Guest Shabbat Speaker – Simon Sebag Montefiore

Simon Sebag Montefiore is a historian and the author of best-selling and prize-winning books about Russian and Middle Eastern history that are published in 48 languages and include “Catherine the Great & Potemkin” and “Jerusalem: The Biography–A History of the Middle East.” He read history at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University, where he earned his Doctorate of Philosophy. His latest book is The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East 1900-2026.