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<strong>Tikvah</strong> <strong>Israel</strong> <strong>Fellows</strong>
<strong>at</strong> <strong>Ein</strong> Pr<strong>at</strong>
<strong>program</strong>
2011
June 20 – July 26 2011
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<strong>Tikvah</strong> <strong>Israel</strong> <strong>Fellows</strong>
<strong>at</strong> <strong>Ein</strong> Pr<strong>at</strong>
Contents
<strong>program</strong>
fellows 4
lecturers 12
Table of Sources 15
Sources 19
2011
June 20 – July 26
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fellows
Jacob Abolafia
Jacob Abolafia is a n<strong>at</strong>ive of Albany New York. As an undergradu<strong>at</strong>e philosophy
major <strong>at</strong> Yale, he was a founding member of the Vladimir "Ze'ev" Jabotinsky Lunch
<strong>Fellows</strong>hip as well as Chairman of the Yale Record. He is currently pursuing postgradu<strong>at</strong>e
studies <strong>at</strong> Clare College, Cambridge on a Paul Mellon <strong>Fellows</strong>hip, in the areas
of Political Thought and Intellectual History.
David Blitzer
David has lived the majority of his life in Haworth, New Jersey, a small suburb of New
York City. He was a member of the varsity basketball and track teams <strong>at</strong> Northern
Valley Regional High School of Demarest, and continued his track and field career
<strong>at</strong> <strong>The</strong> College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. While <strong>at</strong> William and
Mary, David majored in Kinesiology and Health Sciences and minored in Chemistry.
David will be gradu<strong>at</strong>ing from William and Mary <strong>at</strong> the end of this semester, and after
the <strong>Tikvah</strong> <strong>Fellows</strong> Program, he plans to continue his educ<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>at</strong> the University of
Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
Morris Breitbart
Morris is a junior <strong>at</strong> Princeton University, majoring in Politics and pursuing a
certific<strong>at</strong>e in Near Eastern Studies. He is a fellow with the Program on Religion,
Diplomacy and Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Rel<strong>at</strong>ions, researching the role of religion in the Arab-
<strong>Israel</strong>i peace process. Morris has served on the boards of a number of campus
organiz<strong>at</strong>ions, including Tigers for <strong>Israel</strong> and the Center for Jewish Life. He has
written for Princeton’s American Foreign Policy Magazine and the Sigma Iota Rho
Journal of Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Rel<strong>at</strong>ions. Before coming to Princeton, Morris spent a gap
year studying in Yeshiv<strong>at</strong> Eretz H<strong>at</strong>zvi, a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem, where he
delved into a variety of Jewish texts rel<strong>at</strong>ed to law, philosophy and ethics. This helped
him develop a gre<strong>at</strong>er appreci<strong>at</strong>ion for Judaism and witness firsthand its impact on
<strong>Israel</strong>i society.

Yitzhak Bronstein
Yitzhak, a n<strong>at</strong>ive New Yorker, is a junior studying Philosophy and Political Science <strong>at</strong>
Yeshiva University. After gradu<strong>at</strong>ing from Yeshiva University High School, he spent
two form<strong>at</strong>ive years studying <strong>at</strong> Yeshiv<strong>at</strong> Har Etzion in Gush Etzion, <strong>Israel</strong>, where he
developed a deep passion for Judaism and the St<strong>at</strong>e of <strong>Israel</strong>. At YU, Yitzhak is a staff
writer for Kol Hamevasar, the university’s undergradu<strong>at</strong>e journal of Jewish thought,
where he has argued th<strong>at</strong> the university should adopt a broader vision and strengthen
its rel<strong>at</strong>ionship with <strong>Israel</strong>. This past year, Yitzhak served as President of the Yeshiva
College Social Justice Society, where he organized events intended to broaden the
horizons of the student body vis-à-vis the <strong>Israel</strong>i-Palestinian conflict. An avid follower
of <strong>Israel</strong>i politics, Yitzhak has written numerous articles and opinion-pieces rel<strong>at</strong>ed to
<strong>Israel</strong>, and particip<strong>at</strong>ed in a student leadership trip to <strong>Israel</strong> with CAMERA (Committee
for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America).
