TI Member Bill Galston is the Ezra K. Zilkha Chair of the Brookings Institution Governance Studies Program and Senior Fellow. He will be returning from Israel, where he will have met with numerous Israeli political and policy experts about the ongoing conflict over the judiciary. He will share his findings and insights at the Shalem.

William A. Galston has authored nine books and more than 100 articles in the fields of political theory, public policy and American politics, most recently Anti-Pluralism: The Populist Threat to Liberal Democracy (Yale, 2018).  A participant in six presidential campaigns, he served from 1993-1995 as Deputy Assistant to President Clinton for Domestic Policy. Bill has appeared on all the principal television networks, is frequently interviewed on NPR and writes a weekly column for the Wall Street Journal.

Learn more about Bill Galston here.

JOINING VIA ZOOM?

The same link is used for all services and events on Shabbat, so you can log in before sundown Friday and stay logged on for morning services and the afternoon SHALEM. Learn how below.

Join Zoom Meeting: 
https://zoom.us/j/375593166
Meeting ID: 375 593 166
Dial by your location
         301-715-8592 US (Germantown)

Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/ad6kwEd6tg

HOW TO KEEP ZOOM OPEN DURING SHABBAT

To keep Zoom open on your computer throughout Shabbat, you will need to turn off automatic sleep mode. Whatever device you use, make sure it is plugged into a power source before Shabbat begins. Below are instructions for different devices.

For iPhone/iPad users:
- Go to “Settings”.
- Under "Display and Brightness", set "Auto-Lock" to "Never.

For PC users:
- Right-click anywhere within the Windows 10 desktop
- Select “Personalization”
- Select “Lock Screen”
- Scroll down to “Screen timeout settings’
- Change both “Screen” and “Sleep” to “Never”

For Mac users:
- Go to Control Panel
- Under “Desktop and Screen Saver,” change “Start After” to “Never”

Desktop and Screen Saver,” change “Start After” to “Never.”