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Socol Speaker Series: Yaakov Katz on While Israel Slept

When: September 15, 2025 7:00 PM
Where: The Hub: Frankel Family Performing Arts Center
5950 North Kendall Drive
Pinecrest, FL 33156
Organizer: Janice Baisman
Contact: Anita Braham at [email protected]
Summary: Socol Speaker Series: Yaakov Katz on While Israel Slept Presented in partnership with Books & Books
2025-09-15 19:00:00 2025-09-15 19:00:00 America/New_York Socol Speaker Series: Yaakov Katz on While Israel Slept Socol Speaker Series: Yaakov Katz on While Israel Slept Presented in partnership with Books & Books (http://jewishmiami.org/events/socol_speaker_series_yaakov_katz_on_while_israel_slept_) The Hub: Frankel Family Performing Arts Center Janice Baisman [email protected]

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Yaakov Katz will discuss his latest book, While Israel Slept.

Yaakov Katz is an Israeli-American author and journalist and a senior fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute in Jerusalem. Between 2016 and 2023, Yaakov was editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post where he continues to write a popular weekly column.

Yaakov also writes a regular column for Newsweek and the Jewish Chronicle, is the host of the
JPPI weekly podcast and appears regularly on CNN and BBC as an analyst on Israel affairs.

Yaakov is also the author of “Shadow Strike – Inside Israel’s Secret Mission to Eliminate Syrian Nuclear Power”, “Weapon Wizards - How Israel Became a High-Tech Military
Superpower” and “Israel vs. Iran: The Shadow War”.

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The Hub: Frankel Family Performing Arts Center

5950 North Kendall Drive

Pinecrest, FL 33156

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