MARK YOUR CALENDAR! MARCH 29-30, 2019 , the United States and the Arab World A Shabbaton with Dr. Mordechai Kedar

FRIDAY 7:00 pm MOTZEI 9:00 pm NIGHT MINCHA/KABBALAT SHABBAT SHABBAT MELAVAH MALKAH DESSERT RECEPTION MARCH 8:15 pm MARCH COMMUNITY DINNER AT YIEIP Open to all, RSVP helpful Reservation required with cost 9:20 pm 9:15 pm Understanding the Iranians: 29 30 What motivates the Ayatollahs?” ONEG SHABBAT Open to all, RSVP helpful and Trump, Putin and the Middle East: Islam – A culture in crisis What Can We Expect? (Approx. 50 minutes for both) 9:45 pm At the home of DESSERT RECEPTION Denny and Debra Berman 11705 Gainsborough Road, Potomac (Enter through rear door down stairs 8:40 am SHABBAT on left) DAY SHACHARIT FOLLOWED BY KIDDUSH MARCH 12:00 pm Hezbollah: Ideology, Politics and Modus Operandi (45 min) Dr. Mordechai Kedar is one of Israel’s leading figures in understanding the Arab world and delivers fascinating and highly 30 5:30 pm informative presentations on a wide spectrum of real-time Middle NEFESH HACHAIM SHIUR East matters that will help you understand what is really going Rabbi Yosef Singer on. He served 25 years in IDF Military Intelligence specializing in Islamic groups, the political discourse of Arab countries, the 6:15 pm Arabic press and mass media, and the Syrian domestic arena. Major Mistakes Made by the Fluent in Hebrew, Arabic, and English, Dr. Kedar is one of the few Western Coalition in and Arabic-speaking Israeli pundits seen on Arabic satellite channels Afghanistan defending Israel. Currently he is the Director of the Center for the Study of the Middle East and Islam (under formation), a research 6:55 pm associate of the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, and a MINCHA lecturer in the Department of Arabic Studies at Bar-Ilan University FOLLOWED BY SEUDAT SHLISHIT in Israel. Moti was born in and is a religious Zionist. 8:10 pm MAARIV (Shabbat ends 8:20 pm) Program events at 11618 Seven Locks Road, Potomac, except Malavah Malkah as noted. Details for Community Dinner are forthcoming. To RSVP for open events and to sponsor individual presentations, please contact [email protected].