Chaired by Michael Salzhauer, the JINSA New York Cabinet was formed to explore issues affecting both American and Israeli security. New York Cabinet members are invited to briefings on security and defense issues four to six times a year. For more information on becoming a member of JINSA's New York Cabinet, please click here. For past events, please click "read more."
On February 1, the JINSA New York Cabinet hosted Navy SEAL Leif Babin, who recently left active duty. Babin spent 13 years on active duty with the U.S. Navy, including nine years in SEAL Teams. He deployed three times to Iraq (2004, 2006, 2009-10) and supported forces deployed to Afghanistan and elsewhere.
On February 2, the JINSA Los Angeles Cabinet kicked off its 2012 programming with a briefing by Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal. Dubbing 2012 “the year of decision,” Mr. Stephens discussed the rise of Islamism and Iran’s quest for nuclear weapons against the backdrop of a weakening West.
On January 25, 2011, JINSA's hosted a National Security Roundtable with Rear Admiral Herman A. Shelanski, USN, Commander of Carrier Strike Group 10.
Hosted by the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs as part of C-SPAN's "Book TV" series, author Edwin Black discussed his book, British Petroleum and the Redline Agreement: The West's Secret Pact to Get Mideast Oil, in Washington, DC in November 2011. In this ground-breaking book, Black exposed the secret 1928 agreement signed by a consortium of oil companies that created a Western-controlled oil cartel in the Middle East.
A statue of Commodore Uriah P. Levy was dedicated in mid-December at Congregation Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia, Pa. Commodore Levy was the first Jewish admiral to serve in the U.S. Navy. Joshua Landes, a member of JINSA's Board of Directors, was the Master of Ceremonies for the event.
On November 7, a panel of four experts addressed the Board of Directors on Iran. They included Michael Eisenstadt, director of the Military & Security Studies Program at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies; Ali Alfoneh, Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and; cyber security expert Henry Bar-Levav.
On Monday, November 7, JINSA held its 2011 Henry M. Jackson Distinguished Service Award & Grateful Nation Awards Dinner. For the 29th consecutive year, JINSA honored a leader whose career has been distinguished by the principle that is the foundation of JINSA's work; the belief that the United States requires a strong military capability for both its own security and for that of trustworthy friends and allies.
On September 22nd, more than 450 JINSA leaders, members and supporters gathered to pay tribute to Harris County Judge Ed Emmett who was honored with JINSA’s Houston Leadership Award. Lieutenant General David Fridovich, USA, Deputy Commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) delivered the keynote address.
Former head of Israeli Military Intelligence, Maj. Gen. (ret.) Amos Yadlin, writing in ForeignPolicy.com with WINEP's Robert Satloff, argues persuasively against European support for the Palestinian unilateral bid for statehood. Maj. Gen. Yadlin will headline a October 18 JINSA event in Boston, Mass.
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