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AIPAC and MBJCC Community Event

When: February 21, 2019 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Where: Miami Beach JCC
4221 Pine Tree Dr
Miami Beach, FL 33140
Organizer: Rebecca Wasserstrom
Contact: Rebecca Wasserstrom at [email protected] ((954) 382-6110)
Cost: 18.00
Summary: Thou Shalt Innovate: How Israeli Ingenuity Repairs the World
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2019-02-21 19:30:00 2019-02-21 21:30:00 America/New_York AIPAC and MBJCC Community Event Thou Shalt Innovate: How Israeli Ingenuity Repairs the World (http://jewishmiami.org/events/aipac_and_mbjcc_community_event) Miami Beach JCC Rebecca Wasserstrom [email protected]

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The American Israel Public Affairs Committee and Miami Beach JCC cordially invite you to:

Thou Shalt Innovate: How Israeli Ingenuity Repairs the World
featuring Avi Jorisch, Senior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council

Thursday, February 21, 2019
7:30 P.M.

Miami Beach JCC
4221 Pine Tree Drive, Miami Beach

RSVP at www.aipac.org/MBEvent

$18 per person couvert.
$10 for AIPAC Club* members and/or MBJCC members (must use promo code MBE221 to receive discounted couvert).

*AIPAC Club members generously contribute $1,800 or more to AIPAC’s 2019 campaign.

Light hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be served.
Dietary laws observed.

For more information, please contact: Rebecca Wasserstrom at
[email protected] or 954.382.6110

Karen Sepsenwol at [email protected] or (305) 534-3206 ext. 214

This event is off-the-record and closed to the press.

About Avi Jorisch
Avi Jorisch is a seasoned entrepreneur and Middle East expert. He currently serves as a senior fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council and the founder of IMS, a merchant processing company that services clients nationwide. A thought leader in exploring global innovation trends, the Arab world, counterterrorism, and illicit finance, Mr. Jorisch previously worked at the U.S. Departments of Treasury and Defense.

Mr. Jorisch is the author of five books and has had articles featured in numerous news outlets, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs and Forbes. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Entrepreneurs’ Organization.

Mr. Jorisch holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Binghamton University and a master’s degree in Islamic history from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He also studied Arabic and Islamic philosophy at the American University in Cairo and al-Azhar University, the preeminent institution of Sunni Islamic learning.

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Miami Beach JCC

4221 Pine Tree Dr

Miami Beach, FL 33140

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