 He was a postdoctoral fellow at University of California, Irvine from 1986 to 1987, researching the rescue by Israel of Ethiopian Jews from the Sudan, known as Operation Moses.Bard has written and edited many books, and his work has been published in academic journals and major newspapers.Bard is a former editor of the "Near East Report", the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's ("AIPAC") weekly newsletter on U.S.-Middle East policy.