(Courtesy of YINR WIJS) Women’s Initiative for Jewish Studies (WIJS) at Young Israel of New Rochelle is proud to present Dr. Einat Wilf this Sunday, January 26 at 10:30 a.m. on Zoom, in an event titled “A Conversation With Dr. Einat Wilf.” She will be the fifth speaker of the 2024-2025 season in the monthly scholarly programming offered by WIJS at YINR.

Wilf is a leading thinker on Israel, Zionism, foreign policy and education. She was a member of the Israeli Parliament from 2010 to 2013, where she served as chair of the education committee and member of the influential Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. Born and raised in Israel, Wilf served as an intelligence officer in the Israel Defense Forces, foreign policy adviser to Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres, and a strategic consultant with McKinsey & Company.

Wilf has a BA from Harvard, an MBA from INSEAD in France, and a PhD in political science from the University of Cambridge. She was the Goldman Visiting Professor at Georgetown University. Wilf is the author of seven books that explore key issues in Israeli society. “We Should All Be Zionists,” published in 2022, brings together her essays from the past four years on Israel, Zionism and the path to peace; the co-authored “The War of Return: How Western Indulgence of the Palestinian Dream Has Obstructed the Path to Peace,” was published in 2020. You can learn more about Wilf’s work on her website at https://www.wilf.org/English/ and on her YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@einatwilf.

All WIJS programming is open to women and men. Please visit https://www.yinr.org/wijs to view the complete WIJS 2024-2025 schedule. For more information, to be added to the WIJS email list, or for Zoom information, please call 914-636-2215 or email: [email protected]. Individuals on the WIJS mailing list will automatically receive the Zoom information.