About the Author

Rivka Shpak Lissak was born in Israel. She has a master's degree in Jewish history and a doctorate in American history from the Hebrew University. She has taught history at Tel Aviv and the Hebrew University. She wrote six books in Hebrew and three books in English, among them When and How the Jewish Majority in the Land of Israel Was Eliminated (in Hebrew and English) and When and How the Jewish Diaspora Was Created in the Ancient Period (in Hebrew).