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July 11-13, 2008
The Presidential Election: Decision '08
Brandeis will host a lively symposium on the upcoming Presidential
Election. The symposium will be led by an assembly
of experts on national and foreign policy, health and the economy, the environment; global
energy and domestic issues.This 3-day event kicks off with a special keynote luncheon program
on Friday, July 11. Open sessions start Saturday morning and will conclude Sunday afternoon July 13.
Join scholars and experts for the most critical discussions about issues affecting the future of our nation, and our world.
Faculty Leader: Robert Art, Brandeis University
Tuition: $100 per day, $50 for the luncheon lecture, $250 for the weekend, (Friday, Saturday, Sunday). $65 Luncheon Lecture Only.
Includes daily cont. breakfast, lunch and refreshments, program admission and materials.
The Presidential Election
Sessions
Health Care
What should the next administration do to solve the health-care crisis? Is universal health care an option?
Energy and the Environment
Hear why certain energy policies will benefit
the United States and how we can prevent
catastrophic climate change.
U.S. Grand Strategy and the Middle East,
Which candidate has the best plan for the
Middle East? Who will end the war in Iraq?
Women and the Election
Why do more women vote, and why do they vote
democratic? How will this affect the race for the
White House?
Press and Policy
Get an up-close look at how the media covers
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Robert J. Art is Christian A. Herter Professor of International Relations at Brandeis University, where he teaches international relations and specializes in national security affairs and American foreign policy. He is also a research associate at the Olin Institute for Strategic Studies at Harvard University, a senior advisor at the Security Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and director of MIT’s Seminar XXI Program.
Speakers
Special Keynoter:
Philip D. Zelikow, counselor of the U.S. Department of State, former executive director of the 9/11 Commission.
Program Keynoter:
Stuart Altman, Sol C.
Chaikin Professor of National Health Policy and
Dean of the Heller School for Social Policy and
Management, Brandeis University
Jill Greenlee, assistant professor of politics,
Brandeis University
Andrea Koppel, award-winning, internationally
renowned journalist
Kenneth A. Oye, associate professor of
political science and engineering systems, MIT
Kenneth Pollack, director of research and
senior fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy,
Brookings Institution
Stacy VanDeveer, associate professor of
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Program Schedule
Friday, July 11
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Registration
12:30–2:30 p.m. Luncheon Lecture
3:30 p.m.
Check-In Guests of Cranwell
Saturday, July 12
9:30 a.m. Registration and Coffee
10:30 a.m. Keynote Lecture and Discussion
Noon- Lunch
1:15 p.m. Panel Session
2:45–4:00 p.m. Roundtable Discussion
Sunday, July 13
9:30 a.m. Registration and Coffee
10:30 a.m. Panel Session
Noon- Lunch
1:15 p.m. Panel Session
2:45–3:45 p.m. Roundtable Discussion
3:45–4:15 p.m. Report and Closing
Brochure 2008
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August 3-4, 2008
Israel: 60th Anniversary
Celebration
Featuring President Jehuda Reinharz, Ph.D. '72
To commemorate the 60th Anniversary of Israel, Brandeis University has invited Israeli
and American leaders and public intellectuals drawn from the academy, government and business to discuss Israel as it reaches this milestone. Sessions will focus on how diverse thinkers envision Israel's future from the perspective of what has been learned and experienced since it acheived independence. Participants will
reflect on Israel's past and hear visionary ideas about the country's future.
This event will begin Sunday, August 3 with dynamic panel presentations and
a moderated speaker roundtable exchange. In the evening, there will be a public keynote
lecture. Monday morning, August 4 we will offer a breakfast dicussion and extended half-day program.
Tuition: $150, (Sunday-Monday). Includes breakfast, lunch, and Sunday evening keynote lecture.
Sessions
- Looking Ahead: After Sixty Years
- America and Israel in Dialogue
- Jewish State in a Global Community
- Jewish National Rights and Human Rights
- Challenges of a Jewish State in the Middle East
- Reflections on Israel from within:Politics, Culture, and Education
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Professor S. Ilan Troen
Faculty Leader: S. Ilan Troen, Stoll Family Chair Israel Studies
at Brandeis University
Keynoter: Irwin Cotler, MP, member of
parliament, former minister of justice and attorney
general of Canada
Speakers
President Jehuda Reinharz, Ph.D. '72, Brandeis University.
