| Date: | August 29, 2011 |
| To: | Task Force Members and Friends |
| From: | Jessica Balaban, Executive Director |
| Subject: | Call with Former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Arens |
Please join our next educational conference call briefing with Moshe Arens, former Israeli Minister of Defense and Foreign Affairs. The call will take place on Wednesday, September 14th at 12:00 - 12:40 pm Eastern Daylight Time.
Mr. Arens will discuss why he believes that integrating the Arab citizens of Israel is a top national priority for the State of Israel and why issues facing the Israeli Arab community must be addressed immediately. Mr. Arens will also speak about the recent social justice protest movement in Israel and potential implications regarding Israeli Arab issues.
Read Moshe Arens' recent piece, the Bedouin Minority Must Be Integrated, in Ha'aretz to learn more.
All are welcome to join this call. Please extend this invitation to your colleagues and constituencies. Feel free to post these opportunities in your organizational announcements, newsletters and on your website. Past educational conference call briefings are posted in the Task Force's audio library. To listen to all past calls, click here.
Call-In Information:
- US and Canada - (866) 794-4960
Passcode: 738 770
- Outside the US and Canada - (630) 299-0025
Passcode: 738 770
To join, RSVP to Michal Cohen at michal.cohen@jdcny.org or (212) 885-0825.
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Speaker Bio
Moshe Arens (Likud)
Former Minister of Defense and Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Born in 1925 in Lithuania, Moshe Arens grew up in the U.S. and immigrated to Israel in 1948.
His political life began in 1974, when he was elected to the Knesset as a lawmaker for the Likud. In 1982, Arens became the Israeli ambassador to the United States for one year, before returning to Israel to become Defense Minister. Arens also served as Foreign Minister from 1988 to 1990.
Arens became defense minister again between 1990 and 1992, when he retired from politics, only to return in 1999 to the same portfolio.
Arens studied mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and aeronautical engineering at the California Institute of Technology. A former associate professor of aeronautical engineering at the Technion and vice president for engineering at Israel Aircraft Industries, he has published articles in academic journals on propulsion and flight mechanics.
Moshe Arens is married and the father of four.