Breakfast and Briefing with Yohanan Plesner

  • March 27, 2025 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

  • Wilshire Boulevard Temple - Resnick Family Campus (Brentwood)

    11960 Sunset Boulevard
    Los Angeles, California 90049
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Breakfast and a Briefing with Yohanan Plesner, President of the Israel Democracy Institute

 

Thursday, March 27, 2025
9:30 - 11:00 am
Klein Hall, Resnick Campus

 

Join us for an insightful analysis of the challenges and opportunities facing Israel at this critical moment with Yohanan Plesner, former Knesset member and President of the Israel Democracy Institute, the Center of Research and Action dedicated to strengthening the foundations of Israeli democracy. Clergy will be present to support the conversation.

 

Bio
Yohanan Plesner is president of the Israel Democracy Institute. From 2007 to 2013, he was a member of Knesset, serving on the constitution, law, and justice, and the defense and foreign affairs committees. He also co-chaired the Knesset lobby for higher education and chaired its permanent delegation to the Council of Europe. In 2013, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed him head of the Plesner Commission, which was tasked with coming up with a blueprint for ultra-Orthodox military service. Mr. Plesner was an officer in the IDF’s Sayeret Matkal special forces unit, where he still performs active reserve duty.

 

Date & Time

Thu, Mar 27, 2025 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Venue Details

Wilshire Boulevard Temple - Resnick Family Campus (Brentwood)

11960 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90049 Wilshire Boulevard Temple - Resnick Family Campus (Brentwood)
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