Fifty Years After the Yom Kippur War, Israel Faces Another Existential Crisis

UH is excited to welcome Tal Schneider, the Political and Diplomatic Correspondent for the Times of Israel.

Fifty years after Israel's biggest military threat, Israel is under a bigger internal threat. It is not the neighboring Arab countries that may break Israel's society, but rather a deep and painful would amongst the diverse tribes of Israel.

Tal's lecture will provide a retrospective of the military and social implications of the Yom Kippur War and a perspective into the current political and constitutional crisis. 

Tal Schneider

Tal Schneider is the Political and Diplomatic Correspondent for the Times of Israel. She covered Israel's fierce political arena, including Israel unprecedented political crisis and multiple rounds of intense elections. She is a top Israeli analyst in high demand, a frequent media commentator, writer and speaker who served as Washington correspondent for Ma’ariv covering the 2004, 2008, 2016, 2020 US election cycles.

Schneider is the website's senior features politics writer with over 160,000 followers,  and serves as the website's point person for digital and social media platforms. She covers the Israeli political scene, Israeli foreign policy, the U.S.-Israel relationship, Middle East diplomacy and the Jewish world in her daily beat. Between 2004 and 2009, she served as Maariv’s Washington, D.C. correspondent.

Previously Tal ran an influential political blog for which she was awarded the 2012 Google Digital Excellence in Journalism Award and the 2015 Ometz Award for courage in the public sphere and integrity. Before embarking on her career in journalism, Tal, an attorney, worked as a media lawyer in Israel's leading media law firm, where she was responsible for censorship cases, gag orders and libel court litigation. She is a founding member of Israel's Journalism Association, a founding member of Israel Women Reporters Society, and a frequent commentator on Israeli radio and television. She lives in Israel but frequently visits the U.S., traveling with Israel’s Prime Minister and President.

Made possible through funds from the Ruzena and Fred Levy Speaker Fund