NYU’s Taub Center for Israel Studies will host “Integrating the Israeli Arab Community: Army and National Service,” a lecture by Reuven Gal, the former chief psychologist of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), on Thursday, November 8.
NYU's Taub Center for Israel Studies will host “Integrating the Israeli Arab Community: Army and National Service,” a lecture by Reuven Gal, the former chief psychologist of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), on Thursday, November 8, 6-7:30 p.m. at NYU’s King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center (first-floor screening room), 53 Washington Square South (between Thompson and Sullivan Streets).
The event is free and open to the public, but an RSVP is required to fas.taubcenter@nyu.edu or 212.998.8981. Seating is limited. Subways: A, B, C, D, E, F, M (West 4th Street). Reporters interested in attending must RSVP to James Devitt, NYU’s Office of Public Affairs, at 212.998.6808 or james.devitt@nyu.edu.
Gal served on the Israeli National Security Council as deputy national security advisor for domestic policy, as chief psychologist for the IDF, and as chief psychologist for the Israeli Navy. He is the author or editor of five books, including: “A Portrait of the Israeli Soldier” (1986); “Legitimacy and Commitment in the Military” (1990); “The Seventh War” (1990); “Handbook of Military Psychology” (1991); and “Service without Guns” (2006).