Event Calendar:
Aliyah Information
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 from 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Information on Employment Opportunities, Moving Companies, Social Programs and Ulpan
Visions and Visionaries: Imagining Israel at 60
Sunday, April 6, 2008 1:30pm-6:00pm
Sunday, April 6, 2008
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Greetings:
Jehuda Reinharz, President, Brandeis University
Remarks:
Lynn Schusterman, Chair, Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation
Panel Discussion:
S. Ilan Troen, Director, Schusterman Center for Israel Studies
Moderator
An Old-New Meta Narrative: Israel as a Jewish and Democratic State
Ruth Gavison, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Translating Israel to America
Hillel Halkin, Author & Journalist, Israel
Imagining Israel in the Region and the World
David Makovsky, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Keynote Lecture
Israel at 60: From Utopia to Reality?
Shlomo Avineri, Hebew University of Jerusalem
Discussion on Sderot
Tuesday, April 8, 2008 any time
Invite Jeremy Maiseel, a Melitz Educator for a 90 minute discussion on the situation in Sderot.
Boston University Israel Fest
Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 12 pm
Join BU students for a day of celebrating Israeli culture, food and music on March Plaza
Discussion on Sderot
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 any time
Invite Jeremy Maiseel, a Melitz Educator for a 90 minute discussion on the situation in Sderot.
TRIBE Yom Haazmaut Party
Thursday, April 10, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Celebrate Israel at 60 with hundreds of students and young adults in Boston at the Roxy! There will be Hatikv6, an Israeli band, and an Israeli DJ. Drinks, prizes and lots of fun, $10 pre-register at www.cjp.org/tribe
Tufts Israel Fest
Friday, April 11, 2008 at 12 pm
Join hundreds of Tufts students for a day of Israeli food, music and culture
Mechina: A Preparation Film
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Join Wellesley Friends of Israel screen Mechina and then have a discussion with Director Maital Gutman
NEC Hillel Israel Celebrates 60
Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Come party at St.Botoloph Hall with students from all over Boston for a night of mocktails, Israeli pop music and food.
ASHER SUSSER on “Israel as the State of the Jewish People and its Arab Minority”
Thursday, April 17, 2008 from 4:00pm-6:00pm
The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs - 1737 Cambridge Street, Bowie-Vernon Room (N262)
Asher Susser is Director for External Affairs, Dayan Center for Middle East Studies, Tel Aviv University; Senior Fellow on the Kraft Chair in Arab Politics, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University.
Jointly sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University
For more information about this event, please contact Elizabeth Lawler at 617-495-3816 or elawler@wcfia.harvard.edu
KSG Israel Caucus Celebration
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 6:30pm - 10:30pm
Learn Israeli folk dancing, eat Israeli food, hear Israeli music, and see Israeli art at NYE- Taubman Building 5th floor, 79 JKF Street, Cambridge
AIPAC New England Leadership Dinner
Sunday, May 4, 2008 at 5:30 pm
Join influential New England leaders and delegates for a dinner and panel discussion at the Westin Copley Place. No charge if you are an undergraduate or graduate student.
Wellesley Israel Festival
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Join Wellesley Friends of Israel in celebrating Israel with falafel, music and dancing
The Israel Project - Contest Celebrates Israel@60 with $20K in Prizes in Six Languages
Monday, June 30, 2008 at 5:00pm
As part of its new “Israel@60” contest TIP invites all filmmakers, writers and other artists worldwide with a passion for showing the real Israel, to submit entries commemorating Israel’s founding in May 1948.
TIP will award a total of $20,000 to the winning submissions in each of the following formats:
Television Advertisement (30 Seconds)
Video (30 seconds - 7 minutes
Printable Flyer (8 ½ x 11 inches)
