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Special Guest Speaker – Yael Dayan
September 15, 2017 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Special Guest Speaker | Yael Dayan
Politician, Novelist and Israeli Native will be at The Temple discussing her latest book, Transitions, which will be available for purchase after the service.
Friday, September 15 at 6:30 pm in the Waller Chapel
Special Rabbis’ Dinner with Yael Dayan at 5:30 pm
Transitions: An Evening with Yael Dayan.
Adults $5 | Kids 12 and under eat FREE
Please RSVP by Wednesday, September 13 to 502-423-1818.
Born in 1939 in Nahalal, a co-operative village, in Israel, to Ruth and the late General Moshe Dayan. Educated in Israel. Yael Dayan studied Political Science at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and Biology at the Open University in Tel Aviv.
Beginning in the 92’ elections Ms. Dayan served three terms as Labor Party Member of Knesset. She was chair of the Committee for the Advancement of the Status of women, which was founded by her during her first term, as well as the
Sub-Committee for Gay and Lesbian Rights. M.P Dayan was also a member of the Defense and Foreign Affairs and the Constitution, Law and Justice Committees.
Yael Dayan has initiated and completed revolutionary legislation protecting women’s rights, gay rights and minorities civil rights. Prevention of Sexual Harassment, Obligatory Minimum Punishment in Sexual and Domestic Violence Offenses, Victims’ Rights, Anti “Stalking” Bill and Equal Rights for Women, 2000.
Her main extra – parliamentary political activity is active leadership of grassroots organizations such as “Peace Now” representing a call for an end of occupation, evacuation of settlements and active dialogue with the Palestinians toward a Two-State Solution. For these, Ms. Dayan was awarded the Bruno Kreisky Human Rights Award (1991), and the Olof Palme Award for Peace (1998). She was chosen for the French Weekly, L’express’,”100 Women Who Make the World Move” (1995) and was honored by the State of the World Forum as one of the “Women Redefining Leadership” (1997),Peace Award by the Fondazione Ducci in Rome 2015.
Ms. Dayan, is the author of eight books (six novels) including New Face in the Mirror, Death Has Two Sons, Sinai Diary-67 and My Father-His Daughter (1985). Open Road Media will publish the e-books of five of them in the spring of 2015.
Yael has been a journalist for fifty years, writing political commentary in both Israeli and Foreign press Yael Dayan lives in Tel Aviv, was married to the late General (Reserves) Dov Sion and has two children and four grandchildren.
Former Member of Knesset Dayan is a signatory to the Geneva Accords.
In the 2003 Municipal elections Yael Dayan won a major victory and was the deputy mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo, in charge of welfare services for five years. In 2008 Yael was reelected as an independent and was Chairperson of the Tel Aviv-Yafo City Council. In 2013, Yael resumed her writing career, and in 2014 Modan Publishing House in Israel published her new book Transition, a widely acclaimed Memoir.
