Featuring:  Lawrence A. Herzog (Ph. D)

“The Proposed Wall Between the US and Mexico”

Beth Israel’s Men’s Club is pleased to announce that Professor Lawrence A. Herzog Ph. D will be our guest speaker at our August Dinner Forum. Doctor Herzog will provide us with information and his view on how the proposed wall being considered between the United States and Mexico will impact all of us. This program is open to the entire San Diego Community, both men and women. Temple or Men’s Club membership is not a requirement to attend.

Doctor Herzog is the Professor, Graduate Program in City Planning, School of Public Affairs, San Diego State University, San Diego, California. He is also a consultant and writer specializing in planning, sustainable development and urban design in the United States, Mexico and Latin America.

Doctor Herzog has written or edited 10 books on urban planning, design and global/cross-border development, including: “Global Suburbs: Urban Sprawl from the Rio Grande to Rio de Janeiro” (Routledge, 2015); “Return to the Center” (University of Texas Press, 2006) and “From Aztec to High Tech” (Johns Hopkins, 1999).

He has been a Fulbright Scholar in Peru and the United Kingdom, an international planning consultant to the U.S. Agency for International Development (U.S. A.I.D.) in Peru and Bolivia and served as Visiting Professor or Visiting Scholar at universities in Mexico, Peru, Brazil, France, Spain, Holland, Italy, Luxembourg, and the United Kingdom.

Doctor Herzog has also written over 50 essays for the popular media including the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Newsday, Times of the Americas, San Jose Mercury News, San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Free Press, Zocalo Public Square, San Diego Reader and other on-line magazines. He has also participated in group and individual photographic exhibitions in Mexico and the U.S. since 2001.

A buffet dinner will be served at approximately 6:30 pm. The dinner fee is $18.00 with an RSVP and $20.00 without registering in advance. You can RSVP using the link below If you wish to register via telephone, contact us at 858-900-2598, or send us an email at cbimensclub@gmail.com