Dr. Mordechai Kedar Lecture World Renowned Israeli Professor Of Political Science

Sponsored by the Berthold Levy Colloquy Lecture Series. The lecture is free and open to the public. Congregation Mikveh Israel welcomes back Dr. Mordechai Kedar, the Director of the Center for the Study of the Middle East and Islam (under formation), a research associate of the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, and a lecturer in the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. Dr. Kedar is one of Israel's leading figures in understanding the Arab world. He is the Middle East analyst of the daily newspaper “Makor Rishon” as well as other publications. Dr. Kedar is a frequent guest in the Israeli, Arab and international media. In January of 2011, Dr. Kedar gave a very insightful presentation on Capitol Hill on "Why is the Middle East Such a Difficult Area for Americans and Westerners to Understand?”