2016 PRESIDENTAL ELECTION: OUR CHALLENGE AS JEWS With Alan Elsner With less than six months to go, the current presidential election cycle presents special challenges for the Jewish community and ramifications beyond the United States. Alan Elsner brings a long resume of working in the media and political environments to intelligently discuss these questions. Elsner, who is currently Special Advisor to the President of J Street, has had a long career at the top ranks of American and international journalism. As State Department and later White House correspondent for Reuters News Agency, Elsner traveled the world with Secretaries of State and was on first name terms with presidents and vice presidents. His sharp questioning during the Rwanda genocide forced the United States to change its policy and was later highlighted in the Hollywood movie “Hotel Rwanda.” As Reuters National Correspondent, Elsner was the agency’s chief writer on 9/11/2001 and his byline was featured on the agency’s stories that day and through the subsequent period. Elsner is the author of two novels and two works of non‐fiction. His first book, “Gates of Injustice: The Crisis in America’s Prisons,” was hailed by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy as a “wake‐up call” and welcomed by the political left and right. Elsner later testified to governmental and independent commissions on prison reform. His first novel, “The Nazi Hunter,” was described by Publishers’ Weekly as "a gripping debut thriller and a compelling tale." Winner of the Knight International Journalism fellowship, Elsner spent a year in Romania in 2007 teaching journalism to students and professionals and strengthening the values of a free media. This special event with Alan Eisner is co‐sponsored by Temple Sinai and J Street of the Capital District and brings you a most thought provoking evening on issues of great import to us all. Don’t miss Tuesday, June 28, (7pm) at Temple Sinai, 509 Broadway, Saratoga Springs to hear Eisner explore the challenges the Jewish community faces in the presidential elections of 2016. Please call for reservations 584 8730 opt. 2. Space is limited.
