A leading expert on terrorism, international law and Israel’s security as he provides a deep dive into his wealth of experience.

He will give the d'var Torah (sermon) at approximately 11AM during services and then offer a shiur (learning session) entitled "Understanding this Jewish Moment" after kiddush starting at 1 PM. We invite you to join us for the whole day. 

"Understanding this Jewish Moment" - Jewish people, both in Israel and across the world, have experienced a year of profound challenge and change, and are looking at the future with considerable uncertainty and anxiety. Join Vice President of the Hartman Institute, and veteran Israeli peace negotiator and legal adviser, Dr. Tal Becker, to explore the possible paths forward, and to ask what must be preserved and what must change, as we imagine how we respond to this unprecedented moment.

Biography:

Tal Becker is a Vice President and Senior Faculty of the Kogod Research Center at Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, where he leads educational initiatives on Israel and the Jewish world. In this capacity, he is a leading member of the Institute’s iEngage research seminar which produces the premier educational program on Israel engagement in North America, working to strengthen and re-imagine the relationship between Israel and World Jewry.

Dr. Becker served, until recently, as the Legal Adviser of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and has been a senior member of the Israeli peace negotiation team in successive rounds of peace negotiations. He has represented Israel before the International Court of Justice, and played an instrumental role in negotiating and drafting the recent peace and normalization agreements between Israel and the UAE, Bahrain, and Morocco (the “Abraham Accords”). With over two decades of experience on the front lines of many of Israel’s most pressing diplomatic, legal, and policy challenges, Tal has been a leading negotiator and behind-the-scenes representative for Israel in a wide variety of contexts.

He earned his doctorate from Columbia University and, among numerous scholarly awards, is the winner of the Rabin Peace Prize and the 2007 Guggenheim Prize for best international law book for his book Terrorism and the State.

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