The 19th Annual
Connie Spear Birnbaum Memorial Lecture
Sunday, May 1 2022, 5:00 pm EDT
(Rosh Hodesh Iyyar)
at Congregation Beth El-Atereth Israel, Newton
(COVID Precautions Observed)
and Via Zoom
Featuring Keynote Speaker
Major General Amos Yadlin
A Multi-Access Event at Congregation Beth El-Ateret Israel
and Via Zoom--Registration is required for both venues
In establishing the lecture which bears Connie's name and growing it from strength to strength over the course of the past 19 years, we have tried to channel her resourcefulness and creative energies by planning a program where we can all draw strength by coming together and being enlightened by a uniquely qualified Israeli Jewish leader-- a military hero, defender of the Jewish state, and diplomat-- Major General Yadlin is just that leader!
Learn more about Major General (ret.) Yadlin in his interview with AIPAC: CLICK HERE.
The Connie Spear Birnbaum Memorial Lecture is free due to the generosity of our donors. If you wish to support us with a tax-deductible gift earmarked for the annual lecture, you may do so on line or by check.
Please note the giving levels for this event:
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Pillar: $250+
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Patron: $100-249
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Sponsor: $54-99
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Friend: $36-53
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On-line donations: please CLICK HERE and select Donate to Connie Spear Birnbaum Memorial Lecture.
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Donations by check: Please make your check payable to The Synagogue Council of Massachusetts, write "Connie Lecture" on the memo line, and mail your check to:
The Synagogue Council of Massachusetts
1320 Centre Street, Suite 306
Newton, MA 02459
Lecture Topic:
A NEW MIDDLE EAST?
ISRAEL AFTER THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS
Major General (ret.) Amos Yadlin joins the Middle East Initiative as a senior fellow after 40 years of service in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). He served as a fighter pilot for 33 years, ultimately becoming Deputy Commander of the Israeli Air Force. He then earned the rank of Major General, served as a commander of the IDF Military Colleges and the National Defense College, Defense Attaché to the United States, and Chief of the Military Intelligence Directorate. He was Executive Director of the Institute for National Security Studies from 2011 to 2021; under his leadership it was named the number one think tank in the Middle East and North Africa by the University of Pennsylvania’s Global Go To Think Tank Index Report in 2020.
19th Annual Connie Spear Birnbaum Memorial Lecture Donors
Pillars: $250+
Herbert Birnbaum
Fred Cohen
Bruce & Madelyn Donoff
Joni & Rodney Falk
Todd Heller & Ruth Klein
Robert & Janice Kerwin
The Lynch Charitable Foundation
Rabbi Daniel & Ruth Pernick
Rabbi Shayna & Jonathan, z"l, Rhodes
Fabienne Rottenberg
Jill & Larry Sandberg
Erica & Jerry Silverman
Fiza Singh
Susan & Joe Stone
Patrons: $100-249
Alan Teperow, honorary chair & Suzanne Hanser
Maurice & Sarah Aghion
Arnold & Barbara Andler
Michael & Joyce Bohnen
Gretchen Marks Brandt & Stewart Brandt
Carole & David Decter
Judith Freedman Caplan & Barry Caplan
Congregation Beth Shalom of the Blue Hills
Debra & Bernard Friedland
Jack Gilad & Doug Hauer
Arthur Greenberg
Charles Jacobs
Aaron & Ellen Kischel
John & Randi Lapidus
Phillip & Robin Levy
