Elli Wohlgelernter, veteran
journalist and editor of the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, will speak on
Sunday, Oct. 24, at 6:30 p.m. in Old
Chapel on the Union College
campus. The topic of his lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be
“The Day After November 2: An Overview of Where the Israeli-Palestinian
Situation is Headed Regardless of Who Wins on Election Day.”
Mr. Wohlgelernter is also the editor of the sports and rock and roll sections
of the forthcoming new edition of the Encyclopedia Judaica. He
previously served as Diaspora affairs editor at the Jerusalem Post and
as Israel
bureau chief for the Forward. Prior to moving to Israel
in 1991, he was managing editor of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, a
reporter for the New York Post, and wrote and reported the news for the
Fox and ABC-TV stations in New York
and Seattle and radio stations in New
York and Connecticut.
Mr. Wohlgelernter lives in Jerusalem.