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Tel Aviv International Salon, presents:
Bari Weiss in conversation with Natan Sharansky
RSVP: https://BariWeissSalon.eventbrite.com
Cost: 20NIS. Register on the wait list if sold out.
Date: Thursday January 25th, 7pm
Venue: Nalagaat Theater, Jaffa Port
Who: Young adults from all over Israel & the globe, 20s & 30s Only
About Our Speaker: Bari Weiss
Bari Weiss is the founder and editor of The Free Press and host of the podcast Honestly. From 2017 to 2020 Weiss was an opinion writer and editor at The New York Times. Before that, she was an op-ed and book review editor at The Wall Street Journal and a senior editor at Tablet Magazine.
Weiss is the winner of the LA Press Club's 2021 Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism. She is also the winner of the Reason Foundation’s 2018 Bastiat Prize, which honors writing that “best demonstrates the importance of freedom with originality, wit, and eloquence.” In 2019, Vanity Fair called Weiss the Times's "star opinion writer."
Weiss is a proud Pittsburgh native. Her first book, "How to Fight Anti-Semitism," was the winner of a 2019 National Jewish Book Award. She lives with her wife and daughter in Los Angeles.
About Our Speaker: Natan Sharansky (aka Hero of The Jewish People)
Natan Sharansky was born in Donetsk, Ukraine. He was a spokesman for the human rights movement, a Prisoner of Zion and leader in the struggle for the right of Soviet Jews to immigrate to Israel. Subsequent to his request to make Aliya, Sharansky was arrested on trumped up charges of treason and espionage. He was convicted in a Soviet court and served nine years in the Gulag with many stretches in a punishing cell. Following massive public campaigns by the State of Israel, World Jewry and leaders of the free world, Mr. Sharansky was released in 1986, making Aliyah on the very day of his release.
In his first few years in Israel, Sharansky established the Zionist Forum to assist Soviet Olim in their absorption in Israel. In the 1990's, he established the Yisrael B'Aliyah party in order to accelerate the integration of Russian Jews. He served in four successive Israeli governments, as Minister and Deputy Prime Minister.
In 2018 he received the highest Israeli award – the Israel Prize for promoting Aliyah and the ingathering of the exiles.
Sharansky is the recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1986 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2006. He is the only living non-American citizen who is the recipient of these two highest American awards.
From 2009-2018, Sharansky served as Chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency for Israel. The primary mission of the Jewish Agency is guaranteeing the future of the Jewish People by strengthening the connection of every Jew to the State of Israel and to the Jewish people.
Sharansky is also the author of four books: The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny & Terror, Defending Identity: Its Indispensable Role in Protecting Democracy, Fear No Evil and Never Alone: Prison, Politics, and My People. He remains a champion of the right of all people to live in freedom and believes that the advancement of human rights is critical to peace and security around the world.
About Our Organization: Tel Aviv International Salon
Tel Aviv International Salon is the largest speakers forum in Israel. Our nonprofit was established in 2009 to provide a thought provoking nonpartisan platform for Tel Aviv's young adult community. The Salon curates a unique space to debate and discuss global politics, history, economics, social and cultural issues with a diverse range of engaging decision makers and influencers. We are honest brokers working hard to highlight the leading voices leading Israel and the world.
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The Salons are generously supported by Am Yisrael Foundation // www.AmYisrael.com
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