Webinars

Capitol Hill Webinar – The Israeli Elections

https://youtu.be/FDP-NPnojNw?t=1 FEATURING: Alex Traiman – Managing Director and Jerusalem Bureau Chief of Jewish News Syndicate About this webinar: Aside from the global coronavirus pandemic, and the myriad security threats, uniquely facing the state of Israel today, Israel is facing a crisis. Today, in an unexpected turn of events, the long term speaker of the Knesset, […]

Capitol Hill Webinar – The Israeli Elections: A Follow Up Analysis

https://youtu.be/r5KwUuCmZwI?t=1 FEATURING: Alex Traiman – Managing Director and Jerusalem Bureau Chief of Jewish News Syndicate About this webinar: It has taken three elections, and a national health emergency, but the elongated Israeli electoral season has finally come to an end. In a surprise move, late last week, a national unity or emergency government has been […]

Capitol Hill Webinar – A Very Narrowly Defined Defense Treaty Between the United States and Israel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yC3AY90l1Q&t=1s FEATURING:  Dr. Michael Makovsky - CEO and President of JINSA About this webinar: Ever since its founding in 1948, the Israeli military has always had as a regnant part of its military philosophy that they fight all of their battles by themselves. There are a multiplicity very sound reasons for this. Among them are: […]

Capitol Hill Webinar – The Special Constraints Affecting the IDF that Covid-19 has Presented

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMTMp44E5RM FEATURING: Efraim Inbar – President of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security  About this webinar: Professor Inbar will be discussing the special constraints affecting the Israeli Defense Forces that Covid-19 has presented, and how the military will function under these constraints. Professor Efraim Inbar is the President of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security. Prior […]

Capitol Hill Webinar – An Analysis of the New Government in Israel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I1UNdL8X-A&feature=youtu.be FEATURING: Alex Traiman – Managing Director and Jerusalem Bureau Chief of the Jewish News Syndicate About this webinar: After an entire year of what seemed to the Israeli electorate as an “eternal election season” that included three separate elections and months upon months of intricate negotiations and political haggling, the nation of Israel finally […]

Capitol Hill Webinar – The Effort to Combat Global Antisemitism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Niy2G4AK-Fk FEATURING: Elan Carr - U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism About this webinar: Tune in to EMET's webinar featuring Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Elan Carr as he discusses the importance of encouraging philosemitism and not just countering antisemitism, American Jewish Heritage month in the USA, the threat against Zionism […]

Capitol Hill Webinar – The Myth of the Palestinian Time Bomb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogYR85g0EOM FEATURING: Yoram Ettinger - Founder and owner of American-Israel Opportunities, LTD About this webinar: We are particularly honored to have join us in a special webinar for Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’Atzmaut when Ambassador Yoram Ettinger, a distinguished and highly-sought after diplomat, researcher, analyst, scholar and public speaker who had served as the Minister […]

Special COVID-19 Webinar Series Part 1 – Moderated by Lauri B. Regan

https://youtu.be/ccWPmNqn4c8?t=1 FEATURING: Sarah Stern – Founder and President of Endowment for Middle East Truth Shoshana Bryen – Senior Director of the Jewish Policy Center Dr. Phyllis Chesler – Professor of psychology, feminist leader, and author Moderated by Lauri B. Regan About this webinar: Topics include international relations with China, Iranian aggression, the impact on the Israeli/Palestinian relationship, […]

Capitol Hill Seminar – “My Truth” with Arie Katz

FEATURING ARIE KATZ   Enlisted into 101 Battalion of IDF Paratroopers in 2005. Fought in the 2006 Second Lebanon War. Wounded in a terror attack while on reserve duty in 2018.  Arie shares his story on behalf of 'My Truth' to raise awareness on the morality of Israeli soldiers. 

