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View the videos and slideshows from the conference:
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- Welcome and Opening
- Dr Yoram Peri
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Session 1:
Is Israel “ the Jewish State”? |
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How the avowed Jewish character of Israel influences - or should influence - the politics and government of the State |
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- Professor Shlomo Fischer,
Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem
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- Professor Shlomo Hasson,
The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
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- Dr. Bernard Avishai,
The Hebrew University, Author, Jerusalem
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- Profesor Amiel Ungar,
Journalist, Tekoa, West Bank
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- Question & Answer Session
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Keynote address |
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- Professor Yuli Tamir,
Member of Knesset and former Minister of Education,
Tel Aviv
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Session 2:
Do Jews in Israel Have Religious Freedom?
The Issue of Pluralism
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The competing goals and values of semi-official religious Orthodoxy and those of secular and non-orthodox religious groups and interests
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- Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum,
Schechter Rabbinical Seminary, Jerusalem
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- Rabbi Avi Shafran,
Agudath Israel, New York
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- Ilan Peleg,
Lafayette College
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- Professor Bernard Cooperman,
University of Maryland
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- Question & Answer Session
- Chair: Professor Eric Zakim,
University of Maryland
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Session 3:
Religion and Democracy in Israel:
Are Judaism and Democratic Values Compatible?
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Are citizens’ rights unacceptably diminished by Israel’s Jewish character? |
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- Dr. Aviad Hacohen,
Van Leer Institute and The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
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- Professor Yoram Peri,
Gildenhorn Institute, University of Maryland
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- Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt,
Israel Advocacy Office of the Rabbinical Assembly, Washington, D.C.
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- Dr. Phyllis Chesler
Psychologist and Author. New York
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| Directions to Campus