Congregation B’nai Tikvah has hosted a great many wonderful speakers, presenters, and performers over the years.
Rabbi Ken Spiro is a Senior Lecturer and Researcher for Aish HaTorah’s Discovery Seminars and the Jerusalem Online University. His quick-paced, humorous style catches and keeps an audience’s interest; his ability to explain deep concepts clearly makes an impact that lasts long after the presentation. He has appeared on numerous radio and television programs such as B.B.C. Radio and TV., The National Geographic Channel, The History Channel, Channel 4 England and Arutz Sheva-Israel National Radio. He is the author of WorldPerfect – The Jewish Impact on Civilization published by HCI books and Crash Course in Jewish History published by Targum Press
Kasim Hafeez is a British Muslim of Pakistani origin, indoctrinated by his parents to be anti semitic and anti-Israel. Hafeez has radically changed his views after reading The Case for Israel by Alan Dershowitz, and this shift eventually compelled him to reach out to Israeli advocacy groups. A self-described Muslim Zionist, Kasim has shared how he feels more at home in Israel than anywhere else.
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, is the Founder and Director of Shurat HaDin (Israel Law Center), Israeli based civil rights organization and world leader in combating the terrorist organizations and the regimes that support them through lawsuits litigated in courtrooms around the world. Fighting for the rights of hundreds of terror victims, Shurat HaDin seeks to bankrupt the terror groups and grind their criminal activities to a halt – one lawsuit at a time. See the video.
Adam Klazmer served as a lone soldier in the IDF’s Nahal Infantry Brigade. Following his service, he continued his involvement with Yashar LaChayal, a charity that donates essential equipment to Israeli combat soldiers. In January of 2014, he shared with our congregation his experiences as both a soldier in the IDF and a board member of Yashar LaChayal. See the video.
Ali
ce Golembo, grandniece of Golda Meir, was invited to the Sisterhood paid-up membership dinner to share her reminiscences, anecdotes, and personal insights into the life of her aunt. Alice lived with Golda in Jerusalem in the Prime Minister’s residence for some time and was intimately involved in the Broadway play ‘Golda’ both as an actress and as a consultant to the playwright. Sisterhood was pleased to invite the entire congregation to join in on their program, a thought-provoking evening of humor, warmth and inspiration.
Do
n Stern is a decorated World War II bombardier who flew for the 15th Air Force in Europe during the war spoke to the Men’s Club on March 17, 2012 about his experiences flying combat missions. Don flew over 32 missions in a B-17 bomber for the 15th Air Force from Foggia Italy.
Dr. Teresa Schaer spoke at a joint meeting of the Sisterhood and Men’s Club in May of 2012 about “Sex As We Age”. She is Board Certified in both Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine, and specializes in a cutting-edge approach to preventive healthcare that is integral to the Signature Health Solutions methodology. She is a frequent lecturer on topics in Geriatrics, Age Management and Medical Ethics throughout the state, and has appeared on television and radio as a medical expert on a wide range of topics.
Daniel Mendelsohn spoke about his international bestseller “The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million.” He is an award-winning critic, essayist and translator and author . Daniel began publishing reviews and essays on literary and cultural topics in 1991, and since then his work has appeared in many national publications, most frequently in The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Book Review, and is a Contributing Editor at Travel + Leisure.
Rabbi Jo David of the Jewish Appleseed Foundation, a worldwide organization bringing Judaism to those who have not had the Jewish experience, has worked extensively with interfaith families and, because of her experience, brings a unique prospective to interfaith issues.
Azriela Ja
ffe is the author of “Two Jews Can Still Be a Mixed Marriage“. She also writes Advice from A-Z, a self-syndicated column which regularly appears in about two dozen newspapers, magazines, and websites such as Business Week. She has appeared on over 200 television and radio shows and is a highly respected motivational speaker who is a member of the National Speakers Association, and a sought-after keynoter and workshop leader for entrepreneurial and women’s conferences.
Rochelle Kri
ch, the daughter of Holocaust survivors, was born in Germany and lived in New Jersey before moving with her family to Los Angeles in 1960. With a master’s degree in English from UCLA, she chaired the English department at Yeshiva University of Los Angeles High Schools, received the Milken Families Foundation Award for Distinguished Educator of the Year, and the Samuel Belkin Memorial Award for professional achievement. Past editor of the national Sisters in Crime newsletter and a former director of the National Board of Directors of the Mystery Writers of America.
Charles Shai Goldstien is the Director of the New Jersey Regional Office of the Anti-Defamation League. He is charged with the responsibility of promoting the National ADL’s Charter to “…stop the defamation of the Jewish People …Secure justice and fair treatment to all citizens alike.” Mr. Goldstein networks and develops programs with other civil rights groups, government and community leaders, law enforcement, educators, and Jewish and non-Jewish clergy leaders to further the goals of the ADL’s national charter.
Alan Freedman has been the Director of the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, since its inception in 1993 as The Long Island Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. When the hall of fame began, Alan was the Health & Phys. Ed. Director of the Suffolk Y JCC, the home of the hall of fame. Since then, the hall of fame has expanded to become a national organization, and Alan (hasn’t expanded), but has become the Assistant Executive Director of The Y, and responsible for the day-to-day operations of the agency.
Mimi Schwartz spoke to Sisterhood in lieu of one month’s meeting of the Book Club. Sisterhood welcomed the Princeton author, “to discuss her recent book, Thoughts from a Queen-sized Bed. During her presentation, she spoke about what it means to be married for almost forty years, to grow up in an immigrant Jewish family, come of age in the 1950s, marry her high school sweetheart, and have her consciousness raised in the 1970s.
Lisa Lipkin is a professional storyteller, educator, and writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, and in her monthly column for The Forward.
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