SPJ Program – Food, drink and USA Today Foreign Correspondent

When:   March 23 6-7:15
Where: Teller’s Vault Room, Hyde Park
What:   Appetizers, one drink, fascinating speaker - FREE
 
How does a Chicago native become USA Today’s correspondent in Israel? What was it like covering the recent conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza?
 
Hear from Yaakov Katz, military correspondent and defense analyst for The Jerusalem Post, the Middle East's leading English daily, as well as USA Today and other publications in Europe.
 
Mr. Katz spent July and August 2006 along Israel's border with Lebanon while leading the Post's coverage of Israel's war against Hezbollah. He has also covered settler affairs for the Post and was chief correspondent during the Gaza Strip disengagement in the summer of 2005.
 
His popular weekly column, called Security and Defense, and frequent appearances on local and foreign news shows, provides readers with a behind-the-scenes look at the decision-making process in the Israeli defense establishment.
 
Mr. Katz writes extensively on the Palestinian conflict as well as the military's stance on Iran's nuclear program and Israel's options in face of what is being described as the greatest existential threat in Israeli history.
 
Originally from Chicago, Mr. Katz moved to Israel 15 years ago and served in the IDF Armored Corps. He lives in Jerusalem, has two daughters and a law degree from Bar Ilan University.

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