Former Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Barak, will offer the Nathan Ackerman Memorial Lecture at Temple Emanuel of Great Neck on Thursday, May 11 at 7:30 p.m.
Barak is one of the most recognizable names in Israeli politics, a man “who over a half-century career became Israel’s most decorated soldier and held the nation’s trifecta of top positions,” according to The New York Times.
He has served Israel as Prime Minister, Chief of General Staff of the Israeli Defense Forces and, most recently, as Minister of Defense, a position he took on in 2007.
In 2012, he was bestowed the United States Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Award by U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, who praised Barak for his dedication to public service: “Through his distinguished military career, and the political career that followed, few people have such far-reaching and positive impacts on Israeli security and prosperity and, I have to say, on the U.S.-Israeli relationship.”
Admission to the event is $40.
Tickets must be purchased in advance by calling 516-482-5701.
Temple Emanuel is located at 150 Hicks Lane in Great Neck.
