Eleventh Annual Community-Wide Teach-In On Israel · PDF fileschmoozing and fabulous food!...
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THE ISRAEL COMMITTEE OF SANTA BARBARA PRESENTS WWW.ISRAELCOMMITTEESB.ORG Teach-In Headline Speaker: EMILY LANDAU Join the community for a wonderful day of learning, schmoozing and fabulous food! Fantastic speakers on Israeli culture, history, politics and more. 9:00 AM COFFEE AND LIGHT NOSH 9:30 AM WELCOMING REMARKS 9:45 AM MORNING KEYNOTE SPEAKER HAVIV RETTIG GUR American Jews and Israeli Jews The American-Jewish and Israeli- Jewish relationship is vitally important, complex and increasingly, fraught. Gur explores hot-button issues such as Kotel access, the new conversion laws, and the big questions that underlie them all, “Who are we, American and Israeli Jews, and what are our obligations to each other?” 11:15 AM MORNING BREAKOUT SESSIONS ALI PARIS Voices of Understanding Award-winning vocalist and qanun virtuoso Ali Paris has performed with world-renowned artists including Alicia Keyes, Quincy Jones, David Broza, Paco De Lucia and Bobby McFerrin. Raised in Ramallah, Paris offers a thought-provoking glimpse into the experience of a Palestinian Arab. JOE LEVIN From Start-up Nation to Leader of the Global Tech Revolution Chief Investment Strategist with BlueStar Indexes, Joe Levin takes an in-depth look at Israel’s booming tech sector, providing insight into the “special sauce” that makes it so uniquely vibrant. 12:30 PM LUNCH + BONUS SESSION NEWS ROUND-UP ON EVENTS IN AND AROUND ISRAEL (Haviv Rettig Gur) 1:30 PM AFTERNOON KEYNOTE SPEAKER DAVID HALPERIN The Six Day War 50 Years Later: Prospects for Peace and Security Fought in June 1967, the Six Day War was a stunning military victory for the Jewish state, redrawing regional maps for the second time in a generation and setting the stage for the birth of the settlement movement. Executive Director of Israel Policy Forum David Halperin examines the impact of this brief war in shaping the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and its implications for Israel’s security and for US-Israel relations. 3:00 PM HEADLINE SPEAKER EMILY LANDAU One of Israel’s foremost arms control authorities, Dr. Landau is the author of DECADE OF DIPLOMACY: NEGOTIATIONS WITH IRAN AND NORTH KOREA AND THE FUTURE OF NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION. Her name appears on FORBES MAGAZINE’S list of Israel’s 50 most influential woman. The Iran Nuclear Deal: a Regional Overview Two years after the signing of the Iran Nuclear Deal, the prospect of a nuclear Iran is re-shaping strategic alliances throughout the Middle East. With an enemy in common, Dr. Landau argues, Israel and some of its Arab neighbors have found a new willingness to work with one another, subtly altering the context for peace efforts between Israelis and Palestinians. No charge - donations appreciated Location: Santa Barbara Hillel, 781 Embarcadero del Mar, Isla Vista, CA 93117 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH 9AM-4:30PM Eleventh Annual Community-Wide Teach-In On Israel
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THE ISRAEL COMMITTEE OF SANTA BARBARA PRESENTS
W W W . I S R A E L C O M M I T T E E S B . O R G
Teach-In Headline Speaker: EMILY LANDAU
Join the community for a wonderful day of learning, schmoozing and fabulous food! Fantastic speakers
on Israeli culture, history, politics and more.
9:00AM COFFEE AND LIGHT NOSH
9:30AM WELCOMING REMARKS
9:45AM MORNING KEYNOTE SPEAKER
HAVIV RETTIG GUR American Jews and Israeli Jews The American-Jewish and Israeli-Jewish relationship is vitally important, complex and increasingly, fraught. Gur explores hot-button issues such as Kotel access, the new conversion laws, and the big questions that underlie them all, “Who are we, American and Israeli Jews, and what are our obligations to each other?”
11:15AM MORNING BREAKOUT SESSIONS
ALI PARISVoices of UnderstandingAward-winning vocalist and qanun virtuoso Ali Paris has performed with world-renowned artists including Alicia Keyes, Quincy Jones, David Broza, Paco De Lucia and Bobby McFerrin. Raised in Ramallah, Paris offers a thought-provoking glimpse into the experience of a Palestinian Arab.
JOE LEVINFrom Start-up Nation to Leader of the Global Tech RevolutionChief Investment Strategist with BlueStar Indexes, Joe Levin takes an in-depth look at Israel’s booming tech sector, providing insight into the “special sauce” that makes it so uniquely vibrant.
12:30PM LUNCH + BONUS SESSIONNEWS ROUND-UP ON EVENTS IN AND AROUND ISRAEL (Haviv Rettig Gur)
1:30PM AFTERNOON KEYNOTE SPEAKER
DAVID HALPERIN The Six Day War 50 Years Later: Prospects for Peace and SecurityFought in June 1967, the Six Day War was a stunning military victory for the Jewish state, redrawing regional maps for the second time in a generation and setting the stage for the birth of the settlement movement. Executive Director of Israel Policy Forum David Halperin examines the impact of this brief war in shaping the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and its implications for Israel’s security and for US-Israel relations.
3:00PM HEADLINE SPEAKER
EMILY LANDAUOne of Israel’s foremost arms control authorities, Dr. Landau is the author of DecaDe of Diplomacy: NegotiatioNs with iraN aND North Korea aND the future of Nuclear NoNproliferatioN. Her name appears on forbes magaziNe’s list of Israel’s 50 most influential woman.The Iran Nuclear Deal: a Regional Overview Two years after the signing of the Iran Nuclear Deal, the prospect of a nuclear Iran is re-shaping strategic alliances throughout the Middle East. With an enemy in common, Dr. Landau argues, Israel and some of its Arab neighbors have found a new willingness to work with one another, subtly altering the context for peace efforts between Israelis and Palestinians.
No charge - donations appreciatedLocation: Santa Barbara Hillel, 781 Embarcadero del Mar, Isla Vista, CA 93117
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH 9AM-4:30PM
Eleventh Annual Community-Wide
Teach-In On Israel
