Judeophobia 5.00pm Sunday 12 February

George Goddard Hall, Young Israel

Forgotten People Fund and Netanya AACI have arranged for the premier screening in Israel of Unmasked: Judeophobia and the Threat to Civilization

From the creators of The Case for Israel: Democracy’s Outpost (2009 AJFF) comes a meticulous examination of rising anti-Jewish ideology. Filmmaker Gloria Greenfield travels from Israel to Europe to North America, covering this phenomenon from all angles, including Christian and Islamic polemics against Jews, the proliferation of anti-Israeli bias in academia and cultural institutions, misinformation campaigns and state-sanctioned denials of Israel’s right to exist. Wide-ranging interviews include such eloquent and respected voices as commentator Alan Dershowitz, Senator Joe Lieberman, former U.N. ambassador John Bolton, human rights activist Natan Sharansky, British attorney Anthony Julius, Wall Street Journal columnist Bret Stephens and Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Moshe Ya’alon, among many others.

Unmasked: Judeophobia and the Threat to Civilization is a call to action and urgent reminder that anti-Semitism is a menace not only to Jews, but to the human condition itself.

Director of the film Gloria Greenfield will talk about the making of the film and its impact.

Pre booked tickets NIS 50 At door NIS 60 (Price includes light refreshments)

Proceeds to Forgotten People Fund and Netanya AACI

How the Current Situation in the Arab World Affects Israel 8:00pm 19 February

Guest Lecture with Dr. Jonathan Spyer From the Inter-Disciplinary Center, Herzliya

Jonathan Spyer was born in London and has lived in Jerusalem for the past 16 years. After completing his military service in the IDF in 1993, he studied for a Master’s degree in Politics of the Modern Middle East via the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. He received his PhD in International Relations in 2003. Since then, he has held a senior research fellowship at the Global Research in International Affairs Center of the Inter-Disciplinary Center in Herzliya. Jonathan Spyer’s articles and analysis of the current political situation in the Middle East have been published in a number of journals, including the Guardian, Haaretz, the Jerusalem Post, MERIA, the Forward and others. He is a well-known commentator on the Middle East in Israel. Jonathan will discuss the profound changes taking place within the Arab world and how they may affect Israel’s position and policies.

Pre booked members NIS 40 Non-members and at door: NIS 50

Terrorist Cop Guest Lecture 8.00pm Wednesday 28 March

Mordecai Z. Dzikansky, Retired Detective First Grade, spent his 25 year police career with the New York City Police Department.

A native of Brooklyn, Detective Dzikansky was appointed to the NYPD in 1983 and served as a uniformed patrolman for two years. He served in the Organized Crime Control Bureau, the elite Manhattan South Homicide Squad and the Midtown North Detective Squad, where he received the Chief of Detectives Certificate of Achievement.

In 1991, at the outbreak of the First Gulf War, Mordecai spent a month in Israel as a volunteer for the IDF’s Sar-El program. In 1993, after a rash of synagogue burglaries in the Metropolitan area, Detective Dzikansky was selected to be lead investigator of the then newly formed specialized Torah Task Force. The task force affected numerous arrests and successfully recovered many of the sacred Torah scrolls. In addition, Detective Dzikansky was selected to work on terror related investigations, including the murders of MK Meir Kahane and Ari Halberstam (the Brooklyn Bridge murder).

From 2003 to 2007, Detective Dzikansky was posted in Israel as the first NYPD Intelligence Division Overseas Liaison Officer to the Israel National Police. His main focus was intelligence gathering and the immediate relay of key information back to NYC to enhance the Department’s ability to recognize, react to and prevent or recover from terrorist acts. He worked with senior members of the Israeli intelligence community on joint investigations which connect NYC and the State of Israel.

He has published two text books on suicide bombings and his memoir. He currently lectures and consults on global security and policing topics and is called upon by various law enforcement agencies, academic/think tanks and community organizations to provide analysis of the current terror trends, and world-wide applications in preventing and responding to terrorism.

Members pre-booked: NIS 40 Non-members and at door: NIS 50