The Annual Libitzky Lecture on Israel and the Great Powers was created in 2020 to explore the strategic importance of Israel’s relationships with different regional and global powers. The series hosts top scholars from around the world who are experts in the specific country or region and its...Read more about Libitzky Lecture on Israel and the Great Powers
The Annual Robbins Collection Lecture in Jewish Law, Thought, and Identity was born of a partnership between the faculty directors of the Helen Diller Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies and the Robbins Collection and Research Center, both dynamic centers at Berkeley Law. Each year since...Read more about Robbins Collection Lecture in Jewish Law, Thought, and Identity
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Israel Studies Colloquium is a vital forum for the Institute to cultivate a multidisciplinary academic community of scholars in Israel Studies. Faculty and graduate students gather monthly to present and discuss topics in Israel...Read more about The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Israel Studies Colloquium
The Helen Diller Institute’s Fall 2025 Israeli cinema series examines migration and its relationship to identity, belonging, and outsider status, as portrayed through Israeli cinema. This series is hosted by Israeli filmmaker and film professor, Aner Preminger, the Koret Visiting Professor in...Read more about Israeli Cinema Series: Stranger on the Screen
The Helen Diller Institute’s Fall 2025 Israeli literary series includes a series of talks with Israeli scholars and literary authors exploring complex issues around war and prolonged conflict, including trauma, confinement, boredom, silence, and the crisis of meaning. All three...Read more about Literary Series
