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By invitation only: an evening with Gil Troy

By invitation only: an evening with Gil Troy

Date

Monday,
October 20, 2025
5:30 PM

Cost

Regular Price: $54 per person
Special Next Gen Price: $36 per person (for donors and family members aged 40 and under)

We are excited to invite you to a special evening with Gil Troy—an author, professor, columnist, and one of today's most prominent activists in the fight against the delegitimization of Israel.

 

Gil’s recent book, To Resist the Academic Intifada: Letters to My Students on Defending the Zionist Dream, takes a hard look at the explosion of antisemitism on campus and what it means for the future of Jewish life. Hear directly from Gil as he shares his insights and experiences, offering a candid, insider perspective on the challenges—and the path forward.


Cocktails & hors d'oeuvres | 5:30 PM

Main program | 6:30 PM

Kashrut observed

Complimentary parking

 

Please note that we have limited capacity. We encourage you to register early to secure your spot.

 

Regular Price: $54 per person
Special Next Gen Price: $36 per person (for donors and family members aged 40 and under)

 

The first 100 registrants will receive a copy of Gil Troy's recent book, To Resist the Academic Intifada: Letters to My Students on Defending the Zionist Dream.

Please note that this invitation is exclusive to donors and their families who give $10,000 and above to UJA’s Annual Campaign and/or donors and their families who are 40 years old and under and give $5,000 and above to UJA’s Annual Campaign.

 

If you require assistance in purchasing a ticket or have any questions, please contact Alex Gnat at [email protected].

 

2025 Major Gifts Co-Chairs

Jeff Baryshnik & Leslie Richmond

 

2025 Annual Campaign Co-Chairs

Ron Baruch & Karen Diamond

 

2025 Philanthropic Stewardship Chairs

Sara Gottlieb & Lori Rosenthal

SPEAKER

Gil Troy

Professor Gil Troy is a Senior Fellow in Zionist Thought at the Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) and a Distinguished Scholar in North American History at McGill University, currently living in Jerusalem. An award-winning American presidential historian and a leading Zionist thinker, Troy is the author of eight books on the American presidency, and seven books on Zionism, including the best-selling, The Zionist Ideas: Visions for the Jewish Homeland – Then, Now, Tomorrow; the three-volume set of Theodor Herzl’s Zionist Writings; and Never Alone: Prison, Politics, and My People, co-authored with Natan Sharansky. President Isaac Herzog, in his foreword to the recently published Hebrew edition of Never Alone, praised Troy as “a revered scholar, author and history professor.” Troy's book, To Resist the Academic Intifada: Letters to My Students on Defending the Zionist Dream, was published in fall 2024.