Israel at 65 Years: Dimensions of national identity

The Institute will host a conference dedicated to the theme of Israel at 65 with keynote speaker Ilan Troen, Stoll Family Professor in Israel Studies at Brandeis University and Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies.

The remainder of the conference will take place on the SGW campus on Tuesday, November 12.

Panels

• 9:00 am
  Cultural diversity - Israeli responses
  Moderated by Meir Amor with Zvi Ben-Dor Benite (New York University), Claris Haboun (McGill University), and Liora Norwich.
• 11:00 am
  Religion and the state
  Moderated by Michael Oppenheim with Maya Katz Balakirsky (Touro), Mordecai Inbari (University of North Carolina), and Ira Robinson.
• 1:30 pm
  The making (and re-making) of a national culture
  Moderated by Bina Freiwald with Khezia Alon (Ben Gurion University), Amit Assis (Mcgill University), and Smadar Sheffi (Hebrew University of Jerusalem).
• 3:45 pm
  Future prospects
  Moderated by Csaba Nikolenyi with Moshe Behar (University of Manchester) and Yakub Halabi.

Download

• Keynote speaker's flyer
• Schedule of events