Isaac Herzog “Israel, World Affairs and the Peace Process”

Date and Time: November 4, 2009, 5:00 p.m.
Location: Fleishman Commons, Sanford Building (map)
Cost: Free
Parking: Science Drive Visitor Lot (map)

Isaac Herzog is the Israeli Minister of Welfare and Social Services as well as Minister of the Diaspora, Society and the Fight Against Anti-Semitism.  The son of the late Israeli President Chaim Herzog, Isaac was born in Israel in 1960. He completed his army service with the rank of major (res.). He holds a degree in law and is an attorney by profession.

Elected to the 16th Knesset in 2003, he has served as a member of the Knesset Finance and the Internal Affairs and Environment committees, as well as the Labor Party Parliamentary Group Whip. He chaired the Lobby for the War Against Drugs in Israel, the Lobby for Tourism in Israel, the Lobby for Youth in Israel, and the Municipal Lobby, and is a member of the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus and the Environmental Lobby.

Isaac Herzog served as Minister of Housing and Construction from January to November 2005, when Labor resigned from the government. After serving as Minister of Tourism, he was appointed Minister of Welfare and Social Services, Minister of the Diaspora, Society, and Fight Against Antisemitism, serving until March 2009, when he became the Minister of Welfare and Social Services.

The Rudnick Endowed Lecture is sponsored by The Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs and Development and the Center for Jewish Studies.

Contact Katie Joyce for more information at: 919-681-1698 or email her.

Isaac Herzog

Isaac Herzog
Minister of Welfare and Social Services, Israel