"David was wonderful! His “Midwest tour” turned out to be very timely with the events occurring in Israel and our guests in all three communities found him to be a very insightful and engaging speaker. There were many questions and he handled them all graciously and with ease. Many thanks for recommending him."
-American Friends of Magen David Adom"David was terrific to work with and we appreciated his professionalism, graciousness, and wisdom. We’ve heard nothing but praise from our guests for his keynote address with some going as far to say it was the most informative remarks they had ever heard about the current situation in Israel and the Middle East."
-Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas"Feedback from tonight’s event was terrific! David is bright, humble and gracious!!"
-American Friends of Magen David Adom"David was fabulous. He arrived earlier than expected, and was willing to meet with anybody we asked and speak to as many groups as we requested. Actually, we really didn't have much planned until the dinner, so we set him up with a place he could work, and he had a couple of hours to catch up. At dinner, he spoke to 20 people, responding to questions. He has a wonderful capacity to take any question and deliver a cogent, thoughtful answer, filled with fact and analysis, as well as some enjoyable anecdotal material. He engaged and charmed everybody with his easy manner and delightful sense of humor. We spent over an hour in that setting and could readily have gone on for much longer. His remarks and responses to questions at the general session were just fantastic. People would willingly have stayed for another hour, but time didn't permit. Great presentation and very positive feedback. Best comment: 'I have been reading the Times of Israel for several years and didn't realize that David Horovitz was British. I'll read his articles with a different accent from now on.'"
-Temple Beth Sholom"David was really great! He is a wonderful speaker and more importantly a really incredible person! People loved him and we really liked getting to know him."
-Jewish Colorado"David was wonderful ... when David spoke he was captivating. We had about 700 people in attendance and another 110 that watched via live stream! "
-Jewish Federation of Cleveland"David was wonderful (as expected!) and delightfully easy to work with. The community members with whom I have spoken so far, thought he was thorough, informative, honest and personable. "
-Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester"Everything went very well! David was fantastic and so very kind! Those in attendance were extremely impressed with his lecture. Thank you for all of your excellent speakers that you provide. "
-Crain-Maling Center of Jewish Culture"Just wanted to send you a quick note to thank you for all of your help with David’s visit. He did a great job in DC – many people said that his remarks were the highlight of the experience "
- -AIPAC"Everything went off without a hitch. He was amazing. Everyone was riveted to their seats. "
-United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto"We just want to let you know that this year’s event was the best one we’ve attended...David Horovitz was an excellent speaker and certainly was truthful about what is happening in Israel, and educational in his approach. David is very bright, articulate, witty and insightful. Additionally, he is authentic, nice and very approachable. We thoroughly enjoyed having him and would welcome him back!"
-American Society for Technion"David Horovitz has become a fixture in the International Seminars in English. He has spoken to professors, museum personnel, and schoolteachers from elementary to high school. His audiences have included North Americans and Western and Eastern Europeans, as well as the participants of our first seminar for educators from South Africa. In an hour and a half David adeptly and concisely gives seminar participants a tour of the Middle East. He addresses the challenges from both inside and outside of Israel and while not all participants share his worldview, never are the evaluations anything but glowing. They might not always agree with David, but as educators, they know one when they see one. "
-Stephanie McMahon-Kaye, Desk for International Seminars in English, International School for Holocaust Studies"Excellent. Well-received. A gentleman and a scholar. Fantastic insights. He brought a wise perspective and realistic approach to the Mid-East conflict."
-Todd Houslanger, Huntingdon Jewish Center"On behalf of the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County, I would like to thank you for your inspiring and educational presentation at our 'Success from the start' event on Monday, November 21, 2005. Your insight on the current situation in Israel provided our major donors and campaign leadership team with a realistic picture of the ever changing cultural and political environment in Israel. In addition, it encouraged our donors to take on a more active role in protecting Israel and ensuring that it remains a sovereign state. Thank you again for visiting our community and providing us with a unique and valuable experience. We hope to have the pleasure of hosting you again in the near future. "
-Carole-Ann Levine, Executive Vice President, Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County"David was excellent. His presentation was clear, lucid, and well"
--Dr. Benny Kraut, Center for Jewish Studies, Queens College"David was phenomenal! He engaged the entire room. Couldn’t have picked a better speaker. "
-Michael Anderson, Jewish Federation of Great Atlanta."Thank you for speaking at services at Washington Hebrew Congregation last week. You talk was very informative and up-to-the-minute regarding the events in Israel. We were delighted to have you be a part of our Yom Ha’Atzmaut Shabbat program."
