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Israel’s Judicial Reforms

March 28, 2023
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Benjamin Anthony (MirYam Institute) sits with MK Simcha Rothman (Constitution, Law & Justice Knesset committee chair and architect of Israel’s legal reforms) to discuss the controversial reforms in front of an audience of US Army officers

Members of JNF’s Caravan for Democracy and Faculty Fellowship programs Vivian Grossman, Rene Reinhard, Cornelius Salonis, and Jody Holland join Shahar Azani to discuss the initiatives that inspire and empower them on everything Israel.

Robert Siegel explores the vast frontier of AI (artificial intelligence) with experts Leor Perl (Rabin Medical Center), Sherry Turkle (MIT) and Daniel Rockmore (Dartmouth College), in a program of AFRMC

This Jerusalem Press Club Independence Special, featuring Prof. Yedidia Stern, President of the Jewish People Policy Institute discusses how left and right may (or may not) come together to observe Israel’s sacred national holidays and temporarily set aside judicial reform-related animosity. With Elie Klutstein (JPC Director of Content).

Join Jerusalem tour guides Aviv Wishkovsky and Dorit Graiver as they take you on a special Yom Yerushalayim tour of Jerusalem. This program is sponsored by B’nai B’rith International and the WZO.

Impossible Takes Longer

June 15, 2023
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Writer and host Abigail Pogrebin sits with Daniel Gordis, Koret Distinguished Fellow at Jerusalem’s Shalem College and one of Israel’s most prolific writers and intellectuals, to discuss ideas from his latest book, Impossible Takes Longer, which reckons with Israel’s promise and its current successes and challenges In a program of the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center.

Eric Goldman sits with Israeli director Idan Haguel to discuss ‘Concerned Citizen,’ his dark comedy that tackles race and gentrification through the story of a gay couple in contemporary Tel Aviv.

Robert Siegel looks at the essential questions of work, retirement, leadership, and aging with panelists Felix Benninger (Rabin Medical Center), Laura Carstensen (Stanford Center on Longevity) and Jeffrey Sonnenfeld (Yale School of Management)

To celebrate 75 years of Israeli statehood, leading Israeli voices Yossi Klein Halevi, Isabel Kershner, and Hen Mazzig discuss the country’s towering achievements, as well as its ongoing struggles, with Hadassah Magazine’s Lisa Hostein.

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