Eli Kavon versus Anne Roiphe in The Jerusalem Report

In its "Viewpoint" section, The Jerusalem Report presents two views on the course modern Jewish history has taken since the emancipation of the Jews 200 years ago. I argue that the granting of citizenship to Jews in Europe and America has contributed to the erosion of Jewish identity and life in the Diaspora. Ms. Roiphe makes a strong--but very flawed--case for the benefits of the Jewish embrace of modernity. I thank the editors of The Jerusalem Report--especially, Viewpoint editor Leslie Susser--for giving me a forum in which I could express my thesis on an important topic. I also welcome Ms. Roiphe's essay, despite my disgreement with her on the issue.

Eli Kavon lectures on the Myth of Zionist Imperialism

Topic: "Israel at 62: The Myth of Zionist Imperialism"
Tuesday, May 18 at 1:30 pm
Stratford Court
Boca Raton, Florida

Eli Kavon Lectures on Jonestown Tragedy

Topic: "Reverend Jim Jones: Rise and Fall of a False Messiah"
Monday, May 17, 10 am
Nova Southeastern University's Lifelong Learning Institute
Davie, Florida

(For LLI members and their guests only. To find out more, call (954) 262-8472).

Eli Kavon lectures on The Politics of Israeli Archaeology

Topic: "King David and the Politics of Israeli Archaeology"
Thursday, May 6, 2010, 2:00 pm
Garden Plaza at Inverary

The lecture is sponsored by the Lifelong Learning Institute of Nova Southeastern University.

Eli Kavon lectures on Israel in the Age of Extremism

Topic: "Israel in the Age of Extremism"
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Grand Edventures
Temple Emeth, Delray Beach, Florida

(This lecture is part of a three-day program. Registration is required).

Eli Kavon Lectures at NSU on Bolshevik Revolution

Topic: "Lenin, Stalin, and the Gulag: A Study in Tyranny"
Monday, April 19 at 10 am
Nova Southeastern University's Lifelong Learning Institute
Davie, Florida

Registration with the LLI is required to participate in this ongoing lecture series on the revolutions that have created the modern world. For more information, call (954) 262-8472.

A Thank You to Congregation Beth Shalom

Last night (4/11/10) I participated as a speaker in a moving Yom Hashoah commemoration in Coconut Creek, Florida. Thank you to Israel Spaizer and Rabbi Leon Rosenblum of Congregation Beth Shalom for the opportunity to participate with Holocaust survivors and their liberators in an important tribute.

Eli Kavon Lectures for Grand Edventures

Topic: "The French Revolution: Liberation and Terror"
Monday, April 12, 2010
Grand Edventures Mini-Sessions
Boca Raton, Florida

Eli Kavon lectures for Holocaust Remembrance Day

Topic: "David Irving and the New Holocaust Deniers"
Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 7:00 pm
Temple Beth Shalom, Coconut Creek, Florida

Eli Kavon lectures for NSU on The French Revolution

Topic: "The French Revolution: Liberation and Terror
Monday March 29, 2010, 10:00 AM
Lifelong Learning Institute of Nova Southeastern University
Davie, Florida

Eli Kavon lectures for Coral Lakes Hadassah

Topic: "President Obama and Israel: Will America Abandon the Jewish State?"
Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 9:30 AM
Coral Lakes, Palm Beach, Florida

Eli Kavon lectures for Parkland Hadassah

I lecture tomorrow night--Wednesday, March 24--on the "Mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls" for Parkland Hadassah of South Florida. The lecture will take place at Temple Beth Am in Margate, Florida. I will focus on the significance of one of history's great archaeological finds--what it means to Jews today and what it tells us about the Jewish past.

Eli Kavon on The Damascus Blood Libel of 1840

I conclude teaching my course on "Milestones in Jewish History" for Pembroke Pines, Florida Brandeis. The last lecture in the series--an exploration of the implications of the arrest and torture of Jews in 19th-century Damascus on the charge of ritual murder--is set for tomorrow afternoon, Wednesday March 24 at the Florida Career College. A special thanks to Valerie and to the students who have attended the lectures.

Eli Kavon to lecture in Chicago for NA'AMAT

Topic: "Will Israel Confront Iran?"
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Wilmette, Illinois
NA'AMAT Midwest Area

Eli Kavon at The Century Plaza Library, Florida

Thank you to the staff and the friends of the Century Plaza Library in Deerfield Beach, Florida for sponsoring my four-part lecture series on "Traditional Societies Confronting Modernity." The lecture series investigated the way in which traditional societies and institutions responded to the major changes in social and political life since the French Revolution. Many thanks to those students who attended the lectures and participated in the discussion after each lecture. I hope to return to the Century Plaza Library in the fall with a new and thought-provoking series of lectures.

Thanks to Shosh and Samantha!

Thank you for your responses to my Jerusalem Post essay on "The Myth of Zionist Imperialism." The reason I wrote the essay was to counter the libel of Israel as a racist and apartheid state. It is a tragedy that the discourse on many college campuses in the US and throughout the world is so blatantly anti-Israel and anti-Semitic. We must speak out to defend the only Jewish State on the planet. We must speak out in defense of the truth.

Lecture Series--Modern Jewish Literature

Topic: "Found in Translation: The Masters of Modern Jewish Literature"

"The Yiddish Masters"--Monday, October 6, 2008, at 1:30 pm.

"The Hebrew Renaissance: Bialik and Agnon"--Monday, November 17, 2008, at 1:30 pm.

"Isaac Babel: The Jewish Cossack"--Monday, December 15, 2008, at 1:30 pm.

Location: The Tamarac Community Library, 8701 W. Commercial Blvd.

For more information, please call (954) 720-2209.

The lecture is open to the public. Admission is $3.00. Free admission for members of Friends of the Tamarac Library,

Lecture Series--The Origins of Western Religion

Topic: "The Origins of Western Religion"

Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 6:30 pm--"Judaism and the Monotheistic Revolution"
Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at 6:30 pm--"Christianity: From Jewish Sect to Religion of Empire"
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 6:30 pm--"Islam and Empire"

Location: South Regional/BCC Library
7300 Pines Blvd.
Pembroke Pines, Florida

For more information, call (954) 201-8849

The lecture series is free and open to the public

Shabbat Lunch and Learn

Topic: "Spinoza--Hero or Heretic?"
Saturday, August 16, 2008, at 12:00 pm
Temple Beth Israel
10197 West Sunrise Blvd.
Plantation, Florida 33322

For more information, call (954) 742-4040.

Note: The lecture and lunch will take place after Shabbat morning services. The cost for the meal is $8.00. Please call the synagogue for reservations.

Lecture Series--The Origins of Western Religion

Topic: "Islam and Empire"
Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at 1:30 pm
The Tamarac Community Library
8701 W. Commercial Blvd.
Tamarac, Florida
For more information, call (954) 720-2209

Note: This is the final lecture in a three-part series. The lecture is free and open to the public.