Jerusalem Summit

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Jerusalem Summit

“New Ideas from the Old City”

http://www.jerusalemsummit.org/eng/

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From “Mission statement” : http://www.jerusalemsummit.org/eng/news.php?news=132

The ultimate goal of Jerusalem Summit is to create an alliance of all individuals and organizations from different nations and faiths who realize the grave danger our democratic civilization faces from the new Totalitarianism, represented by “radical Islam”, and the moral relativism which erodes our resolve to fight and destroy these evil forces. …We believe that the center of such an alliance has to be in Jerusalem. Not for nothing these forces of Evil chose Israel as the focus of their attack [true]: here lies the front line of that new battle. If Jerusalem falls, so shall the entire free world.
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International Advisory Board
http://www.jerusalemsummit.org/eng/board.php

[I include their bunconcombe bios.]

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Michael Cherney, Chairman of the Board of Trustees
 …left Russia and moved to Israel in 1994. Following the ‘repatriation’ to Israel, Mr. Cherney maintains his business interests in Russia and post-Soviet states, while developing new business contacts between Russia, on the one hand, and Europe, Israel, and the US, on the other.

“In Israel, Mr. Cherney spends much effort on charity work and humanitarian projects that reinforce cooperation between Israel and Russia in ‘fighting’ terror. …Cherney and his family live in a suburb of Tel Aviv.”

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“Dr.” Dmitry Radyshevsky, Executive director of the Summit
Born in Moscow…After being invited in 1991 to US as a visiting journalist for an internship with TIME Magazine, Mr. Radyshevsky served as an Assistant Editor of the Russian project at New York Times, and then, for six years, was the New York Bureau Chief of Moscow News. …made Aliyah (“repatriation”) from US to Israel in 1999.

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“Dr.” Martin Sherman, Academic Director
…lectures in Political Science at Tel Aviv University, and is a Research Fellow at the International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) at the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya.

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Gary Bauer - Chairman; President, American Values

* http://www.rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Bauer_Gary

* http://www.politico.com/arena/bio/gary_l_bauer.html

* http://www.muckety.com/Gary-L-Bauer/8515.muckety

American Values – president; Campaign for Working Families – founder; Foundation for the Defense of Democracies – board of advisers member. Past: 2000 Gary Bauer presidential campaign – unsuccessful candidate; Family Research Council – president; Focus on the Family – SVP & co-founder; Ronald Reagan (deceased) – chief domestic policy adviser; U.S. Department of Education – under secretary.

Carol Bauer – spouse.

-Gary L Bauer 9001 Glenbrook Ct; Fairfax, VA 22031-3132 (703) 978-3210 [60-64 / Carol H Bauer, Betty J Bauer, Elyse A Bauer, Sarah Bauer]

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Academic Committee

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“Dr.” Christopher Barder

…head of history and politics at an Oxford Tutorial college, as well as a tutor for the University of Bath. …He is on the international advisory panel of the Freeman Center for Strategic Studies in Houston, Texas and on the International Committee for Holocaust Truth. For some years, Barder has specialized in various aspects of Israel’s strategic vulnerability and her position in international relations.

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“Dr.” Atalia Ben Meir

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“Dr.” Josef Bodansky

Yossef Bodansky is the Director of the Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare at the US House of Representatives. He is also the Director of Research at the International Strategic Studies Association, as well as a Senior Editor for the Defense & Foreign Affairs group of publications. Additionally, he is a Member of the Prague Society for International Cooperation.

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“Dr.” Debora Bodlander

Deborah Bodlander just completed over twenty years on Capitol Hill, most recently as a Senior Advisor on Middle East policy to Representative Benjamin Gilman. Bodlander supervised congressionally mandated oversight of the Middle East Peace Process, multi-billion foreign aid programs to the Middle East, bilateral relations, regional terrorism concerns, and other strategic issues of importance to Congress and the United States. Currently Bodlander is a consultant to The Gilman Group and enthusiastically avails herself of opportunities to speak about the role Congress plays in the formulation of foreign policy in the Middle East.

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“Dr.” Ron Breiman

Dr. Ron Breiman is the Chairman of Professors for a Strong Israel (PSI), a non-partisan organization of academics united in a common concern for the economic and public security as well as the Jewish character of the State of Israel. The membership of Professors for a Strong Israel includes professors, researchers, and scientists encompassing all major academic disciplines and academic institutions in Israel. He has published hundreds of articles in the Israeli media, dealing with various aspects of the present war, as well forecasting it and suggesting a possible solution to it.

