An evening with Yaakov Katz - Author of While Israel Slept

Yaakov Katz, former editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Post, will speak about his powerful new book: While Israel Slept: How Hamas Surprised the Most Powerful Military in the Middle East. 

This book reveals through a detailed examination of the events leading up to October 7, 2023, the intelligence and strategic failures that enabled this devastating invasion. It takes readers back in time, showing how years of complacency, mistaken intelligence analysis, and a misguided policy of containment enabled Hamas to prepare for an assault that Israel did not believe was possible and that would change the Middle East.

Yaakov Katz is the former editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post. He writes for Newsweek and The Jewish Chronicle, hosts the JPPI weekly podcast and has appeared on CNN and BBC. He is the author of Shadow Strike and the coauthor with Amir Bohbot of Weapon Wizards.

Free and open to the community. This event is presented in partnership with Octavia Books.

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Date: January 20, 2026Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location:  Show map New Orleans JCC - Uptown
5342 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70115
Contact: Rachel RuthPhone: 504-897-0143Email: rachel@nojcc.org
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