Amanda Clark
Amanda grew up in the rural Tennessee town of Portland. In May 2011 she gradu<strong>at</strong>ed
from Yale University with a B.A. in L<strong>at</strong>in American Studies. She will begin medical
school in August 2011 <strong>at</strong> the Albert <strong>Ein</strong>stein College of Medicine in New York. Amanda
worked with a variety of organiz<strong>at</strong>ions throughout college, including the American
Red Cross <strong>at</strong> Yale and the Haven Free Clinic, and spent her summers traveling through
various L<strong>at</strong>in American countries. Her favorite trip took place during the summer of
2009 when she traveled through Mexico, Gu<strong>at</strong>emala and Honduras, studying Mayan
ruins. Outside of school, Amanda loves cross-stitching, napping, w<strong>at</strong>ching Modern
Family, and taking advantage of the $5.99 medium pizzas from Dominoes.
Josh Cooper
Josh was born in Massachusetts, but has spent most of his life in South Orange, New
Jersey. He is the second of five brothers. Josh spent a gap year <strong>at</strong> Yeshiv<strong>at</strong> Hesder
Petach <strong>Tikvah</strong>, where he fell in love with the idea of Religious-Zionism and the Jewish
St<strong>at</strong>e. After months of difficult deliber<strong>at</strong>ion, Josh opted not to enlist in the IDF with his
<strong>Israel</strong>i friends, returning instead to the United St<strong>at</strong>es (only until gradu<strong>at</strong>ion, he says).
He has just finished his freshman year <strong>at</strong> the University of Pennsylvania, where he
studies M<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ics, Computer Science and Jewish Studies. Josh spends most of his
time <strong>at</strong> Hillel, but has been involved with the Ultim<strong>at</strong>e Frisbee team, filmmaking and an
interfaith dialogue group. He identifies as Religious Zionist/Liberal Modern Orthodox,
but prefers to avoid labels. While Josh does not yet know wh<strong>at</strong> he wants to do when
he grows up, he has always looked up to his parents, both of whom get to work in
Jewish educ<strong>at</strong>ion every day; his f<strong>at</strong>her is a Conserv<strong>at</strong>ive rabbi and his mother directs
a Jewish summer camp.
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Uriel Epshtein
Uriel is a sophomore <strong>at</strong> Yale University. During his freshman year <strong>at</strong> Yale, Uriel started an
<strong>Israel</strong> advocacy group to increase the pro-<strong>Israel</strong> presence on campus. Through this group,
he organized two large events: one with the <strong>Israel</strong>i Consul, Gil Lainer, and the second with
former Iranian Revolutionary Guardsman-turned-CIA-Double-Agent, Reza Kahlili. During
his upcoming sophomore year, Uriel will be president of the Yale Friends of <strong>Israel</strong>. In
addition, Uriel has served as a research assistant to Professor Charles Small of the Yale
Initi<strong>at</strong>ive for the Interdisciplinary Study of Anti-Semitism, and has competed with the
Yale traveling Model UN Team. He is the Under-Secretary General for Committees for
his College Conference, the Security Council Simul<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>at</strong> Yale (SCSY). Uriel’s interests
include intern<strong>at</strong>ional affairs, political science, philosophy, pre-law, Russian, and French.
Carrie Filipetti
Originally from New York, Carrie has spent the past four years in the South pursuing
her Bachelor’s Degree in Religious Studies as an Echol’s and Jefferson Scholar <strong>at</strong> the
University of Virginia. Though her primary interests include anti-Semitism, Zionism
and Jewish identity politics, her degree work has mainly centered around two periods:
Judaism in antiquity and Holocaust Responses. Her work has been published in the
University of Virginia’s undergradu<strong>at</strong>e research journal. Carrie is an active member of
UVA's Hillel, Chabad and Astronomy Society, and just completed two terms as Chair for
the Student Council's Diversity Initi<strong>at</strong>ives Committee, comb<strong>at</strong>ing issues of racism, anti-
Semitism and classism. Carrie has served as President of her university’s only pro-<strong>Israel</strong>
organiz<strong>at</strong>ion as well as an Emerson Fellow with StandWithUs. She has also served as an
Editorial Intern for Gadfly Magazine for the past year. Following her fellowship <strong>at</strong> <strong>Ein</strong>
Pr<strong>at</strong>, Carrie will be continuing her work with the <strong>Tikvah</strong> Fund as a Post-B.A. Fellow, where
she hopes to explore questions of Jewish communal identific<strong>at</strong>ion and demographics.