Capitol Hill Webinar – Looking Up: What is Taking Place On Israel’s Northern Border

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu72NDFommk FEATURING: Lieutenant Colonel (Res.) Sarit Zehavi - CEO and Founder of Alma About this webinar: Tune in for our webinar discussing the mounting tensions on Israel’s northern border, the troubling relationship between the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and Hezbollah, Hezbollah’s presence in Lebanon and Syria, and more! Lieutenant Colonel (Res.) Sarit Zehavi is the […]

Special COVID-19 Webinar Moderated by Lauri B. Regan – Part 2

https://youtu.be/CVSNNqtKU-k?t=1 FEATURING: Caroline B. Glick - Senior columnist at Israel Hayom Melanie Phillips - Journalist, broadcaster and author About this webinar: The Leftward Movement of Diaspora Jews and Jewish Organizations - What does this mean for Israel, the fight against antisemitism and Jewish life outside of Israel? Caroline B. Glick is a senior columnist at […]

Capitol Hill Webinar – The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt: The Stories of Hussein Aboubakr and Cynthia Farahat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYQ-R-HSfhY&feature=youtu.be FEATURING: Hussein Aboubakr Mansour – Author of autobiography, "Minority of One" Cynthia Farahat – Fellow at the Middle East Forum, a founder of the Egyptian Liberal party About this webinar: Both Hussein Aboubakr Mansour and Cynthia Farahat grew up in Egypt under very different circumstances, but both have arrived to similar places in their personal […]

Capitol Hill Webinar – The Moral Clarity of the IDF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R16YzUJ53RU&feature=youtu.be&t=1 FEATURING: Colonel Richard Kemp - Retired British Army officer  About this webinar: Colonel Kemp led the British armed forces into Afghanistan, and has spoken in many forums throughout the world about what he believes to be the truth of the superior moral and ethical behavior of the Israeli Defense Forces, as compared to any […]

Edwin Black Show – The Pursuit of Justice for Terrorist Ahlan Tamimi

FEATURING: Sarah Stern - Director of EMET Greg Mashberg - Attorney to Arnold Roth David Horovitz - Times of Israel editor-in-chief  Arnold Roth - Daughter was among the victims of Ahlam Tamimi About this Webinar: Palestinian terrorist Ahlam Tamimi helped mastermind the infamous August 9, 2001 Sbarro Pizzeria bombing in Jerusalem. Unrepentant, Tamimi has bragged […]

Middle East Forum Webinar – How to Reform Middle East Studies at American Universities

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gEKz3NOeys&feature=youtu.be FEATURING: Sarah Stern - President and Founder of EMET About this webinar: How does one confront the anti-Israel teachings and other problems that are entrenched in Middle East studies? Sarah Stern has worked this issue in the halls of Congress and the Department of Education for almost two decades. She will discuss changes for […]

Capitol Hill Webinar – The Degradation of Cooperation Between the Palestinian Authority and the IDF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=U46lJtZwP5g&feature=emb_logo FEATURING: Major General (Res.) Eitan Dangot - Head of the Association of Oil and Gas Exploration Industries in Israel About this webinar: One of the few things that some say  have been working well after the Oslo Accords were signed on September 13, 1993, has been 27 years of security cooperation between the I.D.F.and the […]

Capitol Hill Webinar – A Memorial for Bernard Lewis and a Requiem for the Discipline of Middle Eastern Studies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-LyJIyH_i4&feature=emb_logo FEATURING: Martin Kramer - Founding president of Shalem College in Jerusalem Harold Rhode - Former advisor to the Pentagon and Middle East scholar Buntzie Churchill - Longtime companion and editor of many of Professor Lewis’ books  About this webinar: Bernard Lewis, a distinguished scholar, public intellectual and author of scores of books, articles, lectures and essays, was […]

Capitol Hill Webinar – Legacy of the Six Day War and the Historic Impact of Sovereignty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEHGv5k1bCQ&feature=youtu.be FEATURING: Rabbi Yishai Fleisher - International spokesperson for the Jewish community of Hebron About this webinar: Exactly 53 years ago tonight, the citizens of Israel were bracing for a major attack from their Arab neighbors. In the tense weeks before the Six Day War broke out, the citizens of Israel had felt that they […]

