Past Events
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Visions & Visionaries: Imaging Israel at Sixty
The Schusterman Center for Israel Studies recently held its inaugural conference marking the
sixtieth anniversary of the State of Israel
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Sachar International Center:1:30-6:00 pm
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The Theology of the Disengagement: Rabbinical Response to a Crisis of Faith
A public lecture by Dr. Motti Inbari, Post-Doctoral Fellow on the theological dilemmas raised by Israel’s Disengagement plan (2005) and the widening faultline within the yeshiva world, particularly the Mercaz Harav
March 13, 2008; 2:00 - 3:30 pm; Lown 203
Presented by NEJS and the Schusterman Center for Israel
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New Forms of American Spirituality: Kabbalah Centre as an Israeli Export
A public lecture by Jody Myers of California State University, Northridge
Thursday, January 24, 2008; 12:30pm; Lown 315
Cosponsored by the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, the Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry and the Hornstein Program.
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Jody E. Myers is a professor at the Department of Religious Studies, California State University, Northridge. Her most recent area of research is popularization of Kabbalah in contemporary American society. Her publications include “Phasing In: American Jewish Women’s Ritual Celebrations for the New Moon (Rosh Hodesh)” in Women Remaking American Judaism and Kabbalah and the Spiritual Quest: The Kabbalah Centre in America.
South African-born Journalist Compares South Africa and Israel
A Public Lecture by Benjamin Pogrund
Is Israel the New Apartheid State?
Wednesday October 17, 2007; 2:10 p.m.; Golding 110
This lecture was presented by the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, in cooperation with the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life.
***************Benjamin Pogrund is the founding director of Yakar’s Center for Social Concern in Jerusalem, which promotes dialogue among Jews, and between Israelis and Palestinians. Born in South Africa, Pogrund served as a reporter for the Rand Daily Mail (Johannesburg) newspaper, where he specialized in investigating apartheid. He was jailed for this work and later emigrated from South Africa. Pogrund has authored books about Nelson Mandela and the media under apartheid, and writes for newspapers such as Haaretz and The Guardian. He is a co-editor of Shared Histories: A Palestinian-Israeli Dialogue, and a member of the editorial board of the Palestine-Israel Journal. Pogrund is currently serving as an INSPIRE Fellow at the Institute for Global Leadership at Tufts University.
Israeli NGO Expert Visits Heller School
Benny Gidron, director of Ben Gurion University's Center for Third Sector Research spoke at the Heller School on "“The Israeli Non-Profit Sector and an Evolving Policy Outlook.”
November 12, 2008
Noon
Heller School
Renowned Israeli Author Speaks at Brandeis
Meir Shalev, a leading Israeli author, is attracting widespread attention in the United States and Europe. At Brandeis, Shalev talked about his just-published sixth novel, ``A Pigeon and A Boy,’’ a tale of wandering passion and the return home -- whether by humans or winged creatures. The 4 pm talk in the Multipurpose Room of Shapiro Campus Center will be followed by a discussion and book signing.
November 14, 2008
4:00 pm
Multipurpose Room
Shapiro Campus Center
One Land, Two Peoples: Sixty Years since the 1947 Partition Plan for Palestine
An International Symposium
December 1-2, 2007
Hassenfeld Conference Center
Brandeis University
Sixty years after the U.N. decision of November 29, 1947, the question of partitioning Palestine remains unresolved. This symposium will explore the Jewish and Arab debates on partition in the 1930s and 40s, reflect on the history of partitions as a way of resolving multi-ethnic and multi-national conflicts worldwide, and examine the relevance of this issue in today’s discourse among Israelis and Palestinians.
Sponsored by
Crown Center for Middle East Studies
Schusterman Center for Israel Studies