Join Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple for: Syril & Dr. Norman Reitman Scholar in Residence
We are excited to welcome Professor Gil Troy as our Reitman Scholar in Residence for the weekend of December 9-11, 2022. Professor Troy will speak 4 times over the course of the weekend:
Friday, December 9, Services are at 6:00pm, followed by a Shabbat Dinner. Professor Troy will speak after dinner at 8:00pm: Why I am a Zionist: Toward a Robust, Relevant, Renewed Zionism For Us -- and Our Kids...
Saturday, December 10 at 9:30am - The History of Reform Zionism -- as the History - and Future -- of American Zionism
Saturday, December 10 at 12:30pm - Rethinking Israeli History in This 75th Anniversary Year
Sunday, December 11 at 10:30am - Ongoing Love Affairs -- or Bad Dates: American Jewry’s Relationship with Judaism, Israel -- and Ourselves..
Professor Gil Troy is a Distinguished Scholar in North American History at McGill University currently living in Jerusalem. He is an award-winning American presidential historian and a leading Zionist activist. He is the author of over dozen books, including The Zionist Ideas: Visions for the Jewish Homeland - Then, Now, Tomorrow. Professor Troy is designated an Algemeiner J-100, one of the top 100 people “positively influencing Jewish life.”
Professor Troy is married to Linda, a recovering artist turned lawyer and together they have four children.