Daniele N<strong>at</strong>ali Goldberg
Born in Washington, D.C. with her twin brother, Daniele moved to <strong>Israel</strong> <strong>at</strong> age five and
from there to Se<strong>at</strong>tle <strong>at</strong> thirteen. She currently lives in Massachusetts, where she is a
rising senior <strong>at</strong> Smith College. Her studies include: Government, with concentr<strong>at</strong>ions
in Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Rel<strong>at</strong>ions and Feminist Studies; Classical Arabic; and Religion, with
concentr<strong>at</strong>ions in Philosophy and Jewish Mysticism. Daniele founded the "Smith <strong>Israel</strong>
Alliance" on her campus and served as its president for two years. Daniele <strong>at</strong>tended a coed
Yeshiva in the Pacific Northwest and is very involved with the Hillel communities in the
five colleges in her area. On campus she works as a computer lab consultant and student
manager, as well as a Hebrew language tutor. Her interests include live electronica
concerts; playing music (drums, guitar, piano, synthesizer); dance (Martha Graham
Technique, ballet, salsa, West African); Tai-Chi; women’s empowerment; medi<strong>at</strong>ion;
Heschel; Pl<strong>at</strong>o; Garcia; running; yoga; healthy e<strong>at</strong>ing; glass bottles; and travel abroad.

Michal Goldschmidt
Michal grew up in London. After gradu<strong>at</strong>ing from high school, she spent a year
studying Torah in <strong>Israel</strong> <strong>at</strong> Migdal Oz. She is currently completing her first year <strong>at</strong>
Cambridge University, where she is studying <strong>The</strong>ology and Religious Studies. Michal is
active in the Jewish Society, volunteers as a leader regularly <strong>at</strong> camps for Bnei Akiva,
trained in singing, and used to be a part of an am<strong>at</strong>eur dram<strong>at</strong>ics group.
Grace Goodbl<strong>at</strong>t
Grace was born and raised in Encinitas, California. As a three-year old she spent
a year in Jerusalem with her family for her f<strong>at</strong>her’s sabb<strong>at</strong>ical. Interested in
Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Rel<strong>at</strong>ions, in May 2011 Grace is gradu<strong>at</strong>ing from the University of
California <strong>at</strong> Berkeley with a degree in Political Economy. Throughout her time <strong>at</strong>
Berkeley she was an active member <strong>at</strong> Hillel, serving as co-chair of the <strong>Israel</strong> Action
Committee, a Hillel intern, and a member of the Hillel Executive Board, among
other activities. Grace was an AIPAC Diamond Summer Intern and now works as a
legisl<strong>at</strong>ive intern for California St<strong>at</strong>e Sen<strong>at</strong>or Mark Leno. Grace hopes to travel for a
couple of years before going to law school.
Elyssa Kanet
Elyssa gradu<strong>at</strong>ed from Brandeis University in 2008 with a B.A. in Philosophy. Since
gradu<strong>at</strong>ion she has worked for AVODAH: <strong>The</strong> Jewish Service Corps and has spent a
year studying <strong>at</strong> Midreshet Nishm<strong>at</strong> in Jerusalem. Elyssa is currently a dual Master's
degree candid<strong>at</strong>e <strong>at</strong> Brandeis University in the fields of Conflict and Coexistence
Studies, and Sustainable Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Development. She aspires to continue her
studies in the fields of Environmental Anthropology and Spiritual Ecology. Her hobbies
include ice-sk<strong>at</strong>ing, dancing, yoga, and vegan cooking.
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Isaiah Kirshner-Breen
Coming from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Isi is a third-year student <strong>at</strong> the University of
California, Berkeley. He is studying Legal Studies and Jewish Studies, and intends to
<strong>at</strong>tend law school after completing his B.A. At university Isi serves as the External Vice
President of the Jewish Student Union and the Assistant External Vice President of the
Interfr<strong>at</strong>ernity Council. Isi is a brother of the Jewish fr<strong>at</strong>ernity Alpha Epsilon Pi and is
active <strong>at</strong> the Berkeley Hillel.
Leaw Shavin Kissoondharry
Shavin is in his final year <strong>at</strong> Warwick University in the United Kingdom, where he
is studying Political Science and Sociology. Originally from Mauritius, he studied <strong>at</strong>
the Royal College before Warwick and plans to pursue a Doctor<strong>at</strong>e in Policy Science.
Shavin worked <strong>at</strong> an Applied Social Policy Center and is on the executive committee
of a law and human rights’ pro-bono organiz<strong>at</strong>ion, Femin-Ijtihad, whose mission is to
promote academic approaches to Islamic legal texts and jurisprudence th<strong>at</strong> advance
women’s rights. Shavin enjoys writing in the four languages of his childhood: English,
French, Creole and Hindi. He has published a play and other writings. He has a passion
for languages, reading and formal deb<strong>at</strong>e, and a strong commitment to the social
sciences. His hobbies include practicing the Erhu, going to music seisiún in the local
Irish pub, meeting and talking to new people, hiking on the English country lanes,
getting involved in the campus Jewish-<strong>Israel</strong>i society and, in all earnestness, going to
all-you-can-e<strong>at</strong> restaurants.
