Date: Feb 10, 2011

Hofstra University's Issues in Judaism Lectures Presents Mideast Update With Michael Tuchfeld, One of Israel's Leading TV Journalists

March 2 and 9, 2011, 7 p.m.

Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY … The Hofstra Cultural Center and Hofstra Hillel’s Issues in Judaism Lecture Series presents two lectures in March 2011 by Michael Tuchfeld, one of Israel's leading broadcast journalists. This is Mr. Tuchfeld’s seventh annual visit to Hofstra to present timely lectures on current topics regarding Israel and the Middle East. He is a political analyst and media consultant. He is also former parliamentary correspondent and host of Israel Radio, IBA and Channel 2 news, The Knesset Channel in Jerusalem, Israel.

The topics of Mr. Tuchfeld’s spring 2011 lectures are:

WHERE SHALL THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE PROCESS REST?
Wednesday, March 2, 2011, 7 p.m.

WHO DELEGITIMIZES ISRAEL?: THE ASSAULT ON ISRAEL'S LEGITIMACY
Wednesday, March 9, 2011, 7 p.m.

A question and answer period will follow each lecture.

Lectures take place at the Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus.

Tickets for each lecture are priced separately at $8, $7 for senior citizens (over 65 with I.D.) and $5 for matriculated non-Hofstra students (with I.D.). Members of the Hofstra community receive one free ticket upon presentation of a current HofstraCard. The lectures are supported in part by the Dorothy and Elmer Kirsch Endowment for the Hofstra Cultural Center. Ticket proceeds will benefit the Judaic Studies Scholarship Fund at Hofstra University.
                                                   
For tickets contact the John Cranford Adams Playhouse Box Office at (516) 463-6644 and for more information contact the Hofstra Cultural Center at (516) 463-5669 or visit www.hofstra.edu/culture.
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