Ziva Bakman Flamhaft is a lecturer in political science for Queens College of the City University of New York (CUNY) and has a doctorate from CUNY. She specializes in research into the experiences of Israeli and Palestinian women and has advocated for childless war widows since 1968. Flamhaft's work garnered her a Fulbright scholarship in 1995.
Flamhaft has previously published Israel on the Road to Peace: Accepting the Unacceptable. She has also appeared on several American television programs to debate foreign policy issues.
Excerpts from War Widow have appeared in Women's Studies Quarterly and Lilith. The book was first published in Hebrew in 2015 and was well received in Israel.
Flamhaft immigrated to the United States from Israel in 1969. She lives in New York with her husband.