“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 States

This 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 polarization: fear and anger dominate right-wing responses to preserve social order, while guilt and shame shape left-wing reactions around moral concerns for out-group suffering. These […]

BCLB Leadership Lunch Talk: The State of ESG with MoFo

Law Building, Room 132

Please join the Berkeley Center for Law and Business for a leadership lunch talk with Michael Santos, Transactions Partner and Dan Irvin, Transactions Associate from Morrison & Foerster to discuss what ESG is and its role in the industry. Following the discussion, a Q&A will be hosted by the Berkeley Business Law Journal. The Leadership […]

What the U.S. Can Learn From Democracies Abroad

100 Law Building

Please join us for a conversation on what the U.S. can learn from various democracies abroad. What do they tell us about the health of our own, what steps can the U.S. take to make ours stronger, and how do we contextualize what is happening in the U.S. with what is going on in the […]

Reading The Hebrew America: The Double Reception of The Hebrew Teacher

297 Goldberg Room 225 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

Originally 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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