On Friday, May 13, at 7:30 p.m., Professor Fred Lazin will offer the lecture: “State of Israel: Political Update,” at Temple Emanuel of Great Neck.
Lazin brings the unique view of an American who has lived and taught in Israel for more than 30 years.
He is presently visiting scholar at the Taub Center for Israel Studies at New York University.
Lazin was born in Boston and grew up in Sharon, Mass. At the University of Massachusetts in Amherst he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and graduated Cum Laude in Government and History.
He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago.
In 1975 he joined the faculty at Ben Gurion University in Israel where he helped to establish an Interdisciplinary Program in Urban Studies and the Department of General Studies.
The Lynn and Lloyd Hurst Family Professor of Local Government (Emeritus) at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, he is the author of eight books dealing with public policy in the United States, Israel and developing countries, Israeli politics and society, and Jews in American politics.
All members of the community are invited to attend the Sabbath Eve Service.
Temple Emanuel of Great Neck is located at 150 Hicks Lane. For further information, please call 516-482-5701.
