Dr… [More]. Yosef Gotlieb is an author, geographer and educator. His books include Self-Determination in the Middle East, Development, Environment and Global Dysfunction and, most recently, Rise, A Novel of Contemporary Israel. He is on the faculty of David Yellin College of Education in Jerusalem, where he directs the Text and Publishing Studies Program. He is active in a variety of social, health-related and environmental causes, in Israel and internationally. Yosef Gotlieb's blog, Issues of the Day, appears on his website, www.ysgotlieb.net. [Less]