Aryeh Green 'Speaker Profile'
Mayim Bialik: “What a fascinating journey Aryeh presents us with and takes us on.
It is a beautiful exploration of self and identity; the movement of his
body through Israel echoes the movement of his spirit from loneliness and fear
to strength and fulfillment. What a metaphor for so many of our journeys in
this life!” Mayim Bialik, actress (Big Bang Theory, Blossom); author;
activist (Grok Nation); neuroscientist.
Finding Peace in the Promised Land
Lessons for life and love learned on the Israel Trail
Aryeh
Green, author of My Israel Trail: Finding Peace in the Promised Land, published in May 2018, hiked
the entire length and breadth of Israel on Shvil Yisrael – the Israel
National Trail – following his devastating divorce.
The lessons he learned on the physical trek, enabling the personal
growth to move ahead with his life, and his intimate encounter with the Land
and people of Israel along the way, are the uplifting basis of his inspiring
talks about his ‘journey’.
Aryeh’s success in facing and
meeting personal challenges – from an excruciatingly steep ascent to the
excruciating loneliness of the trek and of life after divorce – is powerful and
captivating. And the lessons
learned on the Trail can be applied to the Arab-Israel conflict, offering a new
approach to bringing real peace to the region.
(5 Steps to Arab-Israel Peace, an article exploring these ideas,
can be seen here.)
Aryeh’s talks can focus on the
trek itself and the unique perspective it offers on Israel’s history,
people and geography; or on the healing process of recovery from personal
challenges; or on the application of the five elements to the Arab-Israel
conflict… or all three. They will change
the way you look at Israel – and at your own beliefs and illusions – and might
well change your life to boot.
Contact aryeh.green@gmail.com for more information. (The book was published May 1, 2018 by
Plain Sight.)
"In his new book about walking the land of Israel, Aryeh Green unabashedly demonstrates his love of the land of Israel, the state of Israel, and the people of Israel. His passion, persistence and curiosity shine through in this user-friendly, engaging new book." Natan Sharanksy, Chairman of the Jewish Agency; former Israeli deputy prime minister and Soviet dissident.
"Walking alone through a beautiful country is conducive to thinking creatively. Aryeh Green's wonderful description of his 42-day hike throughout Israel will make you think hard about the state of the nation-state of the Jewish people at this critical time in its history. It's a worthwhile journey on which to embark." Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law.
"Walking alone through a beautiful country is conducive to thinking creatively. Aryeh Green's wonderful description of his 42-day hike throughout Israel will make you think hard about the state of the nation-state of the Jewish people at this critical time in its history. It's a worthwhile journey on which to embark." Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law.
"Deeply moving and profoundly
thoughtful, My Israel Trail is a must for lovers of Israel,
nature, and the human spirit. Aryeh Green has done an immense
service to us all." Michael Oren, Israeli Deputy Minister & Member of Knesset; former
Israeli ambassador to the US; historian and scholar of the Middle East.
Aryeh is planning speaking tours and is available for booking; his speaker profile with other topics and full bio is below. A frequent and popular speaker on campuses and in communities, Aryeh has spoken for AJC, JNF, RJC, Hillel, Hadassah, AIPAC, SWU, ZOA, synagogues of all streams, church groups, Jewish federations, JCRCs, JCCs and Israel’s embassy and consulates. Links to some of his talks and articles are below.
Watch/listen to interviews with Aryeh on CBN TV (filmed on the Trail!), JBS TV (Part 1 on American Jews & Israel, Part 2 on legitimacy of Zionism), i24 TV, The John Batchelor Radio Show, & Israel Radio. See Jerusalem Post book review. www.myisraeltrail.com
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Aryeh Green Speaker Profile
Contact Info: Aryeh Green (aryeh.green@gmail.com); Tel. +972-54-648-2344
Background: Born in Washington, DC; grew up
in San Francisco; made Aliya in 1984.
Policy advisor to Natan Sharansky since late 1990’s; served on executive
staff of Sharansky’s Yisrael B’Aliya party; was senior member of minister Sharansky’s
staff in Israel’s prime minister’s office, responsible for contacts with
Palestinian and other Arab democracy activists as well as for relations with
‘next generation’ Jewish leaders and coordination of hasbara activities,
including on campus.
Over 25 years in business, mostly high-tech, with various executive
management positions and consulting work for public and private Israeli
companies, including ECI Telecom, Aladdin, Bank HaPoalim, Pfizer, AudioCodes,
Moto Guzzi and others. Former managing
director of the G3 Associates business consulting firm in Jerusalem. Seven years public sector work in education,
including as founder/director of Students For Israel, a Jerusalem seminar
center training visiting students in advocacy skills for their return to
campuses abroad.
BA in psychology from UC Berkeley, MA in international relations from
Hebrew University, MSc in business management from Boston University and Ben
Gurion University. Publications include
articles in Haaretz, The Jerusalem Post, NY Times, Wall St. Journal, JCPA’s
“Academics Against Israel and the Jews”, Jewish Policy Center, Israel21C,
Washington Jewish Week, Aspen Times, SF “J”, Israel Insider, and various online
forums. Married to Miriam since 2015,
with 9 children between them, when not promoting Israel and renewable energy,
Aryeh grows grapes and makes wine in his spare time.
