Sunday, November 1 from 6:00-7:00 pm
Doors open at 5:45 pm
Temple Israel Center
Join Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bret Stephens for an evening of conversation and analysis as he explores the pressing issues shaping America, Israel, and the Jewish world today. He will offer insights about Israel, from the recent elections to the implications of issues shaping the Middle East and beyond.
Drawing on his experience as a columnist and foreign affairs commentator, Stephens will offer insights into the future of the U.S.-Israel relationship, the changing geopolitical landscape of the Middle East, and the evolving place of the Jewish community in an increasingly complex world.
The Rabbi Gordon Tucker Fund for Jewish Learning, Thought and Culture
Bret Stephens
Bret Stephens is an Op-Ed columnist for the New York Times.
Since joining the New York Times in 2017, Stephens has written about foreign policy, domestic politics and cultural issues. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 2013 for his commentary at the Wall Street Journal, and previously served as editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post, a position he took at the age of 28. He has reported stories from Gaza to Greenland, and is the author of “America in Retreat: The New Isolationism and the Coming Global Disorder,” published in 2014.
Bret is the recipient of numerous awards and distinctions, including three honorary doctorates, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, and the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for commentary. In 2022, the government of Russia banned him for life from visiting that country.
In addition to his work at The Times, in 2021 Bret became editor-in-chief of Sapir, a Jewish quarterly published by the Maimonides Fund. The mission of Sapir is to offer ideas for a thriving Jewish future. He is also currently at work on a book about the future of the free world.
Bret was raised in Mexico City and holds a B.A. from the University of Chicago and an MSc. from the London School of Economics. He sits on numerous academic advisory boards and was a co-founder, with Garry Kasparov, of the Renew Democracy Initiative, an organization dedicated to advancing democratic principles throughout the world.
He and his wife, Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, a music critic and entrepreneur, live near New York City and have three children.
This event is made possible by the Rabbi Gordon Tucker Fund for Jewish Learning, Thought and Culture. Please click here if you are interested in contributing to this fund to help support future events.
If there is anything we can do to make this program accessible to you or if you would like to request an ASL interpreter (two weeks prior to this event), please contact Sue Safir.
