In Newtown: Gershom Gorenberg on "The Settlements"

As part of our series showcasing Middle Eastern Opinionmakers in the Inner West,

iwJAFA is proud to present

 

The Settlements

A talk by Gershom Gorenberg, internationally acclaimed journalist, commentator and author

at Newtown Synagogue Community Hall
Sunday 11 November
 

Is there a more contentious issue in Israeli/Palestinian Relations?

• Settlements - the prism through which much of the world judges Israel?
• Settlements - source of great divisions within Jewish communities?
• Settlements – the obstacle to a two-state solution?

Gershom Gorenberg presents a unique opportunity to understand:

• The origins of settlements
• Settlements after the 6-Day War
• How settlements changed Israel
• The future of settlement and the State of Israel

 

Gershom is in Australia as a visiting scholar at the Shalom Institute. He is currently senior correspondent for The American Prospect. Formerly he was

associate editor The Jerusalem Post commentator in The Atlantic Monthly, NY Times, The New Republic, Ha’aretz, CNN and BBC visiting professor at Columbia University  Author of 3 books: The Unmaking of Israel;   The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977; The End of Days: Fundamentalism and the Struggle for the Temple Mount.

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Gershom has lectured at the Council on Foreign Relations, the Carnegie Council, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, the Middle East Institute, the Wexner Graduate Fellowship, and for many other groups seeking a nuanced view of politics, Mideast affairs and religion.

 

 

Where

 Sunday,  November 11 2012

7.15 for 7.30 pm start

Newtown Synagogue Community Hall

20 Georgina Street, Newtown

Entry Fee: $15, unwaged - $8

RSVP before 9 November    
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