U.S. Support for Israel a Prerequisite for Israel’s Sustainability?” Association of Israel Studies Annual Conference, Concordia, Canada, May 31 - June 3, 2015.
“Myth or Fact: Netanyahu Has Irreparably Damaged the US-Israel Relationship,” Association of Israel Studies Annual Conference, Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi and Menachem Begin Heritage Center, Jerusalem, June 20-22, 2016.
“Where Does Israel Belong? The Debate Over What Constitutes Jewish Studies,” Oxford Symposium on Religious Studies,” March 15-17, 2017.
“Trump’s Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital: A Step Forward or Backward for Peace?” “The Middle East Dialogue: A New Collective Vision, Policy Studies Organization, March 23, 2018.
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