Thursday, October 23 • 7:30 pm • Sandler Family Campus
Acclaimed author and former Jerusalem Post editor-in chief Yaakov Katz will be in town to discuss his new book, While Israel Slept. In the book, Katz delivers a gripping account of how years of complacency, flawed intelligence, and misguided policies allowed Hamas, once viewed as Israel’s weakest enemy, to launch the surprise October 7 attack.
In a review of the book, Matti Friedman, author of Spies of No Country and Pumpkinflowers, and a former Israel Today speaker, writes, “A shocking, detailed, and gripping investigation of the Israeli catastrophe of Oct. 7, 2023, by two of the country’s best journalists. A necessary book for anyone hoping to begin figuring out what happened and how to ensure it doesn’t happen again.”
For more information or to register, visit JewishVA.org/IsraelToday or contact Nofar Trem at NTrem@UJFT.org.
Presented as part of the Jewish Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, Simon Family JCC, and Community Partners’ 15th Annual Israel Today Series and the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and Simon Family JCC’s Lee and Bernard Jaffe Family Jewish Book Festival.
This event is supported in part by the citizens of Virginia Beach through a grant from the City of Virginia Beach Arts and Humanities Commission and is held in coordination with the Jewish Book Council, the longest-running organization devoted exclusively to the support and celebration of Jewish literature.