Wayne State University's Center for Peace and Conflict Studies is co-hosting a lecture by 2011 National Jewish Book Award winner Hirsh Goodman at 6 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, at the Birmingham Temple, 28611 W. 12 Mile Rd. Farmington Hills, Mich.

Goodman is an author and journalist whose latest book, "The Anatomy of Israel's Survival," was published to critical acclaim in September 2011. He is a senior research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University, where he directs the Bronfman Program on Media Strategy. He also writes a popular weekly column for the Jerusalem Post.

Born in South Africa in 1946, Goodman moved to Israel in 1965 and began his career in journalism in the mid-1970s. He was the defense correspondent of the Jerusalem Post, and in 1990 founded the Jerusalem Report and was editor-in-chief for nine years. He later became vice chairman of the Jerusalem Post Group with responsibility for the company's editorial products.

In 1988 he was the strategic fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy where he co-wrote "The Future Battlefield and the Arab-Israel Conflict" with W. Seth Carus. His memoir, "Let Me Create a Paradise, God Said to Himself," was published in 2006. He also has written several documentary films, including the award-winning scripts "Cherry Fields" and "Shattered Peace," and lectured extensively worldwide.

The cost to attend the lecture, which is co-sponsored by the Birmingham Temple and World Affairs Council of Detroit, is $10. Email peace@wayne.edu to reserve your seat. For more information, call 313-577-8270 or 313-407-7143.

Wayne State University is a premier urban research institution offering more than 400 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to nearly 32,000 students.