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Guest In The Pulpit
GADI TAUB
Topic: International Pressures & The Prospects For Peace

Friday, February 5, 2010
Sabbath Eve Service, 8:00pm

Gadi Taub was born in Jerusalem and earned a B.A. in History and General & Interdisciplinary Studies from Tel Aviv University. He was awarded a Fellowship at Rutgers where he completed his Ph.D. in American History. He is the author of fiction, for both children and adults. His book The Witch from 3 Meltchet Street received the Ze'ev Prize for children's fiction, and his book of essays, entitled Dispirited Rebellion: Essays On Contemporary Israeli Culture, was widely influential in Israel. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, Dissent magazine, and The New Republic, as well as various European newspapers. He is also an op-ed columnist for Israel's largest daily, Yediot Ahronot. He teaches in the Department of Communications and the School for Public Policy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His book, The Settlers and the Struggle Over the Meaning of Zionism, was published in Israel in 2006, and will be published in the U.S. by Yale University Press in the coming year. His best-selling novel, Allenby, was published this past March. The novel, about the employees and patrons of a Tel Aviv dive bar, has provoked debate in newspaper columns and book review pages about the exploitation of women in the sex industry and the plight of the Israeli underclass. According to Evan Goldstein's article in Tablet magazine, "With his debut novel, Gadi Taub shows an unfamiliar side of Israel—and of himself."


Guest in the Pulpit
ROBERT ZIMMERMAN
Topic: Soundbytes vs. Substance: How Media Covers Issues of the Day

Friday, March 19, 2010
Sabbath Eve Service, 8:00pm

Robert Zimmerman is co-founder with Ron Edelson of Zimmerman/Edelson, Inc., a marketing, advertising, public relations firm based in Great Neck and established in 1989. Among his activities in government and Democratic national politics, Robert has served as a member of the Democratic National Committee since 2000. He has also been on the National Finance Board for the last four presidential campaigns. In addition he was named managing chair of the Gore-Lieberman campaign in New York State, and co-chair of the John Kerry for President New York State campaign.

Robert Zimmerman is often featured in the New York-Metropolitan area as well as the national media discussing a wide array of issues including the role of government and the national political scene. He is a regular CNN contributor for the past three years.

Robert graduated from Brandeis University in 1976 and later received his MBA from Fordham University. He served on the staff of Congressman Lester Wolff for many years as well as on the New York State Commission on Open Government. He was also appointed by President Clinton to the Presidential Commission on the Arts for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He presently serves on the board of the American Museum of Natural History representing the Speaker of the New York City Council.

 

Guest in the Pulpit
RALPH BUULTJENS
Topic: The World Today: Does the Holocaust Continue?

Friday, April 9, 2010
Sabbath Eve Service, 8:00pm

Dr. Ralph Buultjens is Professor at NYU and former Nehru Professor and Professorial Fellow at the University of Cambridge (UK). Also on the faculty of the New School University, he is a well-known media commentator and has been a consultant/advisor to the UN. Among his publications are ten books (including Windows on India, The Decline of Democracy: Essays on an Endangered Political Species, Rebuilding the Temple: Tradition and Change in Modern Asia, Politics and History: Lessons for Today, and China After Mao: Death of a Revolution) and several hundred articles, monographs and essays. Dr. Buultjens' awards include the Toynbee Prize for the Social Sciences and the French Order of Arts and Letters. He has chaired the International Development Forum and the Society of Asian Affairs. He is contributing editor of the Boston Book Review, and he writes a syndicated column on international political economy. Dr. Buultjens lectures regularly at the 92nd Street Y.