Dr. Lawrence D. Lowenthal is the National Senior Advisor to the American Jewish Committee.  He was the Executive Director of the Greater Boston Chapter of the American Jewish Committee, the pioneer Human Relations agency in the United States for the last 17 years. He is also a visiting professor at Northeastern University.

During his 30 years of organizational work in the Greater Boston area, Dr. Lowenthal has been involved in interfaith and intergroup activities, written extensively about human rights issues for the local press, appeared frequently on radio and TV, hosted a local radio interview program, and taught courses on Jewish history, film, literature, and humor.

A former academic, Dr. Lowenthal taught English and American literature at Washington State College, New York University, and Gettysburg College before moving to Israel with his family in 1970. From 1970-1975, he taught English and American Literature at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University. Drafted into a new immigrant unit of the Israeli Army in 1974, he went through basic training on the West Bank, anti- aircraft training in Herzilya, and served a tour of duty in Sharm el-Sheik at the southern tip of the Sinai Desert.

Dr. Lowenthal received his B.A. in English from Northwestern University, and his Ph.D. in English from New York University.

Topics:

• Israel and the Middle East
• The "New" Anti- Semitism
• Germany Today and its Relation to the Jewish People
• The Holocaust and its impact on American Culture and Society
• Religion and American Politics
• Israelis and American Jews