Dr. Tuvia Book was born in London and raised in both the UK and South Africa. After making Aliyah at the age of 17, he studied in Yeshiva and volunteered for the IDF, where he served in an elite combat unit. Tuvia has been working in Jewish education, both formal and informal, for many years. He is a licensed tour guide and has taught students and educators from around the world for some of Israel’s premier educational institutions and programs. He is the author (and illustrator) of the internationally acclaimed Israel education curriculum For the Sake of Zion: A Curriculum of Israel Studies, as well as Moral Dilemmas of the Modern Israeli Soldier. He has just completed his next book on the history of the Jewish people during the Second Temple period, to be published by Koren.