Alan Bekhor is the son of Iraqi Jews who settled in Britain in 1950, and is a writer, philosopher and business entrepreneur. His intellectual interests are centered on the connections between religion, ethics and politics. He holds a master’s degree in Intellectual History from the University of Sussex and has presented academic papers at various institutions, including the London School of Economics, the Forum for European Philosophy, the London Society for the Study of Religion, and Lockdown University.

A longstanding supporter of institutions upholding civilizational standards, he founded Standpoint, a magazine of ideas edited by Daniel Johnson, which made a notable contribution to British intellectual life from 2008 to 2022. It was once described by Niall Ferguson as “an island of seriousness in an ocean of trivia.” In 1999, Bekhor founded and still runs British Marine, an international shipping business based in London, where Bekhor lives. The Hebraic Thread is his first book.