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“Dr.” David Bukay

Dr. David Bukay teaches in the political science department at the University of Haifa. Among his fields of specialization, Dr. Bukay concentrates on Arab-Islamic political culture as a key source to understanding the Middle East and Arab politics, publishing a book on the subject in June 2003. In addition he focuses on Islamic fundamentalism within the framework of international terrorism emphasizing Bin Laden and the New Islamic Fundamentalists. His book on Arafat titled The Politics of the Mask is scheduled to be published in the near future. Dr. Bukay is currently exploring the symbiosis between international terrorism and the media

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“Dr.” Rachel Ehrenfeld

Rachel Ehrenfeld, PhD, is the Director of the New York based American Center for Democracy (ACD) (previously the Center for the Study of Corruption and the Rule of Law). She is an acknowledged expert on corruption, money laundering, transnational organized crime, international terrorism, drug trafficking, and substance abuse.

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“Dr.” Hillel Fradkin

Hillel Fradkin is the president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, a research institute located in Washington, DC, and director of its programs in Jewish Studies, Islam and American Democracy, and Foreign and Human Rights Affairs. Dr. Fradkin earned his degree in Islamic History and Thought from the Univ. of Chicago, working under the direction of the late Dr. Fazlur Rahman. He has a BA in Government from Cornell University.

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Prof. Rafi Israeli

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“Dr.” Mordechai Nisan

Dr. Mordechai Nisan holds a PhD. in Political Science from McGill University in Montreal and settled in Israel in 1972. Dr. Mordechai Nisan teaches Middle East Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (primarily in the Rothberg International School) and is affiliated with both the Ariel Center for Policy Research and the Jerusalem Institute for Western Defense. He has published extensively in Hebrew and English, and his latest books include: The Conscience of Lebanon: A Political Biography of Etienne Sakr (Abu-Arz), London: Frank Cass, 2003; Minorities in the Middle East: A History of Struggle and Self-Expression, second edition, London & Jefferson, N.C., McFarland, 2002; and Identity and Civilization: Essays on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Lanham, Md: University Press of America, 1999.

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Prof. Moshe Sharon

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David Pryce-Jones

Mr. Pryce-Jones is a journalist and writer with an MA in modern history from Magdalen College, Oxford. He has been the literary editor of major publications, a newspaper correspondent and visiting professor at California State College, University of California at Berkeley, and others. Since June 1999 Pryce-Jones has been the senior editor of the National Review. He is the author of a number of important books on the fall of the Former Soviet Union, as well as “The Closed Circle: An Interpretation of the Arabs”.

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Prof. Shlomo Slonim

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Prof. Johny Swails

Dr. Swails was born to a family of teachers. His father taught in college as well as serving as a minister and local pastor. His mother taught in elementary and middle school. Without doubt their influence and lifelong background in education had much to do with his choice of profession.

Dr. Swails received degrees from Brandeis University and the University of Georgia. Dr. Swails began his career at Oral Roberts University in August of 1993 and had a critical role in the foundation of modern archaeology in the Middle East and the decipherment of the Akkadian language.

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“Dr.” Meyrav Wurmser

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Prof. Xu Xin

Professor Xu Xin is the Director of the Center for Jewish Studies at The Nanjing University in China. A Professor of History of the Jewish Culture and President of the China Judaic Studies Association, he is also the Editor-in- Chief and a major contributor to the Chinese edition of The Encyclopedia Judaica. Professor Xu Xin’s published works include “The Jews of Kaifeng, China: History, Culture, and Religion” (2003) and “Anti-Semitism: How and Why” (1996). His university courses include Jewish History, Jewish Culture and World Civilization, Holocaust studies, History of the Jewish Diaspora, and Survey on Judaism. He has organized many exhibitions in China, such as Judaic Studies in China, Courage to Remember: Holocaust 1933-45, and The American Jewish Experience, as well as The First International Conference on Jewish Studies in China in 1996 and The International Symposium on the History of the Jewish Diaspora in China in 2002. His activities in promoting the study of Jewish subjects among the Chinese have been supported by a number of foundations such as The Rothschild Family Foundation, The Skirball Foundation and The Samuel Bronfman Foundation. He has lectured worldwide, in places such as Israel, The United States, Canada, Hong Kong and China, and received both The James Friend Memorial Award and an honorary Doctor of Philosophy by Bar-Ilan University, Israel, in recognition of his work in researching the Jews of China.

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Public Affairs Committee

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Lord Pearson, of Rannoch
Marisa Albert
Morrie Amitay
Lt. Gen. Paul Cerjan (US Army, Ret.)
Yoram Ettinger
Dr. Sergei Filatov
Dr. K.P.S. Gill
Rev. Malcolm Hedding
Richard A.Hellman
Amb. Alan Keyes
Pres. (Frm.) L. A. Lacalle
Michael Landau
Esther Levens
Rev. Kenneth Meshoe
Rev. Myles Munroe
Gen.l Paul E. Vallely
Leah Susskind
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Media Committee

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John Batchelor
Mike Evans
Michael Freund
John Loftus
Itamar Marcus
Dennis Prager
Ben Stein
Bret Stephens
R. Emmett Tyrell
Svietka, Project Coordinator
Jenny Grigg, Academic Coordinator