Topics:
[Detailed description of topics on
following page]
Ø
Finding Peace in the
Promised Land: A Story of Love, Loss and
Healing on the Israel National Trail
Ø 5 Steps to Arab-Israel Peace: A Radical
Approach to Resolving Conflict in the Middle East
Ø Re-Asserting the Legitimacy of Israel: Indigenous people returning to our ancestral homeland
Ø Three Myths of the Middle East:
Fundamentals in pro-Israel advocacy and argument
Ø Current events in
Israel and the Middle East: An insider’s update on regional
developments
Ø
A
new approach to Israel’s media relations: embracing
journalists rather than attacking them
Ø
Human Rights & Freedom in the Middle East: Natan Sharansky’s approach to peace
Ø Human Rights in Jewish
Sources: Roots of
western human rights theory
Ø
The
New Anti-Semitism: A
“3D” approach to anti-Israel attitudes
Ø
Religious Zionism in Israel vs. Modern Orthodoxy in the West: A unified theory of
Judaism
Ø
GeoPolitics of the Middle East: Understanding
the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Ø “Middle Israel” – Is
there a centrist consensus in Israel? (or, The Saga of a Fanatic
Moderate)
Ø A Jewish State? Jewish identity in modern Israel (response to Yoram
Hazony’s analysis)
Ø
The
View From Here - An American Immigrant’s
Perspective
Ø Crossing the Chasm in
Israel - What divides us, what unites us as Israelis
Ø
An
Israeli Nokia? Israel as a global
high-tech center: what’s missing, what’s needed.
Ø Welcome to Israel: 3500 years of Jewish history in 35 minutes! (For visiting groups)
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Aryeh Green: Lecture/discussion topics (detail):
Finding Peace in the Promised Land: A Story of Love, Loss
and Healing on the Israel National Trail.
A fascinating, uplifting story, with photos/videos, of the
1000km trek along Shvil Yisrael, with personal growth discoveries and a great
deal of humor.
5 Steps to Arab-Israel Peace: A Radical Approach to Resolving Conflict in the Middle East
Applying the lessons learned hiking the Israel National
Trail to create a new dynamic for peace in the region.
Re-Asserting the legitimacy of
Israel and Zionism: Indigenous people returning to our ancestral homeland
An illuminating and provocative discussion of Jewish
identity; Judaism as more than ‘just a religion’; Zionism as the national
liberation movement of
the Jewish people and Jews as a civilization.
Three Myths of the Middle East: Fundamentals in pro-Israel advocacy and argument
A presentation of three fundamental misperceptions regarding
Israel, the Arab and Muslim world, and the nature of the Arab-Israeli conflict,
applicable in all realms of advocacy from campus activism to lobbying.
A new approach to Israel’s media
relations: Embracing journalists rather than attacking them
An in-depth look at Israeli
‘hasbara’ (public diplomacy) efforts and how to promote accuracy and fairness
in reporting about Israel and the conflict from the region by providing
services rather than just information.
Human Rights & Freedom in the Middle East: Natan Sharansky & a “process” for real
peace for the region
A
presentation of Sharansky’s call to “take back” the banner of human rights by
returning to a traditional definition of the concept and applying it to the
Middle East, including promoting democracy and liberty in Palestinian and Arab
society.
Human Rights in Jewish Sources: An exploration of the roots of western human
rights theory
From Aristotle through St. Augustine and
Grotius to Jefferson, an exploration of the most basic principles of “human
rights” from a Jewish perspective. Based
on sources beginning with Breishit (man’s creation “in the image of God”),
continuing through the Mishna, Gemara, Rambam and others, and including modern
Jewish philosophers and jurists.
The New
Anti-Semitism: A “3D” approach to anti-Israel attitudes
An
exploration of traditional themes of anti-Semitism and how they have been now
used to justify anti-Zionism and anti-Israel propaganda. Delegitimization, Demonization and
Discrimination of Jews has now morphed into vilification of the Jewish
State. Comparison of legitimate
criticism of Israeli policies versus denial of the State of Israel the right to
exist.
Religious Zionism in Israel vs. Modern Orthodoxy in the
Western world: A unified theory of Judaism
An
exploration of the three main streams of Jewish life – Modernity, Torah, and
Zionism – how they interact and conflict, who the personalities are and were in
their development, and how they can come together to create a “whole” Jew.
GeoPolitics of the Middle East: Understanding the context of the Arab-Israeli
conflict.
A look at
the geography of the region from a historical perspective, including the
creation of historical boundaries and the physical realities which relate to
efforts at resolving the conflict.
A Jewish State? An
answer and a prescription for Yoram Hazony
Analysis of
the conclusions of Hazony’s 2002 book “The Jewish State”, prescriptions for
improvement, and discussion of the balance between Israel’s democracy and
Jewish identity, including recent examples relating to the withdrawal from
Gaza, state land ownership and the IDF.
“Middle Israel” – Is there a centrist consensus in Israel? (or, The Saga of a Fanatic Moderate)
A
presentation of the real consensus in Israel on various topics, as not normally
presented by the media or by interested partisans. Subjects include the security barrier, a
Palestinian state, the Jewish identity of the State of Israel, economic
liberalism, and many others.
The View From Here - An
American Immigrant’s Perspective
Personal
anecdotes and review of the immigrant experience, from thirty+ years as an
“oleh”. Perceptions of the pleasures and
pains of Aliya; a celebration of western Aliya with a lot of humor.
An Israeli Nokia? Israel
as a global high-tech center: what’s missing, what’s needed
An evaluation and discussion of Israeli
business management practices, from major multinationals through high-tech
start-ups – including issues of culture, ethics and organizational behavior
practices.
Welcome
to Israel: 3500 years of Jewish history in 35 minutes! (For visiting
groups)
An inspiring overview of Jewish history
and the modern miracle of Jewish sovereignty in the Land of Israel, reflecting
two central themes of connection to the Land and wandering from it.
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