Alyza D. Lewin

Alyza D. Lewin is a partner at Lewin & Lewin, LLP in Washington, D.C. and is currently president of the American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists. She can be reached at alyza@lewinlewin.com.

Op-Eds

Where Was The President When He Supposedly Was In Israel?

By Alyza D. Lewin

What a week it was for Jerusalem late last month. The president of the United States arrived, transformed the King David Hotel into his (and his entourage’s) home away from home, and then began a series of meetings and visits – to the official residences of President Peres and Prime Minister Netanyahu, to the Israel Museum and the Shrine of the Book, to the Jerusalem Convention Center, to Mount Herzl, Yad Vashem, and to the grave of former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. All these sites are in Jerusalem. But are they in Israel?