Israel Studies after October 7: New Perspectives on Essential Debates (3-Part Series)

Please join the Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies at Concordia University and the Azrieli Center for Israel Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev for a 3-part series.

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November 13, 2023:
"What would Ben-Gurion Say? October 7th - looking back, searching for answers"

Speakers:
- Avi Bareli, "Unity, activism and sovereign independence in David Ben-Gurion’s political thought"
- Adi Sherzer, "Crisis, challenge and opportunity in Ben-Gurion’s world"
- Paula Kabalo, "If We do not take a stand in the Negev, Tel-Aviv will not Stand: a sober reading of Ben-Gurion's security presuppositions"

November 20, 2023:
"Understanding The Zionist idea - an essential toolkit for combating distortion"

Speakers:
- Arieh Saposnik, "Human and National Redemption in Zionism"
- Havazelet Yahel, "Zionism as an indigenous Movement"
- Ofer Shiff, "Understanding Israel-Diaspora relations through David Ben-Gurion’s concept of mamlakhtiyut"

November 27, 2023
"Decolonizing ‘De-colonization’: revisiting Jewish histories in the Middle East"

Speakers:
- Aviad Moreno,"Global MENA Jewish solidarity between Israel, Europe and the Americas"
- Esther Glitzenstein Meir, "Jewish Migrations from MENA countries: The British Involvement"
- Alon Tam, "Between Israel and Egypt: Egyptian Jews in Regional Contexts of Migration"
- Tamar Gibli, "Between East and West: reflections on Jewish American Perspectives of Israel’s Middle Eastern Jews"

*** IT WILL BE THE SAME ZOOM LINK FOR ALL 3 EVENTS!