Special COVID-19 Conference Call – A Discussion of Current Events

Listen to the conference call recording here: FEATURING: Deroy Murdock - American political commentator and a contributing editor with National Review Online David Webb - Host of the David Webb Show Topics will include the race riots and race relations in the U.S., the Democrat Party’s movement to the far left, growing anti-Semitism, and the implications of all […]

Capitol Hill Webinar – The US Peace Plan: A Moment of Truth for Israelis, Palestinians, the Middle East and the West

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57GnJtTqGbo&feature=youtu.be FEATURING: Dan Diker – Director of the Political Warfare Project at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs Brigadier-General Yossi Kuperwasser – Director of the Project on Regional Middle East Developments at the Jerusalem Center About this webinar: Israel is about to embark on a momentous decision. On July 1st, the Israeli Knesset, or Parliament, […]

Capitol Hill Webinar – The Embargo on Weapons Trade in Iran: What is Next on the Iranian Portfolio?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdmIVz26f8Y FEATURING: Mark Dubowitz - Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies  Shoshana Bryen - Senior Director of the Jewish Policy Center About this webinar: As early as October 18th, the United Nations Arms Embargo against Iran is due to expire, under the terms of the JCPOA, the Iranian nuclear deal negotiated […]

Capitol Hill Webinar – Iran’s Presence South of our Border

https://youtu.be/MneWhr3Ctg0 FEATURING: Joseph M. Humire - Executive Director of the Center for a Secure Free Society About this webinar: Mr. Humire will discuss Iran’s plans to replicate the model it has used in the Middle East to use its proxy Hezbollah and other terrorist organization it supports to create pincer-like grasp surrounding Israel, in the […]

Capitol Hill Webinar – Israel’s Critical Moment of Decision

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E--ILbRwedU FEATURING: Alex Traiman - Managing director and Jerusalem Bureau Chief of the Jewish News Syndicate David Wurmser - Director of the Project on Global Anti-Semitism About This Webinar: On Wednesday, July 1st Israeli lawmakers will vote on  whether or not to extend Israeli sovereignty over certain communities in Judea and Samaria, and possibly, the […]

Capitol Hill Webinar – Anti-Semitism Within the Black Lives Matter Movement and The Arab/Muslim Trade in Black Slaves Today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evt7S4dmfWo&t=1s FEATURING: Caroline B. Glick - Author, Columnist, and Speaker Charles Jacobs - President of Americans for Peace and Tolerance About this webinar: Ever since the horrific murder of George Floyd in May,  many Jews have felt compelled to join in with  the demonstrations. Compassion for the underdog and the impulse for social justice is […]

Capitol Hill Webinar – Examining the Mysterious Spate of Attacks in Iran 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNjgTStq094&feature=youtu.be FEATURING: Efraim Inbar - President of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security David Albright - Director of the Institute for Science and International Security About this webinar: As Iran has been racing towards nuclear breakout, a mysterious spate of attacks has occurred in three nuclear sites within the past several weeks, which are thought to […]

Capitol Hill Webinar – Talking Turkey: What Exactly are Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Ambitions in the Middle East?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdhv8BteHhw&feature=youtu.be FEATURING:  Dr. Aykan Erdemir - Former Member of the Turkish Parliament and FDD Scholar About this webinar: Last week, the world was stunned to watch Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s move to convert the Hagia Sophia from a museum into a mosque, reversing the 1934 decision by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founding father of […]

Capitol Hill Webinar – Israel’s Northern Border Heats Up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M4gSY_iwjM&feature=youtu.be FEATURING: Brigadier General (IDF, ret.) Michael Herzog - International Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy Seth Frantzman - Middle East Affairs Correspondent, The Jerusalem Post About this webinar: On Tuesday, July 21st, a high ranking Hezbollah terrorist official, Ali Kamel Mohsen, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Syria. Following that attack, […]

