June 16, 7 PM: WHO SPEAKS FOR ME? Israel and America in the 21st Century

J Street NYC and the New York Society for Ethical Culture present

WHO SPEAKS FOR ME? Israel and America in the 21st Century

Co-sponsored by
Meretz USA
Rabbis for Human Rights, North America

When:   Wednesday, June 16th, 7 p.m.

Where: New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th St. at Central Park West

Requested donation: $20 | $10 for seniors and young adults (under 25)

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J Street's founder and president, Jeremy Ben-Ami, will join Jeffrey Goldberg, national correspondent of The Atlantic, in a conversation about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Can the United States -- its government and people -- help secure Israel's future as the democratic homeland of the Jewish people, co-existing alongside an independent Palestinian state? 

This event is part of a series of conversations, sponsored by J Street, that is taking place around the country.

Jeremy Ben Ami, J Street's president, comes from a 25-year career in government, politics and communications, both here and in Israel. Jeremy has been instrumental in J Street's meteoric rise as an organization that gives political voice to mainstream American Jews and other supporters of Israel who believe that a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is essential to Israel’s survival as the national home of the Jewish people and as a vibrant democracy. He brings to J Street his experience as Deputy Domestic Policy Adviser to President Bill Clinton, Sr. VP of Fenton Communications, and Communications Director for the New Israel Fund.

Jeffrey Goldberg has been a correspondent, writer, and columnist for the New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, New York Magazine, the Forward, and The Jerusalem Post. His book Prisoners has been hailed as one of the best books of 2006, Goldberg is the recipient of numerous awards and prizes for his journalism in the areas of Islamic terrorism, international investigative reporting, and human rights.