Discussing the Israeli Elections

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Discussing the Israel Elections The recent Israeli election results show that its diverse political and social realities have intensified dramatically since October 7th, 2023. The Elie Wiesel Center will host three scholars to discuss the undercurrents that drive this situation, its implications for the American Jewish community’s responses to Israel and Zionism, and its impact on the current conflict in the Middle East. This event will feature three speakers: Prof. Amal Jamal, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Tel Aviv University, Prof. Jonathan Karp, Professor of Jewish History at Binghamton University, the State University of New York (SUNY), and Dr. Noa Balf, Visiting Scholar at the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University. Prof. Michael Zank, director of the Institute of Philosophy and Religion at Boston University, will moderate. Registration is required.