Please join us for a series of conversations with scholars immersed in the project of coexistence and shared society in Israel — as examined from different conceptual lenses, including law, gender, civics, education, religion, and the arts. The scholars will explore issues of social trust, public policy, and current events shaping the prospects for coexistence, and examine both opportunities for and barriers to building shared society in Israel.
UPCOMING SESSIONS
WEBINAR
Session Four: The Future of Shared Society through the Lens of Religion — A Conversation with Tirza Kelman, Tomer Persico, and Muhammad Al-Atawneh
Monday, March 13, 2023, 12 PM – 1:30 PM PT, Zoom
What is the role of religion in furthering a shared society in Israel? In this session, Tirza Kelman, Tomer Persico, and Muhammad Al-Atawneh will explore the two-sided sword of religion in relation to shared society. Moderated by Masua Sagiv, they will discuss when religion fosters shared society and when it becomes a barrier and an obstacle to that very idea.
Tirza Kelman: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Goldstein-Goren Department of Jewish Thought, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Tomer Persico: Research Fellow of the Shalom Hartman Institute; Former Koret Visiting Assistant Professor of Jewish and Israel Studies, UC Berkeley
Muhammad Al-Atawneh: 2022–2023 Israel Institute Visiting Professor, UC Berkeley; Associate Professor, Department of Middle East Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Masua Sagiv (Moderator): 2022–2023 Koret Visiting Assistant Professor of Jewish and Israel Studies, UC Berkeley; Shalom Hartman Institute Scholar-in-Residence; Researcher, Menomadin Center for Jewish and Democratic Law, Bar-Ilan University Law Faculty
A recording will be made available following the event.
PAST SESSIONS
Tuesday, November 15. 2022
Session 2 of virtual series hosted by the Helen Diller Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies — The Future of Shared Society in Israel: Shifting Lenses
A series of conversations with scholars immersed in the project of coexistence and shared society in Israel – as examined from different conceptual lenses, including law, gender, civics, education, religion, and the arts. The scholars will explore issues of social trust, public policy, and current events shaping the prospects for coexistence, and examine both opportunities for and barriers to building shared society in Israel. The first two sessions will take place in November.
Sarab Aburabia Queder: Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion; Associate Professor, Department of Education, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Hanan Alexander: 2022–2023 Koret Visiting Professor in Israel Studies; Former Dean, Faculty of Education, University of Haifa
Rebecca Golbert: Executive Director of the Helen Diller Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies
Watch the recording here(opens in a new tab).
Thursday, November 10, 2022
Session 1 of virtual series hosted by the Helen Diller Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies — The Future of Shared Society in Israel: Shifting Lenses
A series of conversations with scholars immersed in the project of coexistence and shared society in Israel – as examined from different conceptual lenses, including law, gender, civics, education, religion, and the arts. The scholars will explore issues of social trust, public policy, and current events shaping the prospects for coexistence, and examine both opportunities for and barriers to building shared society in Israel. The first two sessions will take place in November.
Masua Sagiv: 2022–2023 Koret Visiting Assistant Professor of Jewish and Israel Studies; Shalom Hartman Institute Scholar-in-Residence; Researcher, Menomadin Center for Jewish and Democratic Law, Bar-Ilan University Law Faculty
Manal Totry-Jubran: Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Bar-Ilan University
Hadar Aviram: Professor of Law, UC Hastings College of Law
Watch recording here(opens in a new tab).
Session Three: The Future of Shared Society through the Lens of Dance and Choreography — A Conversation with Yali Nativ and Netta Yerushalmy 
Thursday, February 23, 2023
Light Reception: 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM PT
Lecture: 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM PT
Goldberg Room (297), Berkeley Law Building
Please join Yali Nativ and Netta Yerushalmy in a conversation about diversity in Israeli society through dance and choreography. Moderated by Sariel Golomb, they will explore the dancing body as an imprinted cultural living archive through examples from Yarushalmy’s works and those of other choreographers based in Israel.
Yael (Yali) Nativ: Senior Lecturer, Academic College for Society and Arts, Levinsky College of Education; Former Helen Diller Institute Visiting Professor
Netta Yerushalmy: NYC-based Israeli/American Dancer & Choreographer; Recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship (among other awards and accolades); Guest Faculty at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts
Sariel Golomb (Moderator): PhD Candidate in the Department of Theater & Performance Studies, Stanford University
A recording will be made available following the event.