HR On Tour: UK & US Speaking Events

HonestReporting staff will be speaking at a number of venues in February both in the UK and the US. Details…

By February 05, 2013

HonestReporting staff will be speaking at a number of venues in February both in the UK and the US. Details below:

Simon Plosker in the UK

Managing Editor Simon Plosker will be presenting “Fighting Media Bias: Time For Some Honest Reporting” at the following venues:

Monday, February 25, 9.15 pm: Cockfosters & N Southgate Synagogue, Old Farm Avenue, Southgate, N14 5QR

Entry: £8. For more information call 020 8886 8225 or visit the Cockfosters Learning Centre website.

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Wednesday, February 27, 8 pm: Southend and Westcliff Hebrew Congregation, Finchley Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex SS0 8AD

For more information visit the Southend and Westcliff Hebrew Congregation website.

Advanced booking required. For more information or to reserve your place, email [email protected] stating also, where relevant, which organization you are from. For security reasons, people who come and who are unknown to the synagogue staff may be refused entry.

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Thursday, February 28, 8 pm: Hampstead Garden Suburb Synagogue, Norris Lea, N2

Entry: £10. For more information and bookings please visit the Spiro Ark website.

 

Gary Kenzer in the US

Gary Kenzer, US Executive Director of Honest Reporting will be presenting several times at the upcoming Yom Limmud Houston:

Sunday, February 17: Yom Limmud Houston, Congregation Beth Israel, 5600 North Breaswood Blvd, Houston, TX

The first session, “The Media and Israel: Can Both Be on the Same Page?” will be at 9 – 9.50 am. The second session, “The News of the Day: How Israel is Portrayed in the News” will be at 2 – 2.50 pm. To register for Yom Limmud Houston check out their website.

 If you are interested in hosting a speaker from HonestReporting, contact us at [email protected].

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Simon Plosker

Simon Plosker

With over two decades of experience in various non-governmental organizations in the UK and Israel, Simon Plosker returned to HonestReporting in October 2022 as Editorial Director having previously been part of the organization’s management team from 2005 to 2020.

Prior to his first spell at HonestReporting, Simon worked in Israel for NGO Monitor, BICOM, and served for a short period in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit. He was Managing Editor of the Geneva-based NGO United Nations Watch for two years before moving back to the frontline defending Israel from media bias.

Simon has a BSoc.Sc in International Studies and Political Science from the University of Birmingham and an MSc in History of International Relations from the London School of Economics. He immigrated to Israel in 2001 from London.

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