Prof. Eli Lederhendler is a past chairman of the Academic Advisory Committee (2003-2006) and now serves as the director of the Nevzlin Center. He is the chair of the Hebrew University’s Department of Jewish History & Contemporary Jewry, where he holds a full professorship. Among his scholarly works are articles and monographs dealing with 19th and 20th century Jewish life in Russia and America, with a particular emphasis on Jewish migration history