Personality counts and these three men are shaping the Middle East. What motivates them? Is it ideology, national interest or something else and what of the future?

Dr. Berk is an award-winning Professor of Holocaust and Jewish Studies at Union College. He has earned an international reputation for his teaching, writing and research on Russian and Soviet Jewish history, the American Jewish experience and antisemitism. He teaches a variety of history courses at Union; directs the college’s interdepartmental program in Russian and Eastern European Studies; and is an advisor to the on campus Hillel.

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A gripping look at the fashion world’s entanglement with the Nazi regime, where beauty masked betrayal, survival, and resistance. From Hugo Boss’s uniformed allegiance to Coco Chanel and Louis Vuitton’s collaboration, to Ralph Lauren, John Weitz, and Diane von Fürstenberg’s stories of resistance and survival – this is fashion at the crossroads of power and history.

Uwe Westphal’s focus as a writer and journalist has been the Nazi era and it’s persecution of the Jews. He devoted his master’s studies at Berlin’s University of Arts to the fashion industry in pre-Nazi Berlin and the huge Jewish presence in making Berlin one of the world’s fashion capitals and the origin of prêt-à-porter, or ready to wear clothes. His research and writings have shed light on the Nazi destruction of thousands of Jewish-owned textile and fashion enterprises in the German capital.

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Today, a battle over Jerusalem’s heritage and identity is being waged – all the more so in the aftermath of October 7th – where it is being systematically undermined, erased, and re-written. The outcome of this battle will impact us all.

There is one place in the world today, perhaps more than any other, which will determine who will emerge victorious.

That place is the City of David – the place where Jerusalem began and the historic site of Biblical Jerusalem – representing the most significant and consequential half-mile on the planet.

Discover how a long-lost barren 11-acre ridge and a broken sewage pipe have positioned the City of David on the frontlines of the fight for historical truth, and the future of Israel and possibly even Western civilization.

Serving as the Director of International Affairs at the City of David Foundation in Jerusalem, Ze’ev Orenstein plays a key role in fostering global partnerships, strengthening Israel’s connection with international stakeholders, and sharing the story of ancient Jerusalem with the world. Ze’ev regularly briefs members of U.S. Congress, international diplomats, journalists and thought leaders on the historical, spiritual and political significance of Jerusalem. Through his work in the City of David, Ze’ev is bringing Jerusalem to the world, and the world to Jerusalem.

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Are Israel’s and America’s security interests still coincident? In this discussion, we will explore the region’s current state, the threats to America and Israel, and why we still need each other.

Dr. Eric Mandel is the director of MEPIN, the Middle East Political Information Network, and the Senior Security Editor for the Jerusalem Report. He writes for The Hill, the Jerusalem Post, JNS, i24TV and regularly briefs members of Congress and the State Department. Since October 7, he has been on the frontlines with the IDF many times and was a firsthand witness to the massacre in Sderot.

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Dr. Berkowitz will discuss the fascinating chronological, historical, geographic and biblical perspective on the birth and evolution of the Jewish people in the Levant (Middle East). He will document the ever-changing circumstances of the Jewish people, their tribulations and triumphs under the hegemony of the world’s greatest empires. A must see event to enter the arena of today’s Jewish indignity debate.

The son of Holocaust survivors, Dr. Irving Berkowitz is a widely respected scholar and public speaker on the Holocaust and contemporary antisemitism. He served as Dean of Academic Affairs at Palm Beach State College for more than a decade. He recently completed a fellowship as Scholar in Residence at Oxford University’s Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy. Dr. Berkowitz has received numerous commendations, including the 2019 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Distinguished Leadership Award, for his lifetime of scholarship, advocacy and service in relation to racism, antisemitism, hatred and discrimination.  

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An outsized expert in the foreign policy community, Dr. Walid Phares discusses the incredible feat of the world’s most ethical, moral, effective and brilliant military machine; the Israel Defense Forces achieving the greatest success in its history during Lion Rising.

Dr. Walid Phares is an American political scientist, author, and advisor. He served as Foreign Policy advisor to President Donald Trump and as senior National Security advisor to Presidential candidate Mitt Romney. He joins Fox News and Fox Business regularly as the network’s Foreign Policy and National Security expert and frequently appears on national and international media. He is the Co-Secretary General of the Transatlantic Parliamentary Group, a transatlantic caucus of members of the U.S. Congress and the European Parliament. The objective of the caucus is to assess international security threats, economic crises, and social issues and recommend strategies and policies to the government of the United States and governments of members of the European Union. Dr. Phares briefs and testifies to U.S. Congress, the European Parliament and the United Nations Security Council on matters related to international security, democracy, and Middle East conflicts. 

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Brig Gen Res. Amir Avivi will address the generational changes on the ground in Israel, including the latest developments on the military front.

Amir Avivi is the Chairman of IDSF (Israel’s Defense and Security Forum) which he founded in 2020. IDSF is comprised of more than 28,000 reserve and retired officers, commanders and operators from all branches of the Israeli Security Establishment. IDSF promotes the national security of the State of Israel to ensure its existence and prosperity for generations to come.

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History has demonstrated that ZOA has always courageously led the way by being strategically clear in a clouded landscape, opting for truth instead of popularity. ZOA is not rightwing because truth is not a political position. Virtually all Jewish groups have been wrong about Oslo, Gaza, Palestinian statehood, Judea Samaria, Jerusalem, Abbas and Arafat. As former liberal Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren told the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in 2025, “Morton Klein and ZOA were right about everything.”

Mort Klein is the National President of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), the oldest pro-Israel group in the U.S., founded in 1897. He is widely regarded as one of the leading Jewish activists in the U.S. and was named one of the most important advocates of the last century.

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