Helen Diller Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies
New Horizons in Jerusalem Studies: An Integrative Framework for the Analysis of the Development of Modern Jerusalem
297 Goldberg Room 225 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA, United StatesThis lecture presents new research that offers an integrative framework for analyzing Jerusalem’s modern development from the late Ottoman period to the present. The project utilizes a newly compiled database […]
What’s God Playing At? Law as Performance
105 Law BuildingIn late antiquity, some Jews began to think of the Torah as a natural law — absolute, immutable, and transcending historical time. Other ancient Jews, particularly the Talmudic rabbis, resisted […]
Sympotic Rabbis, Truth, and the Glorious Uncertainty of Law
297 Goldberg Room 225 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA, United StatesThe Talmud is famous for its labyrinthine debates and dialectical subversions. By situating the Talmud in the broad tradition of the late antique symposium, we gain insights into the rabbis’ […]
The Fourth Quarter: The Blueprint for a Bottom-Up Constitutional Movement in Israel
297 Goldberg Room 225 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA, United StatesProfessor Ronen Avraham is one of the leaders of the Fourth Quarter, the largest grassroots movement in Israel. This movement unites people across political, religious, and secular divides to address […]
Beyond Suspicion: The Moral Clash between Rootedness and Progressive Liberalism
297 Goldberg Room 225 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA, United StatesIn his new book Beyond Suspicion, Professor Nissim Mizrachi examines the paradoxical phenomenon of support for right-wing political parties among Israeli Mizrahim — descendants of Jews from Middle Eastern and […]
Coca-Cola, Black Panthers, and Phantom Jets: Israel in the American Orbit, 1967–1973
141 Law BuildingIn this book talk, historian Oz Frankel examines the period of the late 1960s as a unique moment when Israel became more closely entwined with the United States not just […]
Exploring International Law: A Conversation with Yuval Shany
141 Law BuildingPlease join us for a conversation with Yuval Shany, former member and chair of the UN Human Rights Committee, the Hersch Lauterpacht Chair in International Law, and the former Dean […]
Israel and the United Nations
105 Law BuildingHow should we understand Israel’s complicated relationship with the United Nations? Please join Yuval Shany (Former Member and Chair of the UN Human Rights Committee) and Masua Sagiv (Koret Visiting […]
“And blame is what you need my foe” — The Role of Emotions and Political Ideology in Discursive Escalation within Israeli-Jewish Political Discussions
297 Goldberg Room 225 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA, United StatesThis research explores how blame drives discursive escalation in political discussions among left- and right-leaning Jewish-Israeli participants. Analyzing 100,000 words from 2014–2022, it identifies distinct emotional and ideological triggers fueling […]
Reading The Hebrew America: The Double Reception of The Hebrew Teacher
297 Goldberg Room 225 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA, United StatesOriginally published in Hebrew in 2018, Maya Arad’s collection of novellas The Hebrew Teacher was received by Israeli readers as a timely extension of Hebrew literature beyond the geographical borders […]
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