Fall 2015
Tuesday, October 13
Do You Have a Plan for Saving the World? Ben Ferencz Does
Reception and Lecture with Ben Ferencz, former Nuremberg War Crimes Prosecutor, Chief Prosecutor for the United States in The Einsatzgruppen Case
12:45-2:00PM
132 Law Building, UC Berkeley
Joint event with the HRC, International Human Rights Law Clinic, and Miller Institute for Global Challenges and the Law
Wednesday, October 28
Israel Facing a Changing Middle East
Reception and Lecture with Itamar
Rabinovich, President of the Israel Institute, former Israeli Ambassador the the United States
Reception 5:15 PM, Lecture 6:00 PM
Bancroft Hotel, Great Room
Thursday, November 5
Public Performance
Identity Inside Israel and Out: A Conversation Through Movement
The Miriam Engel-Angela Dance Company, will perform “De-parts” a contemporary dance piece that relates to the connection between identity and land. Joint event with Berkeley Hillel.
7 PM Reception, 7:30 PM Performance and Conversation
Berkeley Hillel
Monday, November 9
Diaspora and Group Rights: The Jewish Constitutional Moment
Joint event with the Center for the Study of Law & Society- Reception and Lecture with Willy Forbath, a legal and constitutional historian.
5 PM Reception, 5:30 PM Lecture
Golberg, Room 295 Law Building
Thursday, November 19
From Secular Judaism to Jewish Renewal in Israel – A Personal Story and Public Point of View
Reception and Lecture with Ruth Calderon, former Knesset Member (2013-2015), Talmudic Scholar, Founder of ALMA Home for Hebrew Culture, and Shalom Hartman Faculty Member
Warren Room, 295 Law Building
5:30 PM Reception, 6 PM Lecture
Spring 2016
Tuesday, February 23
The Failures of Ethics: Confronting the Holocaust, Genocide, and Other Mass Atrocities
John Roth
Edward J. Sexton Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College
Co-sponsored with the Human Rights Cente, the Human Rights Clinic and the Human Rights Program
5:30 PM Reception, Warren Room, 295 Law Building
6 PM Lecture, Room 100, Boalt Hall
Thursday, February 25
Israel at a Major Crossroad: Challenges and Opportunities
Avishay Braverman
Former President, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Knesset Member (2006-2015); Economist; Former Senior Official, World Bank
Co-Sponsored by the Masters in Development Practice
5:30 PM Reception, Warren Room, 295 Law Building
6 PM Lecture, Room 100, Boalt Hall
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Tuesday, March 8
Building the Solar Revolution in Frontier Economies: Supporting Sustainable Development in Israel and Africa
Yosef Abramovitz
President and CEO of Energiya Global Capital, co-founder of the Arava Power Company
Co-Sponsored by the College of Natural Resources, and the Blum Center for Developing Economies
5:30 PM Reception, 6 PM Lecture
Blum Center, Plaza Level
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Thursday, March 17
Defining Neighbors: Religion, Race, & the Early Zionist – Arab Encounter
Jonathan Gribetz
Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Judaic Studies at Princeton University
5:30 PM Reception, 6 PM Lecture
Warren Room, 295 Law Building
Wednesday, March 30
Toward a Disability Critique of Torts: Case Studies from the U.S.
and Israel
Sagit Mor
University of Haifa Faculty of Law, Israel, Visiting at University of Washington
Warren Room, 295 Law Building
4 – 6 PM
Co-sponsored by the Center for Law and Society and the HIFIS Disability Cluster
Thursday, April 7
“A Look in the Mirror: Reflections on the Social and Economic
Issues Facing Israel Today”
Avi Weiss
Executive Director, Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel
5: 3o PM Reception, 6 PM Lecture
Warren Room, 295 Law Building
Co-Sponsored by the Economics Department
Tuesday, April 12
Robbins Collection Lecture on Jewish Law and Thought
Jewish Scholars and the Study of Islam: Reflections on Modern Jewish Identity
Susannah Heschel
Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College
5:15 Reception, 6 PM Lecture
Bancroft Hotel, 2680 Bancroft Way
Co-Sponsored by the Robbins Collection
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