Welcome to the Spring Semester! | |
Welcome back to another semester at the Helen Diller Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies! My name is Matthew Gordan and I’m here with Noam Tadelis. We are thrilled to introduce ourselves to you as the new student engagement team at the Institute. | |
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I’ve spent the past eight years teaching high school in Oakland, and Noam is returning to the Bay Area after completing his degree in History and Jewish Studies at the University of Chicago. I love to cook, Noam loves to make ceramics, we both have the same three citizenships, and we both love my dog. Well, Noam loves my dog based on pictures, so hopefully she doesn’t bite him when they meet.
Noam and I are extremely excited to continue the great work Maya Shemtov has done while putting our own stamp on student engagement. Since we started in November, we have worked to engage the UC Berkeley community and heighten awareness around our Undergraduate Fellows Program on campus and the summer Global Internship Program (GIP) in Haifa, Israel — my old stomping grounds.
Keep scrolling for more information about the Institute's upcoming events and courses, and to see a few highlights from last semester, including Ron Hassner’s Winter Seminar in Israel with UC Berkeley and Stanford students. Noam and I look forward to meeting you at future events.
Best,
Matthew Gordan
Assistant Director for Student Engagement and Programs
Noam Tadelis
Program Associate
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Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America with Dahlia Lithwick
Wed, January 25, 2023, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM, Room 105, Berkeley Law Building
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The Libitzky Lecture on Israel and the Great Powers: The Case of Israel and Turkey
Thurs, Feb 16, 2023, 6:10 PM – 7:40 PM, Great Room, Bancroft Hotel
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The Future of Shared Society in Israel through the Lens of Dance and Choreography
Thurs, 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
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The Future of Shared Society in Israel through the Lens of Religion
Mon, March 13, 2023, 12 PM – 1:30 PM PT, Zoom
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Please click here for more information on our upcoming events.
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Please click here for more information about our courses. | |
UC Berkeley and Stanford undergraduates. | |
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Bay Area Cross-Campus Israel Studies Initiative
This winter we launched the first component of the Cross-Campus Israel Studies Initiative: a ten day intensive travel seminar in Israel with Berkeley and Stanford students, led by Prof. Ron Hassner. The students visited ancient battle sites and gave short lectures to their peers at each location. The program was preceded by intensive learning sessions and course-work in preparation for the trip. This pilot program is made possible by a generous gift from the Helen Diller Foundation.
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"I’m not being dramatic, but this trip has changed my life. I am coming away from this trip with a thirst to learn more about Israel and the larger Middle East, and am excited to quench it in the near future. Thank you to everyone who made this trip possible, I am a better human because of it."
— Stanford Neural Engineering Major
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"This trip has been not only the most enjoyable and fascinating trip I’ve been on, but has also been the most academically stimulating trip I’ve been on. You will finish this trip with an understanding of history, warfare, culture, and religion that is only available in Israel."
— UC Berkeley Political Science Major
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December Event Highlights | |
Left to Right: Michal Tamir, Hadar Dancig-Rosenberg, Rebecca Golbert, Hanan Alexander, and student attendees | |
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Modeling Dialogue and Disagreement on Israel
In early December, the Helen Diller Institute (HDI) hosted a panel discussion modeling civil dialogue and disagreement on Israel. The program, in partnership with Hillel, featured five of the Institute's visiting faculty (pictured above) and was moderated by HDI’s Executive Director, Rebecca Golbert. The faculty discussed their personal relationships with Israel, the recent Israeli elections, tools for navigating difficult conversations about Israel on campus, and paths forward for civil discourse and shared society.
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Left to Right: Masua Sagiv, Michal Tamir, Hadar Aviram, Hadar Dancig-Rosenberg, Yifat Bitton | |
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Research Workshop: Exploring Legal Remedies to Gender-Based Harm in Israel and the U.S.
This academic workshop brought together four legal scholars, with expertise in different fields of law, to explore the intersections of their work around the formation of and advocacy for legal remedies to gender-based harm in Israel and the U.S. This workshop is just one example of the many ways the Helen Diller Institute encourages scholarly collaboration and dialogue on Israel across diverse disciplines at Cal.
Please click here to view the recording.
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Your support ensures that thousands of UC Berkeley students, faculty, and community members can study and engage in a rich array of topics around Israel, and Jewish Law, Thought, and Identity, now and in the future. To learn more, please contact Leah Wagner-Edelstein, Deputy Director at lwedelstein@berkeley.edu. | | | | |
