Rabbi Martin Weiner Memorial Lecture

As Israelis celebrate their 75th anniversary, the country is experiencing the most profound schism in its history. Who and what is Israel? What is a Jewish and democratic state? Can Israel fulfill the vision of its founders to be both the homeland of the Jewish people and a liberal democracy? Food not provided. Livestream is embedded on this page, available to all.  Registration encouraged for in-person attendance.

Yossi Klein Halevi is a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. He co-directs the Institute's Muslim Leadership Initiative (MLI), which teaches emerging young Muslim American leaders about Judaism, Jewish identity and Israel. Over 150 Muslim leaders have participated in the unique program. 
He is co-host, together with Donniel Hartman and Elana Stein Hain, of the Hartman Institute’s podcast, “For Heaven’s Sake.” Halevi’s 2013 book, "Like Dreamers," won the Jewish Book Council's Everett Book of the Year Award. His latest book, "Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor,” is a New York Times bestseller and has appeared in a dozen languages. 
He has written for leading op-ed pages in North America and is a former contributing editor to the New Republic. He is frequently quoted on Israeli, Middle Eastern and Jewish affairs in leading media around the world, and is one of the best-known lecturers on Israeli issues in the American Jewish community and on North American campuses. 
He is the recipient of the 2019 “Figure of Reconciliation” Award of the Polish Council of Christians and Jews. Born in Brooklyn, he received his BA in Jewish studies from Brooklyn College, and his MS in journalism from Northwestern University. He moved to Israel in 1982 and lives in Jerusalem with wife, Sarah, who helps direct a center for Jewish meditation. They have three children.

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