Rabbi Ken Spiro is a Senior Lecturer and Researcher for Aish HaTorah's Discovery Seminars and the Jerusalem Online University.  In addition, he is a licensed tour guide from the Israel Ministry of Tourism.  Rabbi Spiro graduated from Vassar College with a BA in Russian Language and Literature and did graduate studies at the Pushkin Institute in Moscow.  He has an MA in History from The Vermont College of Norwich University and rabbinic ordination from Yeshiva Aish HaTorah in Jerusalem.  He has appeared on numerous radio and television programs in the US, UK and Israel.  He is the author of World Perfect - The Jewish Impact on Civilization and Crash Course in Jewish History.   Born and raised in the US, Rabbi Spiro has lived in Israel since 1982.  He served in a combat infantry unit in the IDF and currently lives with his wife and five children.