Program for Jewish Civilization

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October 14, 2009

Jewish Morality at a Crossroad; Who Speaks for Ethics in Israel?
Professor Yossi Shain, the founding director of the Program for Jewish Civilization and Professor at the Department of Government, discusses his new book on the moral dilemmas facing Israel in the domestic and international arenas. He will introduce the new ‘‘players’’ in the Israeli moral discourse in an attempt to understand the changing nature of Israel’s political culture.

October 13, 2009

BADDIES - Between Image and Text
David Stromberg is a writer, artist and journalist. His publications include three collections of single-panel cartoons—Saddies, Confusies, and Desperaddies—and he has written on art and culture for The Believer, Nextbook, St. Petersburg Times, Jerusalem Post, and Ha’aretz. His fiction has appeared in the UK’s Ambit. Born in Ashdod, Israel, to ex-Soviet parents, Stromberg grew up in urban Los Angeles and currently resides in Jerusalem.

September 30, 2009

Can Terrorism Ever Be Justified?
Professor Tamar Meisels calls for a strict and consistent definition of “terrorism” as a particular form of political violence, and for its unequivocal condemnation by liberals – left and right.

September 16, 2009
Personal Identity and the Modern State: Jewish Tales from Russia, France, and Israel
State-ascribed cultural and political norms have transformed the most personal and intimate ways in which we see, define, and present ourselves. The Jewish paradigm, while interesting in its own right, will also anchor more general reflections about the contemporary politics of multiculturalism in Europe and the US. A lecture by Professor Sarah Fainberg

April 16, 2009

A. B. Yehoshua: An Interview with the Author
A.B. Yehoshua, Israeli novelist, essayist, and playwriter, is interviewed by Jacques Berlinblau of the Program for Jewish Civilization

September, 10  2008

Times in the Military History of the Middle East
Michael Oren, former PJC Professor and current Israeli ambassador to the United States, talks about the military history of the Middle East

February 26, 2008

GLBT Jews in the Jewish World
David Shneer, Associate Professor of History and Judaic Studies at the University of Denver, talks about GLBT Jews in the Jewish World