Eran Rotman – Special to the USA TODAY Network When an earthquake struck the Middle East on Monday morning, leaving significant casualties and destruction in its wake in Turkey and Syria, the smallest country in the region jumped in to not only offer its condolences but more importantly its state-of-the-art rescue capabilities, field medical personnel and…
Remarks by Anthony S. Fauci at the AFRMC Annual Gala
Yitzhak Rabin Lifetime Medical Leadership Award American Friends of Rabin Medical Center Annual Gala November 7, 2022 NYC I am truly humbled and grateful to receive the Yitzhak Rabin Lifetime Medical Leadership Award, an homage to one of the iconic figures in the history of Israel. My deepest thanks to the American Friends of Rabin Medical Center for this…
Iran: What To Do Next – Global Connections with Robert Siegel
According to Robert Siegel, since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, relations between the U.S. and Iran have been hostile and between Israel and Iran “even more hostile.” In the face of Iran developing a nuclear warhead program, in 2015, Western powers entered into The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran, a nuclear nonproliferation…
The world leader Tom Donilon admires most? Yitzhak Rabin by Melissa Weiss
BlackRock Investment Institute Chairman Thomas Donilon, who served as national security advisor under President Barack Obama from 2010-2013, reflected on leadership lessons from his career in politics and government during a recent virtual event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations. Donilon’s ties to the Biden administration run deep. His wife, Cathy Russell, was chief of staff…
Year Of The Vaccine – Global Connections with Robert Siegel
This monthly Zoom Leadership Forum series captures unfiltered conversations moderated by preeminent host Robert Siegel with an august group of guest speakers. January’s Global Connections Forum spotlighted issues related to the COVID-19 vaccination. The conversation highlighted four prominent speakers who each discussed their own perspective about the current state of, and future for, the U.S….
America And The Middle East After The US Election: Looking Back, Looking Forward – Global Connections With Robert Siegel
American Friends of Rabin Medical Center’s monthly Zoom Leadership Forum series captures unfiltered conversations moderated by preeminent host Robert Siegel with an august group of guest speakers. November’s Global Connections Forum spotlighted issues related to America and The Middle East After the November 2020 Election. The conversation highlighted three prominent speakers, former Ambassador Dennis Ross,…
Combating antiscience: Are we preparing for the 2020s? by Dr. Peter Hotez
In the last half of the 2010s, we saw an upswing in antiscience movements and unprecedented attacks on scientists in the United States and elsewhere. All indications suggest that this trend will not slow or reverse anytime soon, and it is now increasingly apparent that it will fall to the scientists themselves to respond, engage…
Remembering Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin by Dr. Ron Kronish
November 5 is the 25th anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin by a Jewish terrorist by the name of Yigal Amir. It was one of the darkest days in Israeli history, if not the worst, since it halted the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, which was becoming Rabin’s legacy for future…
Yitzhak Rabin was always a realist. How would he have handled the 2020 Mideast? by Ambassador Dennis Ross
It is hard to believe that it is the 25th anniversary of the loss of Yitzhak Rabin. He was the embodiment of modern Israel. He was the first Israeli leader who was native-born. He fought its wars and built the Israeli military from the time he was a young commander in the Palmach, defending Jerusalem in…
Dr. Kenneth Offit Speaks on BRCA Gene Mutations @ AFRMC Gala
Dr. Kenneth Offit (Chief, Clinical Genetics Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering) addresses the American Friends of Rabin Medical Center 2019 Annual Gala upon reception of the Yitzhak Rabin Cancer Care & Research Award for BRCA Genetics. Don’t miss Global Connections with Robert Siegel on October 28, 4 pm ET: COVID and CANCER: Breast, Ovarian and Prostate Cancer Treatment…
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