Yair MazorDr. Yair Mazor is a professor of modern Hebrew and Biblical literature at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. To date, Professor Mazor authored 28 scholarly books and more than 250 articles and critical essays that have been published in USA, Isral, and numerous European countries. Dr. Mazor is a popular guest lecturer and has spoken to audiences throughout Europe and many other venues around the world. Among the many scholarly awards Dr. Mazor has received are the Sadan Prize and the Shpan Prize for two of his books, the Baron Prize for Excellency in the field of Jewish Studies, the distinguished teaching award by University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and the Friedman Prize, a national award for the most distinguished Hebrew literature scholar in the United States. In his military service, Dr. Mazor acted as a combat paratrooper, as well as an instructor of parachuting. Read More Read Less