The Jewish Nation State at 70
15:30 | Reception
15:45| Opening Remarks: Prof. Yedidia Stern, Vice President and Dr. Shuki Friedman, Director of the Center for Religion and State, Israel Democracy Institute
16:00 | The Return of Nationalism
Moderator: Dr. Jesse Ferris, Vice President, Israel Democracy Institute
Participants: Prof. Alex Jacobson, Hebrew University, Prof. Ezer Gat, Tel Aviv University, Prof. (emeritus) Hedva Ben Israel, Hebrew University, and Prof. Oren Yiftachel, Ben Gurion University
17:10 | Being a Minority in Israel - a conversation between Israel Cohen, Journalist, Kikar Hashabbat, and Yair Sheleg, Researcher, Israel Democracy Institution
17:20 | Israel as a Jewish Nation-State - What Would I Change?
Moderator: Dr. Shuki Friedman, Director of the Center for Religion and State, Israel Democracy Institute
Discussants:
Prof. Yedidia Stern, Vice President, Israel Democracy Institute
Prof. Yifat Biton, The College of Management
Mr. Muhammad Darawshe, Givat Haviva
Dr. Assaf Malach, Head of the Jewish Statesmanship Center
18:30 | Being a Minority in Israel - a conversation between Sheerin Nater-Haffi, Director, Arab High School in Lod and Yair Sheleg, Researcher, Israel Democracy Institution
18:40 | Coffee Break
18:50 | Does Israel Need Jewish-National Institutions?
Moderator: Dr. Idit Shafran-Gitelman, Israel Democracy Institute
Discussants:
Prof. Ron Shapira, President, Peres Academic Center
Prof. Yuli Tamir, President, Shenkar College
Mr. Sallai Meridor, former Chairman of the Jewish Agency
Prof. Ella Belfer, Bar-Ilan University
20:00 | Being a Minority in Israel - a conversation between Berhane Negasi, a Refugee Representative from Eritrea and Yair Sheleg, Researcher, Israel Democracy Institution
The conference will be broadcast in Hebrew live on IDI’s website