Born in Mandatory Palestine, Hillel Bardin is an Israeli Zionist who has labored for more than two decades to improve Jewish-Arab relations. He is a founder and former board member of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, the Rapprochement Dialogue Center, and the Jerusalem Information Center, and he has served on the board of Defense for Children International. A founder of the Shalom Yerushalayim Party, he was its representative on the Jerusalem Municipal Council. Now retired from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, he lives in Arnona, Jerusalem.