Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By simmons on June 6, 2017

Ahavath Achim Synagogue in Buckhead will host its annual Fran Eizenstat and Eizenstat Family Lecture featuring CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer June 11 at 7 p.m. This years event will be a conversation between Blitzer and Stuart Eizenstat, former ambassador to the European Union, addressing current issues and events. This event is free and open to the public.

The Eizenstat Lecture each year features well-known speakers addressing current and thought-provoking issues. Past speakers include national and international political, legal and economic leaders such as former Vice President Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, Madeleine Albright, Shimon Perez, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Joseph Lieberman, Al Gore, Alan Dershowitz, Paul Dundes Wolfowitz and Herman Wouk.

This is the 29th installment of the Eizenstat Lecture. Established in 1987 by Stuart Eizenstat to honor the memories of his family members, it features distinguished world figures speaking on national and international topics. He served in key positions in President Jimmy Carters administration, including chief domestic policy adviser and executive director of the White House domestic policy staff, and in President Bill Clintons administration, including deputy treasury secretary, undersecretary of state for economic, business and agricultural affairs and undersecretary of commerce for international trade. Stuart Eizenstat currently heads the international practice of the law firm Covington & Burling in Washington.

The synagogue is located at 600 Peachtree Battle Ave.

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Information: http://www.aasynagogue.org

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