Mossad-The Greatest Missions of The Israeli Secret Service

Mossad
The Greatest Missions of The Israeli
Secret Service

With Hy Kashenberg

Wednesday, June 26, 2013
7:00 PM
   KOH Library and Cultural Center

On Wednesday, June 26^th at 7:00pm the KOH Library and Cultural Center will proudly present Hy Kashenberg who will speak about the history of the Israeli Secret Service and the recent exciting and controversial book, “Mossad: The Greatest Missions of The Israeli Secret Service”, written by Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal. The book focuses on the IDF’s 30 greatest operations, such as the Entebbe Raid in 1976, Sabena (the Flight 571 hijacking in 1971), up through the Pillar of Cloud that happened last November. Chuck Hagel, Secretary of Defense, stated “Mossad reads like a spectacular spy novel, and contains the real stories from one of the world’s premiere intelligence agencies”. Roger Howard feels that “such a blinkered vision, not only helps explain what lies at the heart of the Arab-Israeli dispute, but also makes the book, at best, superficial, lightweight and uncomfortable reading for anyone who, in the current geopolitical climate, wants more than just a collection of spy stories”.

Mossad was formed December 13, 1949 as the Central Institute for Coordination. In March of 1951 it was recognized as an independent central authority to handle overseas covert intelligence tasks. Its motto is “Without guidance do a people fall, and deliverance is a multitude of counselors.” Proverbs XI/14. Mossad’s current director is Tamir Pardo  and the parent agency is the Office of The Prime Minister.

Mr. Kashenberg will reflect on the dissenting reviews on Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal’s book and address many of the challenges that face Mossad in today’s changing political world. Israel’s Mossad is a subject that has always been shrouded in mystery and speculation. Hy will help pull back the veil of secrecy and give us a more in-depth look at Israel’s Secret Service, its policies, the people who lead it and those who carry out the missions in the field. At a time of so much tension in the Middle East the study of Mossad comes at a particularly timely moment.

 

 

 

Turkey and The Changing Politics in The Middle East

AIPAC—Pacific Northwest Region presents

Honored Guest Speaker

                                Dr. Soner Cagaptay

                              
The Pacific Northwest Region of AIPAC will bring esteemed historian Dr. Soner Cagaptay to Mosaic Law Congregation and the KOH Library and Cultural Center on Saturday, June 29, 2013 to speak on “Turkey and The Changing Politics in The Middle East”. Dr. Cagaptay will speak briefly in the Mosaic Law Sanctuary before Musaf Service. After Kiddush Luncheon he will elaborate on his topic and entertain questions from the audience in the KOH Library and Cultural Center.

Dr. Soner Cagaptay is a senior fellow and director of the Turkish Research Program at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. “The Washington Institute’s mission is to advance a balanced and realistic understanding of American interests in the Middle East and promote the policies that secure them.”

Dr. Cagaptay has written extensively on U.S. – Turkey relations, Turkish domestic politics and Turkish nationalism. He has published in scholarly journals and major international print media, including Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, Los Angeles Times, International Herald Tribune, Jane's Defense Weekly, and Newsweek Türkiye. He also is a regular columnist for Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey's oldest and most influential English-language paper. He appears regularly on Fox News, CNN, NPR, Voice of America, al-Jazeera, BBC, CNN-Turk, and al-Hurra.

A historian by training, Dr. Cagaptay wrote his doctoral dissertation at Yale University (2003) on Turkish nationalism. Dr. Cagaptay has taught courses at Yale and Princeton on the Middle East, Mediterranean, and Eastern Europe. His spring 2003 course on modern Turkish history was the first offered by Yale in three decades. From 2006-2007, he was Ertegun Professor at Princeton University's Department of Near Eastern Studies. He currently serves as a visiting professor at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service.

 

Dr. Cagaptay is the recipient of numerous honors, grants, and chairs, among them the Smith-Richardson, Mellon, Rice, and Leylan fellowships, as well as the Ertegun chair at Princeton. He also serves as chair of the Turkey Advanced Area Studies Program at the State Department's Foreign Service Institute. . In 2012 he was named an American Turkish Society Young Society Leader.

Please plan to join us for a wonderful opportunity to hear this international expert on Turkey, its close ties with the United States and a new relationship with Israel on Saturday, June 29^th in the KOH Library and Cultural Center starting at 12:45pm. Dr. Cagapty’s presentation will be open to the community.