Israel Studies after October 7: New Perspectives on Essential Debates (3-Part Series)

Please join the **Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies** at **Concordia
University** and the **Azrieli Center for Israel Studies** at **Ben-Gurion
University of the Negev** for a **3-part series**.
https://concordia-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApde6tqzouG9OPqJO8_GrbnF9BvbLxrUx2

**_November 13, 2023: _**
“What would Ben-Gurion Say? October 7th – looking back, searching for answers”

**Speakers: **
– Avi Bareli, “Unity, activism and sovereign independence in David Ben-
Gurion’s political thought”
– Adi Sherzer, “Crisis, challenge and opportunity in Ben-Gurion’s world”
– Paula Kabalo, “If We do not take a stand in the Negev, Tel-Aviv will not
Stand: a sober reading of Ben-Gurion’s security presuppositions”
**_November 20, 2023: _**

“Understanding The Zionist idea – an essential toolkit for combating
distortion”

**Speakers: **
– Arieh Saposnik, “Human and National Redemption in Zionism”
– Havazelet Yahel, “Zionism as an indigenous Movement”
– Ofer Shiff, “Understanding Israel-Diaspora relations through David Ben-
Gurion’s concept of mamlakhtiyut”

**_November 27, 2023 _**
“Decolonizing ‘De-colonization’: revisiting Jewish histories in the Middle
East”

**Speakers: **
– Aviad Moreno,”Global MENA Jewish solidarity between Israel, Europe and the
Americas”
– Esther Glitzenstein Meir, “Jewish Migrations from MENA countries: The
British Involvement”
– Alon Tam, “Between Israel and Egypt: Egyptian Jews in Regional Contexts of
Migration”
– Tamar Gibli, “Between East and West: reflections on Jewish American
Perspectives of Israel’s Middle Eastern Jews”

***** THE ZOOM LINK WILL BE THE SAME FOR ALL 3 EVENTS!**

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