When: May 16, 7:30pm
Where: Temple Emanu-El (8500 Hillcrest Road, Dallas, Texas 75225)

Join us for a fascinating conversation on the status of US-Israel relations and prospects for peace and a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Renowned Dallas journalist Lee Cullum will moderate the discussion between J Street President and Founder Jeremy Ben-Ami and Center for a New American Security Senior Fellow Ilan Goldenberg.

Ilan Goldenberg is Senior Fellow and Director of the Middle East Security Program at the Center for a New American Security. He is a foreign policy and defense expert with extensive government experience covering Iran’s nuclear program, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the broader challenges facing the Middle East. Prior to CNAS, Mr. Goldenberg served as the Chief of Staff to the Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations at the U.S. Department of State.  In that position, he has played a key leadership role with the small team supporting Secretary Kerry’s initiative to conduct permanent status peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians.

Jeremy Ben-Ami is the founder and President of J Street, bringing to the role both deep experience in American politics and government and a passionate commitment to the state of Israel. Ben-Ami’s family connection to Israel goes back 130 years to the first aliyah when his great-grandparents were among the first settlers in Petah Tikva. His grandparents were one of the founding families of Tel Aviv, and his father was an activist and leader in the Irgun, working for Israel’s independence and on the rescue of European Jews before and during World War II.