Dec

15 2016

The Jewish Lawrence of Arabia: John Henry Patterson and the Jewish Brigade

7:30PM - 9:30PM  

Beth David Synagogue 55 Yeomans Road
Toronto, ON M3H3J7
416-633-5500 info@bethdavid.com
http://www.bethdavid.com

Contact Yunna Shapira
1-855-303-5544
yunna@isranet.org
http://www.isranet.org

CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH and BETH DAVID SYNAGOGUE Present in Toronto

ISRAEL LEARNING SEMINAR 2016

This program, given by outstanding academic specialists and open to students and adults, is designed to provide knowledge and skills enabling community members to oppose current efforts, on and off campuses, to delegitimate the democratic Jewish state.

THE JEWISH LAWRENCE OF ARABIA:
THE CURIOUS CASE OF JOHN HENRY PATTERSON AND THE JEWISH BRIGADE

Presented by
Geoffrey Clarfield, Executive Director,
Speakers Action Group
GEOFFREY CLARFIELD worked as a development anthropologist and project manager in Africa, the Near East and Asia for a number of donors and organizations including the UN, the Norwegian, Swiss and Canadian Governments, European and British companies, the Rockefeller Foundation and a variety of local and international NGOs for more than twenty years. For the last ten years he has worked for Canadian and American organizations and companies. He is a former Director at the Canadian Coalition for Democracies.

Clarfield is a regular contributor to a variety of newspapers and magazines including The National Post, The Globe and Mail, The American Thinker, The Brooklyn Rail, The Times of Israel, Minerva Magazine, The New York Post and the New English Review, where he is a contributing editor.

Free admission. Light refreshments.

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