Jehu­da Rein­harz is the Richard Koret Pro­fes­sor of Mod­ern Jew­ish His­to­ry at Bran­deis Uni­ver­si­ty, where he served as Pres­i­dent for sev­en­teen years. He is the author and coau­thor of more than thir­ty books in Jew­ish stud­ies, includ­ing The Road to Sep­tem­ber 1939: Pol­ish Jews, Zion­ists, and the Yishuv on the Eve of World War II and Zion­ism and the Cre­ation of a New Soci­ety. He is the pres­i­dent and chief exec­u­tive offi­cer of the Jack, Joseph, and Mor­ton Man­del Foundation.