“What Works? Successful Interventions to Counter Antisemitism”
Wednesday, April 6, 2022, 10 am
Holly Huffnagle (American Jewish Committee)
Holly Huffnagle serves as the American Jewish Committee’s U.S. Director for Combating Antisemitism, spearheading the agency’s response to antisemitism in the United States and its efforts to better protect the Jewish community. Previously, she was the Assistant Director of AJC Los Angeles, overseeing International Relations and all projects and programs related to monitoring and combating antisemitism. Before coming to AJC, Holly served as the policy advisor to the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism at the U.S. Department of State and as a researcher in the Mandel Center of Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Register at https://iu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VBKSxTPRTaaOSXN2s6a4-w
Exploring Zionism and Anti-Zionism with Yossi Klein Halevi.
April 6, 2022 10 am
Yossi Klein Halevi
Yossi is the author of many books including “Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor” and is a Senior Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem and co-director of its Muslim Leadership Initiative.
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fuKPvUB6Slypj-Ne-z2pCg
The Essence of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and the Path to Lasting Peace
April 10 10:30 am
Einat Wilf
Dr. Einat Wilf joins us from Israel on Zoom to speak about the status of the Israeli/Palestinian peace process, insights regarding obstacles to peace, and hopes for the future, including the importance of the Abraham Accords. A Q&A session will follow her talk. Born and raised in Israel, Dr. Einat Wilf grew up as a member of the Israeli left. She served as a Member of the Israeli Knesset (2010-2013) and is a prominent Israeli figure on matters of foreign policy, economics, education, Israel, and Zionism. She is considered one of Israel’s most articulate representatives on the international stage. And with a razor-sharp intellect, she cuts through the background noise and lasers in on the fundamental and difficult issues that divide Israelis and Palestinians
“A Nation That Dwells Alone: The Demonization of Israel at the U.N.”
April 11 (Monday) at 9 am.
Hillel Neuer, Executive Director of UN Watch
International lawyer, diplomat, writer and activist, Hillel C. Neuer is the Executive Director of UN Watch, a human rights NGO in Geneva, Switzerland. An acclaimed speaker who has testified often before the United Nations and the United States Senate and House of Representatives. Mr. Neuer taught international human rights at the Geneva School of Diplomacy, and served as Vice-President of the NGO Special Committee on Human Rights in Geneva.
Since 2009, Neuer has headed a coalition of 25 human rights groups as chair of the annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy, a renowned international gathering that provides a global platform to courageous pro-democracy dissidents from around the world who put their lives on the line to demand fundamental freedoms in oppressive regimes. Concordia University Magazine said Neuer is “helping to shape history.”
Register at https://iu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_j1MWfhKPQDGcJwEZTUBsLg
How Israel is Covered in the Media
April 13 11 am
Matti Friedman
Matti Friedman is a former Associated Press correspondent, Matti’s work as a reporter has taken him from Israel to Lebanon, Morocco, Moscow, the Caucasus, and Washington, DC. He has been a regular essayist for the New York Times opinion section, and his writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Tablet Magazine, and elsewhere.
He has also written a number of books including Spies of No Country, the story of Israel’s first intelligence agents in 1948 that received the 2018 Natan Book Award, and Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier’s Story of a Forgotten War which was chosen as a New York Times Notable Book and as one of Amazon’s 10 best books of the year.
Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QQmmzZpQSEazs_p9N4UuPQ
Winning the Fight Against Antisemites
Thursday, April 14 at 11 am PST
James Sinkinson, President, Facts and Logic About the Middle East
Every day we hear falsehoods in the media, by politicians, at universities, and even from friends. This talk is about what you can do.
Register at bit.ly/winningthefight
Life in Israel Today – Three Perspectives
Sunday, April 24th at 11:00 AM PST
Life in Israel Today—Three perspectives from a Jewish Israeli, an Arab Israeli, and a Christian Israeli
Please join us on Sunday, April 24th at 11:00 AM PST to learn first-hand from three young Israelis what life is like in Israel today. Our speakers will be talking about what life is like for them living in Israel. One Israeli is Jewish, one is an Arab Muslim, and one is a Lebanese Christian. Click here for more info on the speakers.
Register at https://www.etzchayim.org/form/life-israel-today.html
Nazi’s Granddaughter: The Search for the Truth
Sunday April 24, 2022 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Sylvia Foti
Writer and journalist Sylvia Foti will give a presentation on her experience researching her grandfather, General Jonas Norieka. Said to be a hero in the Lithuanian fight against the Soviets, her grandfather has been commemorated in statues and plaques in the old country. Streets have been named in his honor. But as Sylvia began to gather the research, she discovered the truth: Her grandfather had actually been a Nazi; Norieka had been the official who had given the order to round up Lithuania’s Jews to ghettos during 1940’s.
In her presentation, Sylvia will relate her efforts to find out the truth. She will explore the question of how her grandfather’s Nazi past could be kept secret for 78 years, what motivations there were for keeping a secret of that magnitude, what extremes were resorted to in covering up the truth, and whose responsibility is it to come forward.
To connect online: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89919824086?pwd=b21BbHRhOUVwNVFZemgyMDlGVW1DUT09
To connect by phone, call (669) 900-6833
Meeting ID: 899 1982 4086
Passcode: 159520
Unpacking Israel and International Law
April 27 11:00 am
Prof. Eugene Kontorovich.
Professor of Law Eugene Kontorovich is one of the world’s preeminent experts on universal jurisdiction and maritime piracy, as well as international law and the Israel-Arab conflict. He is also the Director of Scalia Law School’s Center for the Middle East and International Law.
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_T5Yd3pjoR9GPE_9ECWmadw
Fighting Over the Image: The ‘Image War’ as a Front in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Monday, May 9, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Dr. Moran Yarchi
In today’s conflicted reality, the question is not only whose army wins, but also whose story wins – or in other words which side is perceived as the just side. Wars today are no longer taking place only on the battlefield; alongside the military confrontation there is an image war occurring, in which each side tries to present its ideas, values and action as justified in order to receive international support. Dr. Moran Yarchi, head of Diplomacy program at Reichman University, Hertzliya, Israel, will give a presentation on the reality in which the image front plays a crucial role, focusing on recent events in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
To connect online:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88353320632?pwd=NDlmbUxVK3FHS1U1anoyTGJKLzhCUT09
To connect by phone, call (669) 900-6833
Meeting ID: 883 5332 0632
Passcode: 758421
Recording of Prior Talks on http://IsraelUpdate.INFO
- Cartoons and Zionism talk by Yaakov Kirschen
- Understanding Zionism Charlotte Korchak
- Challenges faced by non-orthodox Jewry in Israel Rabbi Andrew Sacks
- Antisemitism for Dummies Naya Lekht
- Black South African stands with Jews against antisemitism Olga Meshoe Washington
- Hamas’s war on Israel. Dr. Paul Liptz
