JCRC Podcasts

JCRC Podcast #3, 02/04/2007: 38th Annual Middle East Institute

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:46:00 +0000

This podcast is JCRC Podcast #3, a recording of the 38th annual Middle East Institute, an annual conference designed to educate the community and foster understanding about current topocs relevant to Israel and the Middle East, through commentaries by experts with varying perspectives and backgrounds.

Our program this year is entitled "Understanding Israel's Neighborhood and how it affects its survival." Our panelists are Micah Halpern, an expert on the middle east and Islamic fundamentalism; Dr. Harvey Sicherman, president of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, and Dr. Yossi Olmert, a former member of the Israeli government, and brother of current Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. The program is moderated by Howard Joffe and runs about two hours and 15 minutes.

This podcast and the Middle East Institute are sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Southern New Jersey.

This program was recorded February 4, 2007. The program is introduced by Henry Maurer, president of the JCRC.

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JCRC President Henry Maurer (left) and Dr. Harvey Sicherman , president of the Foreign Policy Research Institute.

David Shevrin, JCRC Vice President and Middle East Institute program chairman

Micah Halpern, Middle East analyst and expert on Islamic fundamentalism

Dr. Yossi Olmert, former Israeli government official and brother of current Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert

JCRC Executive Director Alan Respler (left) chats with Institute Moderator Howard Joffe before the panel discussion.

(Photos copyright © 2007 Steven L. Lubetkin. All rights reserved.)

Download the podcast file here (106.2mb mono MP3 file, 02:27:15 length).

JCRC Podcast #2, 10/19/2006: KYW Newsradio's Jay Bushinsky in a conversation about the Middle East

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:21:00 +0000

This podcast is JCRC Podcast #2, a recording of a conversation with Jay Bushinsky, KYW Newsradio's Middle East Bureau Chief, sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council and the Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey.

This program was recorded October 19, 2006. The program is introduced by Richard Goldstein, president of the Jewish Federation.

The speakers are:

Larry Kane, veteran broadcast journalist and commentator.

Jay Bushinsky, KYW Newsradio Jerusalem Bureau Chief

JCRC Podcast #1, 8/2/2006: Leadership Briefing on the Middle East Crisis

Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:08:00 +0000

This podcast is JCRC Podcast #1, a recording of a leadership briefing conducted by the Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey for its board members and constituent agency leaders, to bring them up to date on developments in Israel during the current conflict.

This program was recorded August 2, 2006. The briefing is moderated by Henry Maurer, president of the Jewish Community Relations Council, the Federation's public policy and human relations arm.

The speakers are:

Dr. Janine Sobel, president of the Jewish Federation

of Southern New Jersey, who just returned from an emergency mission to Israel

General Ephraim Lapid, one of Israel's leading

authorities in Public and Military Affairs. General

Lapid served as a Senior Intelligence officer in the

Israel Defense Forces (I.D.F). He has been an instructor

at Israel's National Defense College and Headed Israel

Army Radio, Galei Zahal.

Download the podcast file here (107.9mb stereo MP3 file, 01:16:46 length).