예루살렘 히브리 대학교에서 동아시아 연구와 심리학을 전공한 이후에, 그는 베를린 자유 대학교에서 1년간 공부를 했으며, 이후 6년간을 일본의 츠쿠바 대학교에서 공부를 했다. 박사 학위를 취득한 후, 그는 박사 후 과정을 스탠포드 대학교에 있는 동아시아 연구 센터와 히브리 대학교에서 공부를 했다. 1998년, 그는 하이파 대학교에서 조교수로 교펜을 잡았고, 2004년에 교수로 승진을 했다.[2]
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2005 – The Forgotten War between Russia and Japan – and its heritage. Tel Aviv: Israeli Defence Ministry. 539 pp.
2006 – Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War. Scarecrow Press Inc. ISBN0-8108-4927-5. 640 pp.
2007 – The Impact of the Russo-Japanese War. Routledge, UK. ISBN978-0-415-36824-7. 369 pp.
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2014 – From White to Yellow: The Japanese in European Racial Thought, 1300–1735. Mcgill Queens University Press. ISBN978-0-7735-4455-0. 706 pp.
2015 – (with Walter Demel) Race and Racism in Modern East Asia (Vol. II): Interactions, Nationalism, Gender and Lineage. Brill. ISBN978-9-0042-3741-4. 674 pp.
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