Those are agencies that sprung up across north america about 100 years ago. They have been called thing like the bureau of jewishec or the Central Agency for Jewish Education. Jewish morning works used to be called the bureau of Jewish Education and started earlier. It was called Jewish Education center and we changed our name about eight years ago. And the purpose of those organizations is to promote to advance jewish learning in the community. Thats what its always been. As schools begin to develop in the mid20th century in San Francisco and the bay area, the bureaus main strategy was to support those schools, to make education better. The way we made education better was by supporting the schools and providing training, professional development for educators, curricular materials, resources, and to a large degree, we still do that because education is now much broader. Its not only in schools. We sent all sorts of informal education and support parents who are striving to bring jesh
Called the bauer reof Jewish Education or the Central Agency for Jewish Education. Jewish learning works used to be called the bureau of Jewish Education and it was called jaw wish education center. We changed our name about rate years ago. The purpose is to promoted, to advance jewish learning in the community. That is what it has always been. As schools began to develop in the mid 20th century in the San Francisco bay area, the bureaus main strategy was to support the schools and make education better. The wayway did was by supporting the schools and providing training, professional development for educators, and we still do that. Education is much broader, not only in schools. We support formal education and parents striving to bring jewish learning into their families and we support a library. We have a Jewish Community library so a good clunk of our learning comes from reading. You bing up an interesting historic point which is that the jewish communities throughout the whole coun
Oklahoma, an awardwinning journalist and the author of multiple books, this being the most recent. For two decades in the school of journalism, more recently in the school of international and public affairs. Before we begin, let me thank the Madison Public Library, Madison Public Library foundation. All the sponsors who contributed to making this a successful event and the director of the book festival who organized this celebration of books and authors over the four day weekend. On behalf of the Madison Institute i want to thank the w foundation, charitable arm of the Capital Times and many individual donors of Madison Institute who help our efforts to support and illuminate issues of public policy. Ann nelson will cast light on how the council for International Policy which was created in 1981 is worked for four decades to channel money and people to influence the outcome of our elections and public policy. The book is been praised by a number of individuals including nancy mclean w
Are here in the room and all of you watching at home at cspan book tv, we are delight today start the third day of this years fourth day celebration, today we will do 32 events, i hope you are all staying all day. [laughter] we couldnt be more delighted, thank you for making more time in the morning and check out schedule and come back for more things tomorrow, we will star today, how we win, shes in conversation with hannah and i will send you over to them. [applause] okay, what have i dont . Anyone who knows me, technology is not my friend. [laughter] hi, welcome to madison. Thank you. Let me just tell you a little bit about sarah, her bio is on the website, its in your information and its on the book that you all will be buying many copies of. [laughter] but sarah is a very incrediblable woman, she was getting ready to leave after president bush the second and getting ready to go until Hillary Clinton brought her in the office and said, talk to me about what youre doing and she said
Colleague at the other end of the table, professor elizabeth warren, integral part of the now center. Thank you, liz. [ applause ]. Ill get a drawing. Well have a pretty envelope discussion here. Well throw out some questions that occurred to all of us as we have been listening to all these wonderful thoughts. The first question that i will throw out, i trust, has occurred to many of you in the audience and that is, its aimed at gary and chris to. Are your two interpretations garrish with the emphasis on the western teeth here and Eastern Theater, are they add out or compatible or reckon sitable. Im happy to have you go first. I hit it all in the definition of the word is. [ laughter ]. I dont disagree with gary on a lot of of lot of points but without the success of the virginia campaign, that stalemate would have tipped far longer. Im not sure exactly what sherman could have done if grant had not been successful by bringing a point. My point is not to criticize gary because minutes a