- Israel Zangwill: Ghetto, Zion, Melting Pot
September 9th, 2021 at 4:00 pm
Professor Bryan Cheyette will discuss three main elements of Israel Zangwill’s thought and political activism — Ghetto, Zion, Melting Pot — to understand the way that they work in relation to each other both imaginatively and politically. - The Crime of the Century: Leopold, Loeb, and Jewish Gender: A Conversation with Sarah Imhoff
October 5, 2021 at 3:00 p.m.
In 1924, two Jewish University of Chicago students, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, kidnapped and murdered fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks.
Contemporary Israel and Its Challenges: A Series of Conversations (September-October 2021)
- Antisemitism Today: Online, Offline, Where, and Why
September 21st, 2021 at 7:00 PM
Join us for a live presentation by Günther Jikeli of Indiana University on the contemporary global spike in antisemitism, its roots, its spread, and prospects for the future. - An Israeli-Palestinian Confederation: The Only Plausible Two-State Solution: A Discussion with Bernard Avishai
September 28th, 2021 at 7:00 PM
Has the two state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict become an impossibility? Is a “new-state” solution all that is left? - Debates in Israeli Feminism: A Conversation with Henriette Dahan-Kalev, Ben-Gurion University
October 7, 2021 at 12:00 p.m.
Dahan Kalev specializes in political protests and gender resistance, mainly in marginalized populations. Her recent books include Resistance at the Social Margins (in Hebrew – 2018) and An Anatomy of Feminist Resistance: Rebel in the Wilderness (New York, 2019). - Israel at a Crossroads: Directions, Perceptions,Illusions, and Challenges
October 31st, 2021 at 12:00 PM
In an era full of anecdotal evidence — which is, by nature, partial and often misleading — the need to bring evidence-based perspectives to democracy’s front lines has become paramount.