Amir Sagie, the deputy consul general of Israel in New York, made a special appearance at our shul on July 4 to talk to members and guests about the Israeli mission in the tri-state area, Israel’s largest mission in the world with more than 600 employees. The speaker was invited to Greenport by shul member Sonia Spar, who knows Amir Sagie through her work as liaison with the Jewish communities in Latin America for the Anti-Defamation League.
Amir Sagie maintains contact with government officials, policy experts at think tanks and universities, and leaders in the Jewish and interfaith communities in our region. At the conversation following his talk, the sizeable turnout questioned the speaker about the proposed Iran Nuclear Pact, the BDS (boycott, divest and sanction) initiative, relations between Israel and Christian sects, Israeli/Palestinian relations, and Arab funding of Middle East Studies programs in the U.S., making for a lively and informative exchange of ideas about Israel and its challenges in the world today.
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