Ran Aaronsohn is senior lecturer in geography at The Hebrew University. He is the author of numerous publications in historical geography, concentrating on the reshaping of contemporary Palestine. His research interests include historical geography, mainly colonizing processes in the 19th century (especially Jewish resettlement in Eretz Israel ), rural geography, mainly the Huterian communes (Bruderhof) in North America.Ran Aaronsohn is senior lecturer in geography at The Hebrew University. He is the author of numerous publications in historical geography, concentrating on the reshaping of contemporary Palestine. His research interests include historical geography, mainly colonizing processes in the 19th century (especially Jewish resettlement in Eretz Israel ), rural geography, mainly the Huterian communes (Bruderhof) in North America.Ran Aaronsohn is senior lecturer in geography at The Hebrew University. He is the author of numerous publications in historical geography, concentrating on the reshaping of contemporary Palestine. His research interests include historical geography, mainly colonizing processes in the 19th century (especially Jewish resettlement in Eretz Israel ), rural geography, mainly the Huterian communes (Bruderhof) in North America.