- Prof. Gil
Troy -
American Involvement in the Middle East and its Impact on Israel
winnipeg, MB - March 14, 2005 - The Asper Foundation
Lecture Series in association with the Winnipeg Zionist Initiative is pleased
to present Prof. Gil Troy speaking on the topic American Involvement in the Middle East and its Impact on Israel.
The lecture takes place 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 14, 2005 at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek, 561 Wellington
Crescent, and is being co-sponsored by the Rose
and Max Rady Jewish Community Centre, Israel Experience Centre, Winnipeg and Congregation
Shaarey Zedek.
Prof.
Troy is a Full Professor of History at McGill
University, Montreal. He received his bachelor's,
master's and doctoral degrees from Harvard
University and taught
History and Literature at Harvard for two years. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Elie Wiesel says of Prof. Troy, "His quest for truth remains strong, as
does his commitment to truth.” He has been hailed by Maclean’s magazine as one of
McGill’s “Popular Profs” and recently received the Jerusalem
Prize from the Canadian Zionist Federation and the World Zionist Organization. A regular
columnist for the Canadian Jewish News and B’nai Brith Magazine, Prof. Troy has also commented on American
politics and the presidency on television, radio and in various publications,
with articles published in The Wall Street
Journal, The Montreal Gazette, The New York Times, The New York Post, The
Washington Post, The National Post, The Jerusalem Post and USA Weekend. Having
sold nearly 15,000 copies, Troy is the author of
Why I Am a Zionist: Israel, Jewish Identity and the
Challenges of Today, hailed by Martin
Peretz, Editor-in-Chief and Chairman, The
New Republic as the “most persuasive presentation
of the (Zionist) case…..in decades.” Prof. Troy’s
third book on American history, Morning in America:
How Ronald Reagan Invented the 1980s, has just been published by
Princeton University Press. His previous two works were Mr. and Mrs. President: From the Trumans to the
Clintons, and See How They Ran:
The Changing Role of the Presidential Candidate.
The
Winnipeg Zionist Initiative administers The Asper Foundation Lecture Series.
The series features authoritative and respected speakers from around the world
addressing substantive, relevant, national and international issues. Since its
inception, over 14,000 people across Canada have attended these
inspiring and thought-provoking lectures and events. Upcoming speakers in the
series are John Loftus, May 16th and Jeff Jacoby, June 8th,
2005.
Admission
is $10 and free to students displaying student ID, Winnipeg Zionist Initiative
members and the media. Proceeds support the Winnipeg Zionist Initiative. Space
is limited.
Tickets
purchases at 477-7510 or at the door.
.
For more information, please contact Mr. Jonny Cline,
Executive Director, Winnipeg
Zionist Initiative at 204-477-7464 or e-mail: jonnyc@wzic.org
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