Sh’ma: Listen! Speaker Series and Kol Rinah Present Steven Simon
Location:
Thursday, March 22, 2018
7:00 pm
Kol Rinah
849 North Hanley Rd.
St. Louis, MO 63130
Simon will discuss prospects for the future of the US/Israel alliance, beginning with Israel’s founding in 1948 and following the Six-Day War in 1967. He will focus on changes in both Israel and the Arab world in light of current developments in the US, Israel and the larger Middle East.
Steven Simon was formerly a National Security Council staff member and is the author of numerous books and articles on American foreign policy and Middle East politics. He also served as Senior Director for Middle Eastern and North American affairs at the White House from 2011 through 2012. He applies his extensive expertise on national security and terrorism as Executive Director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS-US) and Director of IISS-Middle East. He is a Visiting Professor of History at Amherst College.
For additional information, visit KolRinahSTL.org or call 314-727-1747.
This program is sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis through its Year of Civil Discourse Initiative. It is funded by the Jewish Federation of St. Louis through generous support by the Kranzberg Family Foundation, the Lubin-Green Foundation and the Staenberg Family Foundation.
Sh’ma: Listen! Speaker Series is generously funded by the Lubin-Green Foundation, a Supporting Foundation of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, and Hank Webber and Chris Jacobs.
Sh’ma: Listen! Advisory Committee Chair
Rabbi Jeffrey Stiffman
Staff
Rabbi Tracy Nathan, Senior Educator, Center for Jewish Learning
Cyndee Levy, Director, Center for Jewish Learning
Jewish Federation of St. Louis
Gerald P. Greiman, Board Chair
Andrew Rehfeld, President & CEO