“Israel in the Shadow of the Next Administration”
Date: Thursday, September 29, 2016
Location: World Trade Center, Baltimore
Time: Reception begins at 5:15 PM and the address by Dr. Abramson begins at 6:00 PM
The relationship with Israel has long been, and remains, a major part of American foreign policy. It is
important to both and each has an impact on the other. Few scholars and practitioners have addressed the
nature of that relationship as carefully, and for such a long time, as Arthur Abramson. His Ph.D. dissertation
at the University of California, Los Angeles, was on "The Formulation of American Foreign Policy towards
the Middle East during the Truman Administration, 1945–1948”. In his long career, he has continued
studious and practical attention to that relationship over the course of eleven American administrations. We
are deeply interested in his extraordinarily well-grounded assessment of how that special relationship could
be affected by the results of the upcoming American elections.
Dr. Abramson received his B.A. from Queens College, City University of New York, and his M.A. and
Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles. Prior to his twenty-six year tenure
as the Executive Director of the Baltimore Jewish Council, he was Assistant Area Director for the American
Jewish Committee in Los Angeles (where he also taught political science courses), the Washington State
Area Director for the American Jewish Committee (3 years), and the Community Relations Director for the
Jewish Federation of Greater Houston (7 years). During his service to the Jewish community, he not only
has experienced the complexity of the Israel-U.S. relationship, but also has remained a serious student of it.
We are fortunate to have Dr. Abramson share his thoroughly developed understanding with us.
Students are welcome to attend for a reduced fee of $5.
Contact the Council office by phone (410-727-2150) or by email (info@bcfausa.org) to RSVP.
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