Noah Leavitt
Born and raised in New York City, Noah gradu<strong>at</strong>ed from Columbia University with
a B.A. in History. He has studied in <strong>Israel</strong> <strong>at</strong> Yeshiv<strong>at</strong> Darche Noam/Shapell's and
Yeshiv<strong>at</strong> Tor<strong>at</strong> Yosef Hamivtar. Noah is currently a second year student <strong>at</strong> Yeshiv<strong>at</strong>
Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School and is simultaneously pursuing an M.A. in Jewish
Philosophy <strong>at</strong> the Bernard Revel Gradu<strong>at</strong>e School of Jewish Studies <strong>at</strong> Yeshiva
University.

Rachel Levy
Rachel gradu<strong>at</strong>ed from Harvard University in May 2011 with a degree in English.
While in college, Rachel was Vice President for Educ<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>at</strong> Harvard Hillel. She
also volunteered with Health Leads <strong>at</strong> Boston Medical Center where she worked to
break the link between poverty and poor health by helping p<strong>at</strong>ients address many
of the social determinants of health. Originally from Newton, Massachusetts, Rachel
gradu<strong>at</strong>ed from Maimonides School and spent a gap year <strong>at</strong> Midreshet Lindenbaum in
Jerusalem before beginning college. She enjoys running, reading and baking.
Brian Maissy
Brian is a third year undergradu<strong>at</strong>e <strong>at</strong> UC Berkeley, studying Computer science.
He was born and raised in Orange County, California. In college he has explored
Judaism and become heavily involved in the Jewish community. He has led "<strong>Tikvah</strong>:
Students for <strong>Israel</strong>," a Zionist and pro-<strong>Israel</strong> advocacy group, and been active in
the Chabad Student Group and the Jewish Student Union. Alongside his studies and
extracurricular involvements, Brian does web design and works on an extracurricular
research project to cre<strong>at</strong>e electronic medical records software for use in developing
countries. In his free time he enjoys reading, listening to music and swimming.
Yael Misrahi
Yael was born in Sacramento and grew up in Jerusalem and Cleveland. She gradu<strong>at</strong>ed
from Wellesley College in 2010 with a major in Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Rel<strong>at</strong>ions and Political
Science and a minor in Jewish Studies. At Wellesley, Yael served as the President of
the Wellesley Friends of <strong>Israel</strong> and was a StandWithUs Emerson Fellow. She studied
abroad <strong>at</strong> the London School of Economics and Political Science, focusing there
on Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Rel<strong>at</strong>ions and serving on the committees of the LSE Jewish and
<strong>Israel</strong> Societies. After gradu<strong>at</strong>ing from Wellesley, Yael moved to India to work as an
American Jewish World Service volunteer <strong>at</strong> the Center for Social Justice (CSJ), a
socio-legal grassroots human rights non-governmental organiz<strong>at</strong>ion in Ahmedabad,
Gujar<strong>at</strong>. Yael is passion<strong>at</strong>e about <strong>Israel</strong> and about applying Jewish values to her work
in human rights and social justice. She plans to study intern<strong>at</strong>ional human rights law
in the future.
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Kylie Moore - Gilbert
Kylie is an Australian studying in Britain <strong>at</strong> the University of Cambridge. She is going
into her third year of an undergradu<strong>at</strong>e degree in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.
Kylie has been learning Hebrew for two years and is very interested in <strong>Israel</strong>, having
visited several times. She will be spending the coming academic year in <strong>Israel</strong> as
a requirement of her course, and is looking forward to living on a Kibbutz for five
months and improving her Hebrew. Kylie is considering a career in academia and
would like to continue on to postgradu<strong>at</strong>e studies after completing her degree. She
enjoys art, music and especially travel.
Ariela Rosenberg
Ariela is from San Diego, California. After gradu<strong>at</strong>ing from Torah High School, she
studied in <strong>Israel</strong> <strong>at</strong> Midshreshet Lindenbaum for one year. She is currently a rising
senior <strong>at</strong> the University of Pennsylvania, where she is majoring in English and
Intellectual History. At Penn, she is a senior writer for the Daily Pennsylvanian and a
senior editor for the Penn Political Review. Ariela also serves as a research assistant
for Professor Jed Esty, whose forthcoming book addresses exported British children's
liter<strong>at</strong>ure in America.
