{"590072":{"#nid":"590072","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Global Atlanta Consular Conversations: Luncheon and Interview With Israel\u2019s Consul General","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn the eighth\u0026nbsp;event in \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.globalatlanta.com\/category\/diplomacy\/consular-conversations\/\u0022\u003EGlobal Atlanta\u0026rsquo;s Consular Conversations Series\u003C\/a\u003E on April 25, 2017, the editorial team will be interviewing Israel\u0026rsquo;s Consul General in Atlanta,\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Ambassador Judith Varnai Shorer\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETopics of discussion will likely\u0026nbsp;include:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAmbassador Shorer\u0026rsquo;s diplomatic career\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EIsrael-U.S. relations under the new administration\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EHow Israel views upheaval in the Middle East\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EIsraeli investment in Georgia\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EFintech, cybersecurity and other complementary tech sectors with Atlanta\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026hellip;and more.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe format:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECatered light\u0026nbsp;lunch with soft drinks\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EOne-on-one conversation with the Global Atlanta editorial team, followed by moderated audience Q\u0026amp;A\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EDiscussion covered by Global Atlanta and published in a later article\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOur Speaker:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAmbassador Judith Varnai Shorer\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAmbassador Varnai Shorer is\u0026nbsp;a\u0026nbsp;nearly 40-year veteran of the Israeli\u0026nbsp;diplomatic corps. She is a\u0026nbsp;former\u0026nbsp;ambassador to both\u0026nbsp;Hungary\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;Bosnia-Herzegovina as well as a former minister of congressional affairs at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC. Her most recent post was desk director at the Center for Policy Research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAmbassador Varnai\u0026nbsp;Shorer has substantial experience in the U.S. and the Middle East.\u0026nbsp;She speaks\u0026nbsp;Hebrew, French, English and Hungarian\u0026nbsp;and was born in\u0026nbsp;Beer Sheva, Israel.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAmbassador Varnai Shorer is joined by her husband,\u0026nbsp;Oded,\u0026nbsp;and daughter,\u0026nbsp;Roni.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In the eighth event in Global Atlanta\u2019s Consular Conversations Series on April 25, 2017, the editorial team will be interviewing Israel\u2019s Consul General in Atlanta, Ambassador Judith Varnai Shorer."}],"uid":"32825","created_gmt":"2017-04-10 12:56:40","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:12:05","author":"Katie Sclafani","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2017-04-25T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2017-04-25T14:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2017-04-25T14:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2017-04-25 17:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2017-04-25 18:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2017-04-25 18:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"590073":{"id":"590073","type":"image","title":"Ambassador Judith Varnai Shorer","body":null,"created":"1491829025","gmt_created":"2017-04-10 12:57:05","changed":"1491829025","gmt_changed":"2017-04-10 12:57:05","alt":"","file":{"fid":"224801","name":"Judy-Headshot2-200x300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Judy-Headshot2-200x300.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Judy-Headshot2-200x300.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":27625,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Judy-Headshot2-200x300.jpg?itok=VrdVz8nf"}}},"media_ids":["590073"],"groups":[{"id":"1297","name":"Office of International Education"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.globalatlanta.com\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003Ewww.globalatlanta.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}