Date
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
7:30 - 8:30 PM
Presenting Sponsor
Transportation Sponsor
The Next Four Years: What the Presidential Election Results Mean for the United States, Canada, and Israel
Ari Fleischer and Bruce Heyman debate the future of America, Israel, and Canada-US relations in the wake of the 2020 Election.
In lieu of an in-person Major Gifts Gala this year, UJA is excited to present a riveting bipartisan debate between Ari Fleischer and Bruce Heyman, moderated by the Honourable Linda Frum.
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
7:15 - 7:30 PM Log on a few minutes early to say hello to friends!
7:30 - 8:30 PM Main program
Please register for this event by
5:00 PM on November 24th.
Annual Campaign Chairs: Leonard Abramsky and Sara Zagdanski
Major Gifts Chairs:
Micki Mizrahi, Craig Rimer, Beth Singer, and Craig Walters
For more information about this webinar, please contact Nikol at [email protected]
SPEAKERS
Ari Fleischer,
Former White House Press Secretary; President Ari Fleischer Communications; and FOX News Contributor
As former White House press secretary, Ari Fleischer was the primary spokesperson for President George
W. Bush and delivered the daily White House briefings from 2001 to 2003. He previously served as the
Bush campaign spokesman in 1999 and 2000. In his almost four years working for George W. Bush, he
served as spokesman during the historic presidential recount, September 11th, two wars and the anthrax
attack. His best-selling book, Taking Heat, details his years in the White House and reached #7 on The
New York Times best seller list.
Since leaving the White House, he still finds time to stay involved in politics. After the 2012 Presidential
election, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus appointed Fleischer as co-chair of the
RNC’s Growth and Opportunity Project to find out why Republicans lost that year and to chart a path
forward for the Republican Party. He is a FOX News contributor and has appeared frequently on many of
the leading political and news shows.
He has also worked on Capitol Hill as a press secretary to three Congressmen and one United States
Senator.
Fleischer is a native of Pound Ridge, New York and a 1982 graduate of Vermont's Middlebury College.
Now president of his own firm, Ari Fleischer Communications Inc., he offers advice to clients in the
corporate and sports worlds on how to handle the press.
Ambassador Bruce Heyman,
Former US Ambassador to Canada under President Obama
Bruce Heyman served as the US Ambassador to Canada under President Barack Obama from 2014 until 2017. His leadership emphasized the importance of the Canada-US relationship and pushed for more collaboration and cross-border investments. Today, he continues to work on strengthening the relationship between the two countries, serving as a strategic advisor to Canada 2020, a progressive Ottawa-based think tank. Drawing on his diplomatic background, Heyman shares insights into international relations and the art of diplomacy.
Heyman is often asked to provide insight on matters relating to the US economy, trade, and the US-Canada relationship for top media, including BNN Bloomberg, CNN, MSNBC, Fox Business, CTV, and NPR. In 2019, he, along with his wife, Vicki Heyman, published their highly-acclaimed first book, The Art of Diplomacy. It is a personal and insightful call to action about one of the most important bilateral relationships in the world — Canada and the US — and why diplomacy matters now more than ever before.
The Heymans are the co-founders of Uncharted, a unique social enterprise that ignites meaningful change through community building. Their goal is to build a hive of organic local and cross border relationships in the areas of diplomacy politics, the arts, business, philanthropy, and media. In addition, Heyman is a member of the advisory board to the Canada Institute at the Wilson Center, an honorary patron to the Council of the Great Lakes Region, and also sits on the advisory board for Uptake in Chicago.
Prior to becoming a US ambassador, Heyman spent 33 years at Goldman Sachs, where he served as partner and managing director in the Chicago office. He also previously served as a board member for the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, as an advisor to the Fix the Debt CEO Council of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, and as a member of The Executives’ Club of Chicago and the Facing History and Ourselves Chicago Advisory Board.
MODERATOR
Linda Frum,
Senator of Canada and Vice-Chair of UJA's Board of Directors
The Honourable Linda Frum was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 2009 by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. She represents the Province of Ontario.
She is a member of the Conservative Senate Caucus and is the former Conservative Senate Caucus Chair. She has served on the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, the Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration Committee, the Banking, Trade and Commerce Committee, and the Committee for Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament.
A fierce advocate for human rights in Iran, Senator Frum has co-sponsored Iran Accountability Week on Parliament Hill. She is also known for her legislative efforts to eliminate foreign funding in Canadian elections. Introduced in the 42nd Parliament, the Eliminating Foreign Funding in Elections Act (Bill S-239) sought to close a loophole that allows Canadian third party groups to use foreign funds for election purposes.
Senator Frum also successfully introduced Canadian Jewish Heritage Month Act (Bill S-232) which designates the month of May as an officially recognized month to honour the contributions of Canada’s Jewish community.
Senator Frum is also an active member of her community. Currently, she serves as Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors for the United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto and serves on the board of the United Israel Appeal. She is a member of the International Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation Committee and is an Honourary Board member of NGO Monitor. She is also a director of the Conservative Fund of Canada.
She has previously served as the vice chair of the board of Upper Canada College, as well as a board member with Bishop Strachan School, the Art Gallery of Ontario Foundation and Mount Sinai Hospital.
In recognition of her civic contributions, Senator Frum has received the Golda Meir Leadership Award from the State of Israel Bonds, an honourary Doctor of Humane Letters from Yeshiva University, and the Rothschild Humanitarian Award from Shaare Zedek Hospital. Last year she was awarded an honourary degree from Hebrew University for her leadership based on the principles of equality, freedom and human rights.
A former journalist and author, Senator Frum was a columnist with the National Post, a contributing editor to Maclean’s Magazine, and a Gemini-Award winning documentarian. She lives in Toronto with her husband Howard Sokolowski and together they have five children and two grandchildren.