Israeli writer to speak

YOUNGSTOWN

The Jewish Community Center of Youngstown will host a talk with Israeli writer and speaker Hen Mazzig from 5:30 to 7 p.m. today at the JCC, 505 Gypsy Lane.

Mazzig served in the Israeli Defense Forces as an openly gay commander and worked as an intermediary between the IDF, the Palestinian Authority, the United Nations and the many nongovernmental organizations working in the West Bank. He was also campus coordinator for StandWithUs, where he fought various forms of boycott against Israel on college campuses and in communities.