William B. Helmreich

William B. Helmreich is Professor of Sociology & Judaic Studies at City University Graduate Center and City College of New York and Director of the City College Conflict Resolution Center. He was also department chairman and has held visiting posts at Yale University and Hebrew University. A former Woodrow Wilson Fellow, Dr. Helmreich is the author of eleven books, including Against All Odds: Holocaust Survivors and the Successful Lives they Made in America (Simon & Schuster), winner of a National Jewish Book Award; The Things they Say Behind Your Back (Doubleday); The World of theYeshiva (The Free Press);editor of Letters From Tel Mond Prison: An Israeli Settler Defends his Act of Terror (The Free Press). He has written for The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and many scholarly journals. Dr. Helmreich has also appeared frequently on TV and radio, including "Larry King Live," "Oprah Winfrey," "The CBS Morning News," and Sally Jessye Raphael." Most recently he has been a guest anchor on NBC TV News. At the present time he is serving as a Senior Consultant to an upcoming documentary film on the Middle East conflict.