Colette Avital, M.K., deputy speaker
of the Knesset, Israel
Michael Doran, deputy assistant secretary
of defense for the support to public diplomacy,
U.S. Department of Defense
Galia Golan ’60, professor of government at the Interdisciplinary Center; Herzliya and
Darwin Professor Emerita of the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem
Michael Sela, W. Garfield Weston Professor of
Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science;
former president of the Weizmann Institute
Asher Susser, senior fellow, Myra and Robert
Kraft Chair in Arab Politics, Crown Center,
Brandeis University; former director of the Moshe Dayan Center, Tel Aviv University
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Program Schedule
Sunday, August 3
9:30 a.m. Registration and Coffee
10:30 a.m. Panel Session
Noon- Lunch
1:15 p.m. Panel Session
2:45–4:00 p.m. Roundtable Discussion
4:00–4:30 p.m. Report
8:00 p.m. Public Keynote Lecture
Monday, August 4
8:30–9:30 a.m. Registration
9:30 a.m.–noon Breakfast Discussion |
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Modern Israel
July 31-August 3, 2008
This institute will explore modern Israeli politics, society, and culture and is especially designed for the AJC lay leadership.
The Institute on Modern Israel program was initiated two years ago to enable AJC leaders to gain greater knowledge and understanding of Israel as a Jewish state, as a liberal democracy, and as part of the larger narrative of modern Jewish history. These needs are particularly acute in light of the recent and increasing intellectual attacks upon American and American Jewish support for Israel.
This seminar has been designed to encourage the teaching of Israel holistically as a society, culture, and polity.
Leading the sessions is Dr. Ilan Troen, who holds the Chair in Israel Studies of Brandeis. He will be joined by Steven Bayme of AJC and other scholars during this four-day institute for AJC national and chapter leadership.
The goal of the institute is to study Israel in depth through targeted readings, intensive seminars, and guided discussions. The curriculum will focus on Israeli history, politics, culture, and religion so as to enable participants to become fully knowledgeable on the major issues – both internal and external – that will confront Israel and her Diaspora supporters in the years ahead.
Tuition for the July 31-August 3, program is $1250 per person and includes daily full breakfast and lunch, a welcome dinner and reception, course materials and select institute sessions.
AJC Institutes: To register contact Sabrina Ferrer at the AJC, 212-891-6767 or ferrers@ajc.org. For reservations at Cranwell, please contact the hotel directly: 413-637-1364/
1-800-272-6935 and indicate that you are with the Brandeis in the Berkshires group for July 31-August 3, or August 21-24, 2008. |
Around the World in 80 Hours
August 21-24, 2008
Participants will explore global currents and how they affect the contemporary Jewish world. The sessions will address changing patterns in global politics and society and their impact on Jewish concerns.
We will be joined by Professor Antony Polonsky, who holds the chair in Eastern European Jewish studies at Brandeis.
Sessions will also be lead by AJC staff experts
Dr. Emanuele Ottolenghi, Director of the Transatlantic Institute, Dina Siegel-Vann, Director of Latin American Affairs, and Eliseo Neuman, Director of AJC’s Africa Institute.
The curriculum will focus on what is happening in respective areas of the world, local and regional Jewish communities, and implications for world Jewry.
Tuition for the August 21-24 program is $1250 per person and includes daily full breakfast and lunch, a welcome dinner and reception, course materials and select institute sessions.
Interesed in attending both AJC institutes? Register for both institutes and receive a $500 discount.
For information about the program: Please call Brandeis in the Berkshires, 781-736-3355
or email, berkshires@brandeis.edu |
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Professors S. Ilan Troen and Steven Bayme
S. Ilan Troen is the Karl, Harry, and Helen Stoll Family Chair in Israel Studies at Brandeis University as well as the Sam and Anna Lopin Professor of Modern History at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
He has authored or edited ten books in American, Jewish and Israeli History. He is also the founding editor of Israel Studies which is published three times a year by Indiana University Press.
Steven Bayme, is director of AJC's Contemporary Jewish Life department and the Koppelman Institute on American Jewish-Israeli Relations.
Bayme has published articles on family policy, intermarriage, liberal Judaism, Jewish parenting, Jewish responses to modernity, Jewish attitudes on terrorism and violence, and modern Orthodoxy in America.
In addition, he has edited a volume of essays on American Jewry, Facing the Future: Essays on Contemporary Jewish Life; is co-editor of Rebuilding the Nest: A New Commitment to the American Family; and is co-editor of The Jewish Family and Jewish Continuity.
Professor Antony Polonsky
Antony Polonsky is the Albert Abramson Professor of Holocaust Studies at Brandeis University.
AJC Institute 2007
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