Brian & Judy Miller
Murray & Barbara Miller
Alan Nelson
Jeremy Nussbaum
Keith & Naomi Osher
Rabbi Barbara Penzner
Elizabeth & Bob Pressman
Richard Saltzberg
Rabbi Sam & Jenni Seicol
Rachel Seliber
Danny & Rifkie Silverman
Sponsors: $54-99
Steven & Renee Bellin
Prof. Solomon Friedberg & Karen Siller
Payson Greene
Michael & Riselle Hirsh
Ronda & Joshua Jacobson
Sally Kaitz
Lawrence S. Milner
Eva & Alan Radding
Mike Rosenberg
Adrienne Ruch
Elliot & Adrianne Sternthal
David & Carol Stollar
Paul Tatelman
Jonathan Tepper
Walnut Street Synagogue of Chelsea
Carol Wasserman
Abby & Daniel Wyschogrod
Friends: $36-53
Irene Gaffin
Lori Gilman
Jesse & Brenda Hefter
Robert Karasov
Lillian Leavitt
Aviva Lev-Ari
Paula Levine
S.A. Levy
Carl & Naomi Lopkin
Marvin & Judy Packer
Edna M. Perlmutter
David Rozenson
Jan Schwartz
Gertrude Stoller
Carol Turkewitz
Nathan Zielonka & Ann Bellows
Tribute Committee
Herbert Birnbaum, lecture founder
Alan Teperow, honorary chair
Rabbi Marc Baker
Rav-Hazan Aliza Berger
Rabbi Daniel Berman
Ben Birnbaum
Joyce & Michael Bohnen
Gretchen Marks Brandt
Rabbi Ariel Burger
Jeremy Burton
Councilor Andrea Campbell
Rabbi Noah Cheses
Fred Cohen
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Professor Lewis Glinert
Rabbi Leonard Gordon
Rabbi Mark Gottlieb
Steven Greenberg
Shirah Hecht
Brenda & Jesse Hefter
Ronda & Joshua Jacobson
Rabbi Howard Jaffe
Bernice Sis Kazis
Aaron Kischel
Rabbi Carl Perkins
Elizabeth Pressman
Rabbi Victor Reinstein
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Cantor Elias Rosemberg
Jay Sage
Rabbi Benjamin Samuels
Craig Schneider
Rabbi Gershon Segal
Barry Shrage
Jerry & Erica Silverman
Sandy Slavet
Horace Small
David Stollar
Rabbi Mendy Uminer
Rabbi Moshe Waldoks
Cantor Howard Worona
Rabbi Henry Zoob
Sponsoring Synagogues /Organizations
Sponsored by the Synagogue Council of Massachusetts in cooperation with the following organizations and synagogues:
Chabad of Chestnut Hill
Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP)
Congregation Beth El-Atereth Israel, Newton
Congregation Beth Israel, Metairie, Louisiana
Congregation Beth Israel, Worcester
Congregation Kehillath Israel, Brookline
Congregation Mishkan Tefila, Brookline
Congregation Shaarei Tefillah, Newton
Congregation Shirat Hayam of the North Shore
Hebrew College
JCC of Greater Boston
Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston
Jewish Federation of Central Massachusetts
LimmudBoston
Minyan Darchei Shalom of Newton
Minyan Ma'or, Newton
Temple Beth Avodah, Newton
Temple Beth Shalom, Needham
Temple Beth Zion, Brookline
Temple Emanuel of the Merrimack Valley
Temple Emanuel of Newton
Temple Emeth, Chestnut Hill
Temple Emunah Lexington
Temple Etz Chaim, Franklin
Temple Hillel-B'nai Torah, West Roxbury
Temple Isaiah, Lexington
Temple Israel of Natick
Temple Israel of Sharon
Temple Ohabei Shalom, Brookline
Temple Reyim, Newton
Temple Shalom of Newton
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism-Northeast District
Walnut Street Synagogue of Chelsea
Young Israel of Brookline
Young Israel of Sharon
Last Year's Lecture: An Event to Remember
The 18th Annual
Connie Spear Birnbaum Memorial Lecture & Chai Anniversary Celebration--
The event videos
Part 1: Slide show, welcome, excerpts from previous lectures, "Shabbat Hamalka"
Part 2: Horace Small, Andrea Campbell, Ben Birnbaum and featured speaker, Yossi Klein Halevi
Part 3: Excerpts from previous lectures, expressions of gratitude, special guest speaker (Sophia) "Lo Alecha Hamalacha Ligmor", credits