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Tuesday, March 02, 2021

“Fighting COVID—Lessons From Israel’s Experiences: A Conversation with Dr. Shmuel Shapira.”

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Online Lecture
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About the Event:

Dr. Shmuel Shapira, a pioneering figure in the field of “terror medicine”—treating victims of terrorism—was at the forefront of Israel’s recent efforts fighting the coronavirus, especially with respect to the development of a safe vaccine. He will share his thoughts in conversation with Professor Bruce Hoffman, director of the CJC.

About the Speaker:

Dr. Shmuel Shapira, MD MPH, is a Full Professor of Medical Administration at the Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine. He is also the Director General of the Israel Institute for Biological Research and Chair of the Board of Life Science Research Israel. Professor Shapira was formerly Deputy Director General of the Hadassah Medical Organization; Director and founder of the Military Track of the Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine; former Director of the Hebrew University Hadassah School of Public Health; and, the founder and head of the Department of Military Medicine of the Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine and IDF Medical Corps. Professor Shapira is a Full Colonel (Res.) in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and served as the IDF Head of Trauma Branch. He is an authority on terror, trauma, emergency medicine and military medicine. He instructs medical students, physicians, EMS, medical leaders and rescue teams on terror medicine, management of mass casualty’s events, military medicine, advanced trauma life support and risk management. Professor Shapira has published more than 110 articles, in addition to chapters and editing books on trauma, terror medicine, military medicine and mass casualty management.

Among other textbooks, Professor Shapira is the editor of Essentials of Terror Medicine, Best Practice for Medical Management of Terror Incidents, and Medical Response to Terror Threats. He was cited as second in the Jerusalem Post’s list of the 50 most influential Jews of 2020.

Thursday, March 11, 2021

“2021 Andrew H. Siegal Lecture: What the Biden Administration Faces in the Middle East”
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm EST
Online Lecture
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About the Event:

Join Ambassador Dennis Ross as he sketches the contours of the Middle East the Biden administration has inherited. Ambassador Ross will discuss the wars in Syria, Libya, and Yemen, highlight the three groupings vying for influence throughout the region, underline what the Abraham Accords says about the region’s evolution, and outline the challenge posed by Iran.

About the Speaker:

Ambassador Dennis Ross is counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He is also Distinguished Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown University. For more than twelve years, Ambassador Ross played a leading role in shaping U.S. involvement in the Middle East peace process, dealing directly with the parties as the U.S. point man on the peace process in both the George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton administrations. He served two years as special assistant to President Obama and National Security Council senior director for the Central Region, and a year as special advisor to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Ambassador Ross’s book, Be Strong and of Good Courage: How Israel’s Most Important Leaders Shaped Its Destiny (PublicAffairs, 2019), was co-written with his colleague David Makovsky and published in September 2019. The work profiles four Israeli prime ministers who made historic choices and explores their decisions to see if they can provide a guide to dealing with the fateful choice that Israel’s leaders must soon confront or by default become a binational state.