“Are you going to vote for Obama?” my 14-year-old daughter, Misgav, asked me the other day. “I don’t vote in American elections,” I replied, “because I’m Israeli.” “But you could vote, right?” “I could,” I acknowledged. “I’m also an American citizen. But the last time I voted was in 1980. Once I decided to make [...]
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Gershom Gorenberg and Haim Watzman are available for lecturing in Israel and abroad.
Gershom will be spending November 2012 in Australia as a scholar in residence. He will be in the U.S. as a visiting professor from mid-January through April 2013. If your organization, congregation or campus would like arrange a lecture, please contact him at gershomg@gmail.com.
Haim will be visiting the U.S. in September 2011, January-February 2012, and July/August 2012. He'll be in Atlanta, Denver, and New York, and other venues are possible. His debut of his new "Necessary Stories" presentation in New York in Nov. 2009 was a great success! See his Speaking and Performance page for details about this show and lecture topics. Please contact him at hwatzman@gmail.com.
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