On Tuesday, November 11, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., Edith Kurzweil presents the third William Phillips Lecture, given by Michal Govrin, titled "Israel at 60: Reality, Utopia, or Provocation?"

Michal Govrin, the daughter of Holocaust survivors, is an Israeli essayist, poet, and novelist. She received her PhD at the University of Paris, teaches drama at the Jerusalem Theater for Visual Arts, and is chair of the theater department at Emunah College. Her novel Snapshots received the 2003 Acum Prize for the best literary achievement of the year. Among her other distinctions are the Margalit Prize for Theater Direction, the Tel Aviv Foundation Award, the Kugel Prize, and the Prime Minister Prize.