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DESCRIPTION:<p style='text-align: center\;'><strong><span style='font-size:
  14pt\;'>Israeli Democracy: How It Broke and How to Fix It</span></strong>
 </p>\n<p style='text-align: center\;'><span style='font-size: 12pt\;'>Lect
 ure and Q&A with renowned author and journalist</span><br /><strong><span 
 style='font-size: 12pt\;'>Gershom Gorenberg</span></strong></p>\n<p style=
 'text-align: center\;'><span style='font-size: 12pt\;'>Who will talk about
  his new book\, <em>The Unmaking of Israel</em></span></p>\n<p style='text
 -align: center\;'><br /><br /><span style='font-size: 10pt\;'>Israel's cha
 racter as a democratic Jewish state is under threat as never before. Mr. G
 orenberg will explain what has created the crisis\, and describe the essen
 tial steps for solving it. Based on his provocative new book\, The Unmakin
 g of Israel\, this talk will provide a guided journey through little-known
  parts of Israel's past and a liberal vision for its future.</span></p>\n<
 p style='text-align: center\;'></p>\n<p style='text-align: center\;'><span
  style='font-size: 10pt\;'><strong>Wednesday\, March 21</strong></span><br
  /><span style='font-size: 10pt\;'><strong>7:30 pm</strong></span><br /><s
 pan style='font-size: 10pt\;'><strong>Book Signing to Follow</strong></spa
 n><br /><span style='font-size: 10pt\;'><strong>JCC of Rhode Island</stron
 g></span><br /><span style='font-size: 10pt\;'>401 Elmgrove Ave.</span><br
  /><span style='font-size: 10pt\;'>Providence\, RI 02906-3400</span></p>\n
 <p style='text-align: center\;'></p>\n<p style='text-align: center\;'><spa
 n style='font-size: 10pt\;'><em>“Until I read </em>The Unmaking of Israe
 l\,<em> I didn't think it could be possible</em></span><br /><span style='
 font-size: 10pt\;'><em>to feel more despairing\, and then more terribly ho
 peful\, about Israel\,</em></span><br /><span style='font-size: 10pt\;'><e
 m>a place that I began at last\, under the spell of Gershom Gorenberg's</e
 m></span><br /><span style='font-size: 10pt\;'><em>lucid and dispassionate
  yet intensely personal writing\, to understand.”</em></span></p>\n<p st
 yle='text-align: center\;'><span style='font-size: 10pt\;'>-Michael Chabon
 </span><br /><span style='font-size: 10pt\;'>author of <em>The Yiddish Pol
 icemen's Union</em></span></p>\n<p style='text-align: center\;'><br /> <b
 r /><span style='font-size: 10pt\;'><strong>Please RSVP by March 19 <a hre
 f='http://action.nif.org/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=70431'>her
 e</a>.  </strong></span><br /><span style='font-size: 10pt\;'>Questions?�
 � Call the New Israel Fund office at 781-444-7889.</span></p>\n<p style='t
 ext-align: center\;'><span style='font-size: 10pt\;'><br /></span></p>\n<p
  style='text-align: center\;'><span style='font-size: 10pt\;'>This event i
 s co-sponsored by the New Israel Fund\,</span><br /><span style='font-size
 : 10pt\;'>J Street Rhode Island\, and the Community Relations Council of t
 he Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island.</span></p> <div class='joomla_
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