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Brighton —
Alon Tal, the founder of the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies and co-chair of Israel's green party, will kick off the Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester's annual lecture at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 9, the federation announced Monday.
Tal's lecture, titled "The Environment: Arabs and Israelis Work Together to Protect the Region's Resources," will take place at 7:30 p.m. at Temple B'rith Kodesh, 2131 Elmwood Ave, according to a federation press release.
All Israel 2012 lectures are free and open to the community. The annual series on all things Israel brings world-class speakers on the most pressing issues of the day to the Rochester community.
Sponsored by the federation's Community Relations Committee, the series continues at 7 p.m. on Feb. 6th with "The Headlines: What's the News of the Day and What does it Mean for Israel?" featuring Dr. Reuven Hazan at Temple Beth El.
At 7:30 p.m. on May 3, the series continues with "THE UPRISINGS: The New Arab World and How it's Impacting Israel," with Janine Zacharia at Temple Beth El.
A program brochure with further details can be downloaded at the federation's website, www.JewishRochester.org.
Tal, a visiting professor in the Center for Conservation Biology at Stanford University, is on the faculty at Ben Gurion University. He is on temporary leave as co-chairman of Israel's green party, known as the Green Movement.
Tal has held faculty appointments at Tel Aviv and Hebrew Universities in Israel and was a visiting professor at the University of Otago in New Zealand. Between 1990 and 1998 he was an adjunct faculty member at Harvard University.
Tal was the founding director of Adam Teva V'din, the Israel Union for Environmental Defense from 1990 to 1997, a leading public interest law group, and was chairman of Life and Environment, an umbrella group for 80 environmental organizations in Israel from 1998 to 2003.
In 1996, Tal founded the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, a graduate studies center in which Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian students join environmentalists from around the world in an advanced interdisciplinary research program.
Tal currently is a member of the international board of directors of the Jewish National Fund, where he has served as chairman of the committee for land development that oversees forestry and land reclamation, as well as the Committee for Sustainable Development.
He has served as head of the Israeli delegation to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
In 2006, Tal won the Charles Bronfman humanitarian prize for environmental leadership. In 2008, in honor of Israel's 60th anniversary, the Ministry of Environment granted him a life achievement award at 48.
Tal's lecture, titled "The Environment: Arabs and Israelis Work Together to Protect the Region's Resources," will take place at 7:30 p.m. at Temple B'rith Kodesh, 2131 Elmwood Ave, according to a federation press release.
All Israel 2012 lectures are free and open to the community. The annual series on all things Israel brings world-class speakers on the most pressing issues of the day to the Rochester community.
Sponsored by the federation's Community Relations Committee, the series continues at 7 p.m. on Feb. 6th with "The Headlines: What's the News of the Day and What does it Mean for Israel?" featuring Dr. Reuven Hazan at Temple Beth El.
At 7:30 p.m. on May 3, the series continues with "THE UPRISINGS: The New Arab World and How it's Impacting Israel," with Janine Zacharia at Temple Beth El.
A program brochure with further details can be downloaded at the federation's website, www.JewishRochester.org.
Tal, a visiting professor in the Center for Conservation Biology at Stanford University, is on the faculty at Ben Gurion University. He is on temporary leave as co-chairman of Israel's green party, known as the Green Movement.
Tal has held faculty appointments at Tel Aviv and Hebrew Universities in Israel and was a visiting professor at the University of Otago in New Zealand. Between 1990 and 1998 he was an adjunct faculty member at Harvard University.
Tal was the founding director of Adam Teva V'din, the Israel Union for Environmental Defense from 1990 to 1997, a leading public interest law group, and was chairman of Life and Environment, an umbrella group for 80 environmental organizations in Israel from 1998 to 2003.
In 1996, Tal founded the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, a graduate studies center in which Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian students join environmentalists from around the world in an advanced interdisciplinary research program.
Tal currently is a member of the international board of directors of the Jewish National Fund, where he has served as chairman of the committee for land development that oversees forestry and land reclamation, as well as the Committee for Sustainable Development.
He has served as head of the Israeli delegation to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
In 2006, Tal won the Charles Bronfman humanitarian prize for environmental leadership. In 2008, in honor of Israel's 60th anniversary, the Ministry of Environment granted him a life achievement award at 48.
