Originally from London, England; Michael Lewis spent a few years in Israel in the mid-1970s, including 2 years on Kibbutz Kfar Blum where he met his future wife. After studying at Rutgers and Princeton; Michael moved to Washington DC where he spent a year at the just-founded, Washington Institute for Near East Policy before spending almost 40 years (until late 2024) at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) where he was "Director of Policy Analysis." Michael posts as "Washington Views" on Substack https://michaellewisonline.substack.com and on X https://x.com/WashingtonViews