He's been called one of the five most influential Jewish leaders in the United States, and one of the ten most influential Jewish leaders in the world. Next time on KPR Presents, Israeli ambassador Michael Oren, from his recent Landon Lecture at Kansas State University. Oren was born in update New York and raised in New Jersey to conservative Jewish parents; he was appointed ambassador to the United States in 2009 by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Oren's talk, "Israel: The Ultimate Ally," was the 162nd lecture in Kansas State University's Landon Lecture Series.
