Dr. Martin Wein taught history of Tel Aviv and Jaffa at New York University and Tel Aviv University. He is a former research student of US Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt. Dr. Wein has published on Prague Zionism, the secret Czechoslovak military role in the foundation of Israel in 1948, and interreligious relations in Europe and the Middle East, from the 19th century to the present day.