Summer 2026
Lecture Series
SPONSORED BY SHIRLEY AND OLIVER KENLEY IN MEMORY OF MICHAEL SCHUSHEIM
Thursdays, 11am (Israeli Time) ON ZOOM
MAY 07
Jotam Confino
Correspondent and Journalist
Bringing Media Balance Back to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
MAY 14
Daphne Richemond-Barak
Professor, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya
The Boycott of Israeli Academia
MAY 21
SHAVUOT, NO LECTURE
MAY 28
Paul Salter
Musical Director
Sahara Desert Discs - our version of BBC's Desert Island Discs
JUN 04
Sherwin Pomerantz
Businessman and Consultant
Succeeding in Business in Israel: Challenging but Doable
JUN 11
Sam Lehman-Wilzig
Professor of Communications, Peres Academic Center, Rehovot
Understanding the Life Cycle of Technology (Particularly for Beginners!)
JUN 18
Miriam Feldman-Kaye
Senior Lecturer Bar Ilan University
Jewish Ethics and New Inventions
JUN 25
Roy Doliner
Author, Lecturer and Art Detective
The Hidden Within the Hidden - a tale of the Eternal People in the Eternal City
JUL 02
Yehoshua Fass
American Israeli Rabbi, co-founder of Nefesh B’Nefesh
Strengthening Aliya
JUL 09
David Nissan
Iran and Middle-East Expert
The Truth, the Whole Truth, and the Alternative Truth – Conspiracies
JUL 16
Mordechai Kedar
Scholar of Arab culture
A Middle-East Update
JUL 23
Michael Gawenda
Journalist and Editor
Unsafe: how the explosion in antisemitism led to the Bondi massacre of Jews
JUL 30
Hanan Drory
Music Producer
Music Extravaganza
PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE
SUNDAY AT 5
SPONSORED BY JUDY AND STEPHEN SAMUEL IN LOVING MEMORY OF THEIR DEAR PARENTS
Sundays, 5pm (Israeli Time) ON ZOOM
MAY 10
Elhanan Miller
Rabbi, Writer and Content Creator
The Pen and the Sword: Arab Affairs Journalism from Jerusalem
MAY 17
Yaakov Lappin
Military Affairs Correspondent & Analyst
The Current Situation Explained
MAY 24 - JULY 26, 2026
SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE:
Herb Keinon
George Baskin
Meir Javedanfar
Daniel Goldman
and others
PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE