We are excited to welcome you to a special guest lecture on Wednesday evening, November 29, the 70th anniversary of one of the greatest miracles of our history, the General Assembly's Resolution recommending the partition of the British-ruled Palestine Mandate into a Jewish state and an Arab state, living side by side.

Rabbi Asher Lopatin will be speaking on the topic, "Can the UN make the Land of Israel Holy?"  All are welcome to attend, pizza will be served! Please RSVP using the form below.

Rabbi Asher Lopatin is president of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School (YCT), an Orthodox rabbinical school that teaches an inclusive and welcoming Torah. Prior to assuming the presidency of YCT in 2013, he served as rabbi of Anshe Sholom Congregation, a Modern Orthodox synagogue in Chicago, for eighteen years. Rabbi Lopatin received ordination from Rav Ahron Soloveichik and Yeshivas Brisk in Chicago, and from Yeshiva University, as a Wexner Graduate Fellow. A Rhodes Scholar with an M. Phil in Medieval Arabic Thought from Oxford University, Rabbi Lopatin has written chapters for over a dozen books as well as numerous articles. He is a member of The Council on Foreign Relations and has been listed in Newsweek’s “Top 50 Rabbis.” Rabbi Lopatin is married to Rachel Tessler Lopatin, also a Wexner Graduate Fellow, and together they have four children.