At the Plum Street Temple:

Television journalist TIM RUSSERT, moderator of NBC's "Meet the Press," will present his view of Washington politics on Thursday, May 1  at 7:15 pm at Plum Street Temple, 726 Plum Street. In addition to his Sunday morning show, Russert is a political analyst for "NBC Nightly News" and "Today," and anchors "The Tim Russert Show" on MSNBC. He's also a senior vice president and Washington bureau chief for NBC News. Tickets are $75 per person. For more information, call (513) 793-2556. Proceeds will benefit the Plum Street Temple Historic Renovation Fund.

At the Schiff Family Conference Center:

ROBIN WRIGHT, the diplomatic correspondent for The Washington Post, leads a talk titled “The Future of the Middle East: Dreams and Shadows,” on Sunday, April 13, 2008, 7:00 pm, Schiff Family Conference Center. Sunday, April 13, 2008, 3:00 pm, Edgecliff Recital Hall. Wright is the author of Sacred Rage: The Wrath of Militant Islam and The Last Great Revolution: Turmoil and Transformation in Iran. Her forthcoming book is entitled Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East. She has worked for a number of major newspapers in the United States and Great Britain including the Los Angeles Times, the Sunday Times of London and the Christian Science Monitor. In 2003 she was awarded the United Nations correspondents’ Gold Medal for coverage of international affairs. In that same year she became a regular panelist on the Meet the Press roundtable. This event is co-sponsored by the American Jewish Committee.

At the Mercantile Library:

Tue, Jun 10th 2008 | 7:00 PM, Reading Room, Mercantile Library, 414 Walnut Street, downtown, (513) 621-0717, mercantilelibrary.com . $20 members;$25 nonmembers, includes wine and hors d'oeuvres.
 
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