Fall 2016
Thursday, September 8
Welcome Back Event
Meet and greet event for new students and faculty, introducing the Berkeley Institute
5:30 PM in the Warren Room, 295 Law Building
Tuesday, September 27
First Screening: “The Band’s Visit”
Event for the Art and Film: Isreali Film Series
Directed by Eran Kolirin
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA
Thursday, October 27
American Judaism 2016: From Theory to Practice and Back
A Robbins Collection Lecture on Jewish Law and Thought
Arnold Eisen
Chancellor, Jewish Theological Seminary in New York
Bancroft Hotel, 2680 Bancroft Way
Tuesday, November 1
Second Screening “Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem”
Event for the Art and Film: Israeli Film Series
Directed by Eran Kolirin
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA
Wednesday, November 16
Threats to Democracy in Israel
Public Lecture
Itzhak Galnoor, Herbert Samuel Professor of Political Science (emeritus)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Senior Fellow, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
5:30 PM Reception, 6 PM Lecture
Bancroft Hotel, 2680 Bancroft Way
Tuesday, November 29
Third Screening “Late Marriage”
Event for the Art and Film: Israeli Film Series
Directed by Dover Koshashvili
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA
Wednesday, November 30
Is Israel Stuck Forever with its Political Fault Lines? A Project to Reorient the Left-Right Chasm
Nissim Mizrahi and Eilon Schwartz, Moderated by Claude Fischer
Warren Room, 295 Law Building
Spring 2017
Thursday, February 9
Poetry with Shlomi Hatuka
Shlomi Hatuka, Moderated by Ilana Szobel and Chana Kronfeld
Barrows 254, UC Berkeley Campus
Monday, February 13
Film Screening: “On the Banks of the Tigris,” with Yair Dalal
Moderated by Prof. Ben Brinner
Event for the Art and Film: Israeli Film Series
6 PM Reception, 6:30 Screening
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA
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Thursday, February 22
Film Screening “A Borrowed Identity,” In Conversation with Sayed Kashua
Directed by Eran Riklis
Warren Room
295 Law Building, UC Berkeley School of Law
Monday, February 27
Film Screening “East Jerusalem/ West Jerusalem,” Performance and Conversation with David Broza and Ali Paris
Directed by Dover Koshashvili
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA
Tuesday, March 7
Till We Have Built Jerusalem
Public Lecture with Adina Hoffman
Warren Room
295 Law Building, UC Berkeley School of Law
Tuesday, March 14
Film Screening “Wedding Doll” In Conversation with Filmmaker Nitzan Gilady
Directed by Dover Koshashvili
Warren Room
295 Law Building, UC Berkeley School of Law