Last Wednesday, the Yeshiva University High School for Boys (MTA) Hatzioni group was fortunate to have the opportunity to spend time with the Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel, Tzipi Hotovely, at a YU event. MTA freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors, along with various YU students and YU Vice President for University and Community Life Rabbi Kenneth Brander, gathered in YU President Richard Joel’s meeting room and were addressed by Hotovely. She stressed the importance of cultivating religiously observant political figures, detailed her own personal background and described her experiences in the government. She then opened the floor to questions regarding Israel and how Americans can become more involved with Israel.