The Israeli Elections, Israel’s Future, and American Jewry with Gershom Gorenberg February 8, 2009

Sponsored by the New Israel Fund.

Co-Sponsored by The American Prospect,
Meretz USA and the Jewish Community Project Downtown

Join us for brunch with renowned author and journalist Gershom Gorenberg. With Israel's elections just days away (on February 10th), Gorenberg will talk about the many issues facing Israel at this time.

Gershom Gorenberg is the author of The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977. Based on previously unpublished documents and extensive interviews, The Accidental Empire presents a strikingly new picture of Israel’s post-1967 history, of major Israeli leaders, and of Israel-U.S. relations.

Gorenberg’s previous book, The End of Days: Fundamentalism and the Struggle for the Temple Mount, portrays the role of religious radicalism in the Mideast conflict. He co-authored The Jerusalem Report's 1996 biography of Yitzhak Rabin, Shalom Friend, winner of the National Jewish Book Award. As a commentator on Middle East affairs and on religion, Gorenberg has appeared on Sixy Minutes, Nightline, Dateline, Fresh Air and on CNN and BBC. For many years an associate editor of The Jerusalem Report, he is now a senior correspondent for The American Prospect. He has written for The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine, Foreign Policy and Ha'aretz. He blogs at southjerusalem.com.

Gorenberg came to Israel from California in 1977. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife and three children.

THE NEW ISRAEL FUND is the leading human, civil, and social rights organization in Israel, and the only organization dedicated to empowering all members of Israeli society.

Official Website: http://www.nifjoin.org/site/R?i=-Nj1UPsoIBCro49v9UwJjQ..