Edward Alexander is professor emeritus of English at University of Washington in Seattle. He also taught at Tel-Aviv University, Hebrew University, Tufts and Memphis State. Among his books are Matthew Arnold And John Stuart Mill; The State Of The Jews; The Resonance Of Dust: Holocaust Literature and Jewish Fate;  The Jewish Wars: Reflections by One of the Belligerents; Irving Howe: Socialist, Critic, Jew; The Jewish Divide Over Israel; and Jews Against Themselves. Edward Alexander passed away on August 23, 2020.