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The Jewish Community Relations Council of the
Jewish Federation of Cincinnati presents:

Start-Up Nation

The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle


SPECIAL PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT:
We have just learned that “Start-Up Nation” co-author Saul Singer is flying in from Israel, and will be available to join us for this event!

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

7:30 p.m.

Mayerson JCC
8485 Ridge Road, Cincinnati, OH 45236

Please arrive early for parking: Doors open at 6:45 p.m.

Free Community Program and
Dessert Reception

Co-sponsored by Adath Israel Congregation, American Jewish Committee, Cincinnati Chapter of Hadassah, Cincinnati Hillel Jewish Student Center,
Foreign Policy Leadership Council, Golf Manor Synagogue, Isaac M. Wise Temple, Jewish National Fund, Northern Hills Synagogue,
and the U.C. Judaic Studies Department

Click here to RSVP online
or contact Gal Adam Spinrad of the JCRC at 513-985-1512 or via email

Did you know?*

  • Israel boasts the highest density of start-ups in the world (a total of 3,850 start-ups, one for every 1,844 Israelis).

  • More Israeli companies are listed on the NASDAQ exchange than all companies from the entire European continent.

  • Almost half the world’s top technology companies have bought start-ups or opened research and development centers in Israel.

* Excerpts from Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle, Dan Senor and Saul SInger

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START-UP NATION IN THE NEWS

“Vividly illustrates how Israel has developed a culture where authority not only can be challenged, but must be... a compelling and satisfying work filled with eye-opening revelations" - Barron's

"Bracing" - New Republic

This fine book shine('s) a spotlight on (Israel's) success. - Wall Street Journal

"Illuminating." - George Stephanopoulos

“There is a great deal for America to learn from the very impressive Israeli entrepreneurial model..." — Tom Brokaw, NBC News

"...Filled with inspiring insights into what’s behind Israel’s dynamic economy...a timely book and a much-needed celebration of the entrepreneurial spirit.” - Meg Whitman, Former President & CEO, eBay

 
Dan Senor

Dan Senor, an expert on Iraq, Israeli-Palestinian relations, and Middle East and Persian Gulf geopolitics, security, and economics, is adjunct senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Senor is an analyst for Fox News and a founding partner of Rosemont Capital. He is co-author of the New York Times best-seller Start-Up Nation, The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle, and is a contributor to Fox News, MSNBC, The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and the Washington Post.

From 2003 to 2004, Senor served in the Administration of George W. Bush, as a Pentagon and White House advisor based in Doha, Qatar at U.S. Central Command Forward, and later based in Kuwait and Iraq, where he worked for both the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA) and the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA). He was chief spokesman and senior advisor for the Coalition. One of the longest serving civilians in Iraq, Senor was awarded the Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award. Previously, Senor was a foreign policy and communications advisor in the U.S. Senate.

Senor completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Western Ontario and studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He later attended Harvard Business School, where he completed his MBA.