Mitchell Bard. Photo: Renée Comet for Harper Collins.

Mitchell Bard

Jewish Virtual Library

The Jewish Virtual Library is the most comprehensive online Jewish encyclopedia in the world, with more than 16,000 articles and 7,000 photographs and maps that have been integrated into the site.  Bard gets much of the credit for helping to advance the site which, with sections on topics ranging from history to biography to Judaic Treasures, is a veritable depository of Judaism. In 2012, Bard also released an updated version of his indispensable guide to the Arab-Israeli conflict, Myths and Facts, a classic Israel advocacy text which sheds light on the misconceptions and realities of the Middle East conflict.