-M. Bruce Lustig, Rabbi"I want to thank you again for your talk with our delegation of counter-terrorism specialists from the United States, who came here under our Project Interchange program. The members of the delegation was immensely impressed by their meeting with you. The connections between your personal and family story and Israeli current affairs, and the transitions between strategy, society and politics, were achieved with great virtuosity. The delegates were fascinated by your comments on the issue of upholding human rights while facing the challenge of terrorism, and they stressed that they only wished the meeting had been still longer. This was a formative, influential meeting, the more so because it was the very first session of their seminar framework here in Israel. We hope to work with you again in the future."
-Myra Clark-Siegel, Project Interchange, The American Jewish Committee"Our clients include US State governors and other political figures, various Reform and Conservative congregations, Interfaith Missions, and specialty groups. We generally request from David to give his perspective as both an Israeli and as a world"
-Arin Poller, Da'at Education Expeditions"David is the best speaker there is on Israeli current affairs. He is smart, witty, knowledgeable and nuanced. We bring groups to Israel every year, and he gives the briefing on the first day to groups of up to 100 knowledgeable people and really sets the scene for them. He is top name on our speakers list and we have used him more than any other speaker both in Israel and here in the UK, including to address 600 people at our Gala Dinners. We are hoping to bring him back this year. "
-Alan Aziz, Chief Executive, Zionist Federation UKIsrael’s Place in the New, Unstable Middle East
DAVID HOROVITZ examines the fresh challenges facing Israel as it seeks to maintain and widen relations with its neighbors, and protect itself against the threat posed by Iran and other Islamist forces, amid the current Middle East turmoil. As a leading Israeli journalist, he brings insights and analyses based on his daily working interactions with Israel’s political and security chiefs, but also offers the very personal perspective of a British-born immigrant, husband and father, who chose to raise his family in Israel and now has children entering the army.
The Iranian Threat and How to Thwart It
DAVID HOROVITZ examines the dangers posed to Israel and the rest of the free world by the Islamist leadership of Iran -- detailing the progress Teheran is making toward nuclear weapons and the goals behind its sponsorship of Hezbollah and Hamas to Israel’s north and south and its long-range missile program. He assesses the successes and failures of the international effort to dissuade the regime, including sanctions and sabotage, and looks at potential military options against the background of past thwarted efforts by Middle East nations to go nuclear.
The Campaign to Delegitimize Israel
DAVID HOROVITZ identifies the key factors in the escalating campaign to demonize and delegitimize Israel. He focuses on two areas: the changing nature of the conflicts into which Israel is being drawn, where conventional war has been superseded by asymmetrical missile warfare, in which Israel is castigated for firing back at enemies that target its civilians from amidst their own civilian populace; and the effort to separate Israel from its Jewish sovereign history, by misrepresenting it as a fundamentally illegitimate, colonial implant. He also explains how Israel and its supporters can use traditional and new media to better disseminate a fair-minded narrative.
A Personal Take on Israel
British-born DAVID HOROVITZ has spent all of his working life as a journalist in Israel and offers a unique overview into the realities of this most addictive and complex of countries. He discusses its regional challenges, the dilemmas of peace-making, and internal social, economic and religious issues. He looks at the successes of Israel’s absorption of immigrants, explains the flourishing of Israel’s remarkable hi-tech economy, discusses the revival of Hebrew and much more, in a talk filled with personal anecdote, hard fact and good humor.
David Horovitz is the founding editor of The Times of Israel, the Jerusalem-based current affairs website that he launched in February 2012. The Times of Israel, which provides reliable, independent coverage of Israel, the region and the Jewish world, is the world's most-read English-language news site covering Israel and the Jewish world. (In 2024, it had 922 million page views and 98 million unique users. Its coverage of the October 7, 2023, Hamas invasion and massacre in southern Israel made it the single fastest-growing newsite in the world in October and November 2023.) The Times of Israel also publishes in French, Arabic and Persian.
Horovitz was previously editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post (2004-2011). Before that, he was editor and publisher of the award-winning news magazine The Jerusalem Report.
He has written from Israel for newspapers around the world, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Irish Times and (London) Independent, and is a frequent interviewee on CNN, the BBC, Sky, Fox News, NPR and other TV and radio stations.
Horovitz lectures widely in Israel, the United States and Europe on Israeli current affairs.