I am a faculty member in the Department of Communication and Journalism and the Department of History in the Hebrew University. My research explores the role of communication in American and in Jewish history, as well as the history of media. A former entrepreneur and executive in the high-tech industry in the dawn of high-speed digital communications, I also study the development, performance, and meaning of communication technologies, new and old. I received my BA degree from the Hebrew University, MA and PhD degrees from Harvard University, and have won fellowships from the NEH, Smithsonian Institution, Library of Congress, and the University of Pennsylvania.

I’m currently head of the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace. Previously I was head of the Department of Communication and Journalism, and I served for 5 years as the director of HU’s Smart Family Institute of Communications. My public activities include serving as head of Israel’s new National Library’s Advisory Committee on Digitization, chair of the academic committee of the Spielberg Jewish Film Archives, and analyst on American affairs for a bunch of media outlets.