Alon Tal, the founder of the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies and co-chair of Israel's green party, will kick off the Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester's annual lecture at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 9, the federation announced Monday.
Tal's lecture, titled "The Environment: Arabs and Israelis Work Together to Protect the Region's Resources," will take place at 7:30 p.m. at Temple B'rith Kodesh, 2131 Elmwood Ave, according to a federation press release.
All Israel 2012 lectures are free and open to the community. The annual series on all things Israel brings world-class speakers on the most pressing issues of the day to the Rochester community.
Sponsored by the federation's Community Relations Committee, the series continues at 7 p.m. on Feb. 6th with "The Headlines: What's the News of the Day and What does it Mean for Israel?" featuring Dr. Reuven Hazan at Temple Beth El.
At 7:30 p.m. on May 3, the series continues with "THE UPRISINGS: The New Arab World and How it's Impacting Israel," with Janine Zacharia at Temple Beth El.
A program brochure with further details can be downloaded at the federation's website, www.JewishRochester.org.
Tal, a visiting professor in the Center for Conservation Biology at Stanford University, is on the faculty at Ben Gurion University. He is on temporary leave as co-chairman of Israel's green party, known as the Green Movement.
Tal has held faculty appointments at Tel Aviv and Hebrew Universities in Israel and was a visiting professor at the University of Otago in New Zealand. Between 1990 and 1998 he was an adjunct faculty member at Harvard University.
Tal was the founding director of Adam Teva V'din, the Israel Union for Environmental Defense from 1990 to 1997, a leading public interest law group, and was chairman of Life and Environment, an umbrella group for 80 environmental organizations in Israel from 1998 to 2003.
In 1996, Tal founded the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, a graduate studies center in which Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian students join environmentalists from around the world in an advanced interdisciplinary research program.
Tal currently is a member of the international board of directors of the Jewish National Fund, where he has served as chairman of the committee for land development that oversees forestry and land reclamation, as well as the Committee for Sustainable Development.
He has served as head of the Israeli delegation to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
In 2006, Tal won the Charles Bronfman humanitarian prize for environmental leadership. In 2008, in honor of Israel's 60th anniversary, the Ministry of Environment granted him a life achievement award at 48.
Tal's lecture, titled "The Environment: Arabs and Israelis Work Together to Protect the Region's Resources," will take place at 7:30 p.m. at Temple B'rith Kodesh, 2131 Elmwood Ave, according to a federation press release.
All Israel 2012 lectures are free and open to the community. The annual series on all things Israel brings world-class speakers on the most pressing issues of the day to the Rochester community.
Sponsored by the federation's Community Relations Committee, the series continues at 7 p.m. on Feb. 6th with "The Headlines: What's the News of the Day and What does it Mean for Israel?" featuring Dr. Reuven Hazan at Temple Beth El.
At 7:30 p.m. on May 3, the series continues with "THE UPRISINGS: The New Arab World and How it's Impacting Israel," with Janine Zacharia at Temple Beth El.
A program brochure with further details can be downloaded at the federation's website, www.JewishRochester.org.
Tal, a visiting professor in the Center for Conservation Biology at Stanford University, is on the faculty at Ben Gurion University. He is on temporary leave as co-chairman of Israel's green party, known as the Green Movement.
Tal has held faculty appointments at Tel Aviv and Hebrew Universities in Israel and was a visiting professor at the University of Otago in New Zealand. Between 1990 and 1998 he was an adjunct faculty member at Harvard University.
Tal was the founding director of Adam Teva V'din, the Israel Union for Environmental Defense from 1990 to 1997, a leading public interest law group, and was chairman of Life and Environment, an umbrella group for 80 environmental organizations in Israel from 1998 to 2003.
In 1996, Tal founded the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, a graduate studies center in which Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian students join environmentalists from around the world in an advanced interdisciplinary research program.
Tal currently is a member of the international board of directors of the Jewish National Fund, where he has served as chairman of the committee for land development that oversees forestry and land reclamation, as well as the Committee for Sustainable Development.
He has served as head of the Israeli delegation to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
In 2006, Tal won the Charles Bronfman humanitarian prize for environmental leadership. In 2008, in honor of Israel's 60th anniversary, the Ministry of Environment granted him a life achievement award at 48.