Capitol Hill Webinar – The Iranian-Chinese Pact

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSv8gMwgcDg FEATURING: David P. Goldman - Author of "You Will Be Assimilated: China's Plan to Sino-Form the World" (2020) and "How Civilizations Die (and Why Islam is Dying, Too" (2011) About this webinar: Earlier this summer, Iran and China signed a joint economic and military pact, clearing the way for billions of dollars to enter […]

Capitol Hill Webinar – The Trump Peace Plan: Aiming Not to Make a Deal, But to Make a Deal Possible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJOweZ417F4&lc=UgxQ9IQyfDD0UPUdN2d4AaABAg FEATURING: Douglas J. Feith - Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute and author  About this webinar: The Trump Peace plan makes a profound departure from peace plans in the past, all of which have failed, and all of which were met with a continuous pattern of Palestinian intransigence and terrorism. This plan realistically states that […]

Capitol Hill Webinar – Recovering Lebanon from The Ruins of Destruction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVTVbUP4bHc&t FEATURING: Tony Badran - Lebanese Expert at Foundation for Defense of Democracies About this webinar: Lebanon which was once called “the Paris of the Middle East” has been suffering from decade upon decade of corruption, mismanagement and hyperinflation. Even before the explosion of August 4th, which rocked the entire city of Beirut, and left […]

Capitol Hill Webinar – A Conversation with Kenneth L. Marcus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkOYkK0jUbo&feature=emb_title FEATURING: Kenneth L. Marcus – Former Assistant Secretary For Civil Rights With The Department of Education About this webinar: This webinar will ask the question, “What is the state of civil rights for Jews, among other minorities, in our nation’s educational institutions?” Kenneth L. Marcus has a long and illustrious history of advocating for the rights […]

Capitol Hill Webinar – The Rapidly Shifting Sand Dunes of the Middle East

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1dXV6lAlF0 FEATURING: Mordechai Kedar - Director of the Center for the Study of the Middle East and Islam About this webinar: Tune into EMET's webinar featuring Dr. Kedar who will examine the recent Israel-UAE deal, the Beirut Port explosion and other dramatic events taking place recently in the Middle East. Mordechai Kedar is the Director […]

Capitol Hill Webinar – The Tectonic Shifting of Forces Within the Middle East

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzm2b36Fnmw&feature=youtu.be   FEATURING: Behnam Ben Taleblu - Senior fellow at Foundation for Defense of Democracies Johnnie Moore - Founder and CEO of The KAIROS Company Aykan Erdemir - Senior director of Foundation for Defense of Democracies' Turkey program About this webinar: The new peace accord between Israel and the United Arab Emirates has brought to […]

Capitol Hill Webinar – Reflections on the Opening Session of the United Nations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj1nrefYAco&t=2s   FEATURING: Ambassador Richard Schifter - Chairman of the Board of the American Jewish International Relations Institute (AJIRI) About this webinar: As the UN General Assembly opens this week for its 75th Session, we are honored to hear the remarks of Ambassador Richard Schifter, long-term expert on the workings of the United Nations and […]

Capitol Hill Webinar – Systemic Anti-Semitism on College Campuses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsnHwhYxSNI&feature=youtu.be FEATURING: Sarah Stern - President and Founder of EMET Dr. Asaf Romirowsky - Executive Director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) Alyza Lewin - President and General Counsel of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (“LDB”) Moderated by Lauri B. Regan About this webinar: With anti-Semitism, often […]

Capitol Hill Webinar – The Warming of Relations Between Israel and Some of the Sunni States

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVj1cWrVDvA&feature=youtu.be FEATURING: Zuhdi Jasser - Founder and President of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD)  Hussein Aboubakr Mansour - Director for Emerging Democratic Voice in the Middle East for EMET Hussein Aboubakr Mansour is the Director for Emerging Democratic Voice in the Middle East for EMET. Hussein is a native Egyptian who tried to […]