The American Jewish Congress welcomes acclaimed speaker Brooke Goldstein for a discussion of “The Delegitimization of Israel,” as part of the AJCongress’ annual Jacobs Lecture (in honor of the late Sydney Jacobs), which will take place Friday, Oct. 28 Congregation Shaare Emeth, located at Ballas and Ladue roads.

The evening will begin with Shabbat services at 6 p.m. followed by a 7:15 p.m. Shabbat dinner (advance RSVPs required to Shaare Emeth at 314-569-0010 by Oct. 23; cost for dinner is $20/per person). The lecture will The take place at 8 p.m.

Goldstein is a New York City based human rights attorney and an award-winning filmmaker. She serves as director of The Lawfare Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness about and facilitating a response to the abuse of the legal system and human rights law.

Goldstein is also the founder and director of the Children’s Rights Institute (CRI), a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to track, spotlight as well as legally combat violations of children’s basic human rights as occurring throughout the globe. CRI has a special focus on the state-sponsored indoctrination and recruitment of children to become suicide-homicide bombers, child soldiers and human shields.

From 2007-2009 she served as in-house counsel to the Middle East Forum and as director of the Legal Project, an organization that arranges financial support and pro-bono legal representation of persons wrongfully sued for exercising their right to free speech on issues of national security and public concern.

Goldstein is the 2007 recipient of the E. Nathaniel Gates Award for Outstanding Public Advocacy, formerly served as an adjunct fellow at the Hudson Institute and is currently an associate fellow at the Henry Jackson Society.

From 2004-2006, Goldstein ventured into the West Bank to direct and produce the award-winning documentary, “The Making of a Martyr.”

While there, she risked her life to uncover the indoctrination and recruitment of innocent children for suicide attacks. While filming, Goldstein secured firsthand interviews with active and armed members of the Al-Aqsa, Fatah, Islamic Jihad and Hamas terrorist groups as well as with families of suicide bombers, children imprisoned for attempting to blow themselves up, teachers at terrorist-run schools and others involved in the phenomenon of child suicide bombing.

Her film earned her several accolades, including Winner of the Audience Choice Award for Best Film at the United Nations Documentary Film Festival in 2006. Martyr is currently broadcast on television stations throughout the globe and was recently named as IMDb’s eighth most popular title on the West Bank.

Goldstein has been invited to brief government officials at the U.S. State Department, the White House, the U.K. Parliament, and at U.S. Central Command Seminars and she has visited U.S. military schools and conferences to speak on issues of asymmetric warfare and human rights. She is a seasoned public speaker and has lectured and taught seminars at numerous universities.

Goldstein is also co-founder of A2B Film Productions, Inc., a Canadian-based independent documentary film production company focused on creating films that explore issues ignored by the mainstream media.