Roundtable: Ultra-Orthodox Leadership - Past and Future
The Israel Democracy Institute | 4 Pinsker Street, Jerusalem
On Thursday, June 30, 2011, IDI's George Shultz Roundtable Forum convened to mark the publication of Dr. Benjamin Brown's book Toward Democratization in the Haredi Leadership? The Doctrine of Da′at Torah at the Turn of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries. This event presented diverse views on how patterns of leadership formulated in Haredi society in the past have influenced the nature of Haredi leadership today and may shape its direction in the future.
Moderator:
Avishai Ben-Haim, Journalist; Channel 10 commentator on the ultra-Orthodox community
Participants:
- MK Rabbi Chaim Amsellem, Shas; Founder of the Am Shalem (A Unified People) movement
- Dr. Benjamin Brown, Researcher, Israel Democracy Institute; Department of Jewish History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Dr. Lee Cahaner, Researcher, Israel Democracy Institute; School of Public Policy, University of Haifa
- Prof. Menachem Friedman, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Bar-Ilan University
- Dr. Tzvia Greenfeld, Director, Mifneh Institute for Democracy and Judaism
- Rabbi Moshe Grylak, Editor-In-Chief, Mishpacha magazine
- Attorney Rabbi Dov Halbertal, Lecturer in Jewish Law
- Mr. Shahar Ilan, VP of Research and Information, Hiddush - For Religious Freedom and Equality; Knesset advisor on the Tal Law
- Prof. Shalom Rosenberg, Head of Jewish Philosophy, Beit Morasha of Jerusalem and Lander College
- Prof. Yedidia Stern, Vice President of Research, Israel Democracy Institute; Faculty of Law, Bar-Ilan University
- Rabbi David (Dudi) Zilbershlag, CEO, Kesharim Consulting and Strategic Planning