Robert S. Wistrich, the editor, is Professor of Modern European and Jewish History at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he received an honours degree in general history and at University College, London, where he was awarded a doctorate in Jewish studies. Professor Wistrich edited "The Wiener Library Bulletin, " a London-based historical journal, for seven years. He is the author of numerous articles and books on general and modern Jewish history including "Revolutionary Jews from Marx to Trotsky, The Left against Zion, Socialism and the J...