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Amotz Asa-El

Amotz Asa-El

Bestselling author, Hartman Institute Fellow and award-winning journalist Amotz Asa-El is the Jerusalem Post's senior commentator and former Executive Editor

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Bestselling author, Hartman Institute Fellow and award-winning journalist Amotz Asa-El is the Jerusalem Post's senior columnist and former executive editor. Asa-El's Hebrew bestseller "The Jewish March of Folly," (Yediot, 2019), is a critical history of the Jewish people's leadership from antiquity to modernity. He holds graduate degrees from Columbia, Brandeis, and Hebrew Universities.


Programs

1
The Jewish March of Folly
Based on the speaker's Hebrew bestseller, a presentation on the battles, causes, and fateful results of ancient Israel's forgotten civil wars
2
Israel's Economic Miracle and its Jewish Roots
The story of Israel's unsung transition from socialism to capitalism, attributing its success to the Jewish people's historic experience and values
3
From Leper to Neighbor: Israel’s Place in the Middle East
Faced with an ongoing assault on its legitimacy, Israel is often seen as isolated abroad and shunned in its own neighborhood. This lecture refutes this impression, showing how Israel's acceptance is expanding steadily on multiple plains
4
The International Media Crisis: A Jewish Perspective and Solution
Journalism is facing a historic crisis -- commercially, professionally, and socially. Arguing that journalism was in a sense pioneered by the prophets, this lecture marks the media's salvation as a Jewish goal, and offers a Jewish path to its reinvention
5
Israel and the Ukraine War: Challenges, Risks, and Opportunities
The military, diplomatic and Jewish repercussions of the century's most dangerous conflict
Genres
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Israel

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Books
Diaspora and the Lost Tribes of Israel
Diaspora and the Lost Tribes of Israel
2004
Universe
The Jewish March of Folly
The Jewish March of Folly
How Prophet, King, and Sage...
2019
Yediot Ahronot Books
Articles
Jerusalem Post 1 September, 2020:
Qasem Suleimani, 1957-2020
The Jerusalem Report 30 April, 2018:
Israel and Cold War II
The Jerusalem Post 26 April, 2018:
Amotz Asa-El wins Bnai Brith Journalism Award
The Jerusalem Post 11 November, 2017:
Was the Bolshevik Revolution a Jewish Plot?
Politico 23 September, 2016:
Israel, the Switzerland of the Middle East
Videos
Amotz Asa-El on BBC
Amotz Asa-El on i24TV talks about his new book
Amotz Asa-El on CNN
Amotz Asa-El's address at President Reuven Rivlin's Bible forum
Booking Our Speakers

Weekday/Sunday programs are approximately one hour. Shabbat Scholar-in-Residence usually includes two talks, sometimes three.

Usually: The event price includes honorarium and all expenses, including international and domestic airfare and local expenses. We ask venues to provide home-hospitality for one night (for weekday/Sunday programs), or two nights (for Shabbat programs), or for multi-day programs, one night for each day of the event. If your venue is unable to provide home hospitality, an additional charge of $150 per night will be assessed to cover speaker expenses.

Need a special program for Shavuot, Holocaust Remembrence Day, or July 4th? We have suggestions.

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