The Panel

• Peter Beinart - Professor of Political Science and Journalism,
  City University of New York
  “The Past and Present of American Zionism” 
• David Makovsky - Director of the Project on the Middle East
  Peace Process at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
  “The Impact of the Arab Spring on U.S. - Israel Relations:
  A Preliminary Assessment?”
• Alon Pinkas - Consul General of Israel to New York from 2000-2004
  “The Interplay of Foreign Policy Interests and Domestic Determinants”
• Itamar Rabinovich - Distinguished Global Professor at NYU and
  Distinguished Fellow at the Brookings Institution
  “The Peace Process as a Determinant in U.S. - Israeli Relations”
• Gil Ribak - Schusterman Fellow in Judaic Studies, The Arizona Center for
  Judaic Studies, The University of Arizona
  “Interdependence or Growing Alienation: The Ambivalent Relationship
  Between Israel and American Jews”
• Steven Spiegel - Professor, Political Science and Director, Center for
  Middle East Development, UCLA
  “Change in the U.S. - Israeli Relationship: It Ain’t Paradigmatic and
  It Ain’t What You Think Either”

Steering Committee:

• Beth Alpert Nakhai, Ph.D., Symposium Organizer,
  Arizona Center for Judaic Studies, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
• Asher Susser, Ph.D., Moshe Dayan Center for Middle East and African Studies,
  Tel Aviv University, Israel
• Edward Wright, Ph.D., Director, The Arizona Center for Judaic Studies,
  The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Also sponsored by:

• The American Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
• The Marriott Hotel University Park
• The Center for Middle Eastern Studies
• Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona