LEWISTON – An international lecturer on the Middle East, Israeli advocacy and effective communication training, will offer a seminar titled “Is Peace Possible in the Middle East?” at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave., Bates College.

Sponsored by Bates College Hillel, the talk is open to the public free of charge.

Neil Lazarus’ presentations are “substantive, educational and hugely entertaining,” says Orli Gil, consul for academic affairs for the consulate general of Israel in New York. “He successfully communicates an impressive body of knowledge on Israel and the Middle East.”

Lazarus, director of the Israel advocacy firm AwesomeSeminars.com, speaks to more than 25,000 people worldwide about Israel and the Middle East.

Born in Britain, Lazarus received his first degree in political science at the University of Wales. He immigrated to Israel in 1988 and soon thereafter received his master’s degree at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.