Honoree:

 

Ken Stein

Professor of Contemporary Middle Eastern History, Political Science and Israeli Studies,

Director, Middle East Research Program and Emory Institute for the Study of Modern Israel

 

Keynote speaker:

 

Itamar Rabinovich,

former Israeli ambassador

to the United States

 

 

Featured guests include:

 

Dan Kurtzer,

former US ambassador to Israel

 

Ellen Laipson,

former vice-chairman,

US National Intelligence Council

 

Asher Susser,

former director of the Dayan Center

at Tel Aviv University

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Co-Chairpersons

Sherry Frank

Mark and Ruth Hackner

 

President,

Board of Trustees

Abby Friedman

 

 

Event of Honor

 

Congregation Or Hadash and the Institute for the Study of Modern Israel (ISMI) deeply thank Ken Stein, Itamar Rabinovich, Dan Kurtzer, Ellen Laipson, and Asher Susser for enriching us with an extraordinary day of learning. We were greatly privileged to have had the opportunity to benefit from their incontrovertible expertise.  We likewise extend our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all of our sponsors and friends for making our 1st Annual Congregation Or Hadash ‘Event of Honor’ a great success!

 

 

 

Sunday, April 6, 2008

 

2:00 - 5:00 PM: Israel@60 Symposium

5:00 - 6:00 PM: Reception

6:00 - 8:45 PM: Dinner, Roundtable/Keynote and Tribute

 

The Temple

1589 Peachtree St. NE

Atlanta, GA 30309

 

 

 

Spiritual Leaders

Rabbi Dr. Analia Bortz

Rabbi Mario Karpuj