2012–2013 Events
Public Events
2012–2013 Gilbert Foundation Colloquy
Behind the Robe
Tuesday, October 23, 2012, Reception at 5:00 PM, Program at 5:45 PM
A discussion between former Israeli Chief Justice Dort Beinisch and Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Alex Kozinski
A Robbins Collection Lecture in Jewish Law and Thought
The Future of Judaism
Monday, November 26, 2012, Reception begins at 5:00 PM, Program at 6:00 PM, Booth Auditorium, Berkeley Law, 2778 Bancroft Way
Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Writing Identity
Thursday, March 14, Reception at 5:00 PM, Program at 5:45 PM, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley
A Conversation with Dr. Leon Wiener Dow & Sayed Kashua, Novelist; Columnist; Creator of Arab Labor, Israel’s Leading Television Show
Academic Events
The Reborn Jewish Community of Poland: Identities and Interactions
Tuesday, March 19, 12:30 – 2:00 PM, Seminar Room, 201 Moses Hall
Konstanty Gebert, Scholar-in-Residence, Taube Center for the Renewal of Jewish Life in Poland
Co-sponsored with the Institute of European Studies
‘Stop Looking at Me!’ Talmudic Teachings on the Indeterminacy of Law
Monday, April 8, 12:00 – 1:45 PM
Dr. Leon Wiener Dow, Post-Doctoral Fellow in Jewish Law, Robbins Collection; Schusterman Israeli Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow
Rewriting the Book of Job in the Poetry of Natan Zach
Prof. Robert Alter, Class of 1937 Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature
Rejecting the "Religious vs. Secular" Binary: Masortim in Jewish-Israeli Politics
Prof. Yaacov Yadgar, Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund Visiting Israeli Professor
Green Settlment — the Politics of Israeli Environmentalism Past and Future
Miri Lavi-Neeman, PhD Candidate, UC Berkeley Department of Geography
Sisters: The American–Israeli Dialogue on the Meaning of Feminism
Prof. Pnina Lahav, Law Alumni Scholar Professor of Law, Boston University
Israel Following the 2013 Elections: A New Chapter or More of the Same?
Professor Yoram Peri, Abraham S. and Jack Kay Chair in Israel Studies and Director of the Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies at the University of Maryland at College Park
The Stepmother Tongue
Sayed Kashua, Israeli journalist, author, and creator of Israel’s prime-time television sitcom Arab Labor
Developments in the Legal Doctrine of Equality in Israel
Prof. Barak Medina, 2012-2013 Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Visiting Professor (Law)