Naomi Scheinerman
Naomi is from Columbia, Maryland and is a rising senior <strong>at</strong> the University of Michigan
(Ann Arbor) majoring in Political Science, Philosophy and Hebrew and Jewish Cultural
Studies. She is <strong>Israel</strong> Chair <strong>at</strong> Hillel <strong>at</strong> her university and a former board member and
treasurer of the American Movement for <strong>Israel</strong>. Naomi is on the Michigan Ethics Bowl
Team and is an associ<strong>at</strong>e editor of the Michigan Journal of Political Science. She
loves running, swimming, biking, camping, bananagrams, SET, mangos, podcasts,
w<strong>at</strong>ching “<strong>The</strong> Princess Bride,” and reading Pride and Prejudice.

Gabriel Shapiro
Gabe is a rising sophomore <strong>at</strong> the University of Chicago. He plans to major in
both M<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ics and "Fundamentals: Issues and Texts" – an interdisciplinary
concentr<strong>at</strong>ion focused on the fundamental questions and texts of the humanities and
social sciences. After gradu<strong>at</strong>ing from Ida Crown Jewish Academy in 2008, Gabe
spent two years <strong>at</strong> Yeshiv<strong>at</strong> Har Eztion in <strong>Israel</strong> studying Halakha, Bible and religious
thought.
Abigail Shuster
Abby is a rising sophomore in the Joint Program between Columbia University and
the Jewish <strong>The</strong>ological Seminary. She spent a year in <strong>Israel</strong> between high school
and college on “Kivunim: New Directions.” At Columbia/JTS, Abby is active in Just
Peace, Columbia’s progressive Zionist <strong>Israel</strong> group, where she seeks to moder<strong>at</strong>e the
political convers<strong>at</strong>ion between Columbia’s many <strong>Israel</strong> groups and its Hillel. Alongside
studying and contempl<strong>at</strong>ing Middle Eastern politics, Abby enjoys vegetarian cooking
experiments, figure drawing and <strong>Israel</strong>i sitcoms.
Rafael Yaniz
Born in Miami, Florida to Cuban parents, Rafael <strong>at</strong>tended Roman C<strong>at</strong>holic schools and
gradu<strong>at</strong>ed from Belen Jesuit Prepar<strong>at</strong>ory School in Miami in 2007. In May 2011 Rafael
gradu<strong>at</strong>ed from the University of Florida with a B.A. in Political Science and minors in
Geography and Mass Communic<strong>at</strong>ion. He was elected the first non-Jewish President
of G<strong>at</strong>ors for <strong>Israel</strong>, and served for two years in th<strong>at</strong> capacity. During Rafael’s tenure,
G<strong>at</strong>ors for <strong>Israel</strong> expanded to include a broad-base coalition of UF student leaders
from all faiths who are active in the group’s work. His pro-<strong>Israel</strong> political activism
has also extended to AIPAC training and leadership opportunities, and to working
with several Members of Congress and their staffs on behalf of strengthening the
rel<strong>at</strong>ionship between <strong>Israel</strong> and the United St<strong>at</strong>es.
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lecturers
Abelman, Asael
Teaches history <strong>at</strong> <strong>Ein</strong> Pr<strong>at</strong> – <strong>The</strong> Academy for Leadership and is the coordin<strong>at</strong>or of the <strong>Tikvah</strong>
Found<strong>at</strong>ion Honors Program <strong>at</strong> Herzog College
Aumann, Robert
Winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for 2005 and one of the founders of the
Center for R<strong>at</strong>ionality <strong>at</strong> the Hebrew University
Bar<strong>at</strong>z, Ran
Academic director of the <strong>Tikvah</strong> <strong>Israel</strong> <strong>Fellows</strong> and chair of a new joint venture between Bar Ilan
University and the <strong>Tikvah</strong> Fund
Diskin, Abraham
Professor of political science <strong>at</strong> the Hebrew University and consultant to leading <strong>Israel</strong>i decisionmaking
bodies
Goodman, Micah
Director of <strong>Ein</strong> Pr<strong>at</strong> – <strong>The</strong> Academy for Leadership, a celebr<strong>at</strong>ed Zionist thinker and author of an
<strong>Israel</strong>i bestseller on Maimonides
Gordis, Daniel
Senior Vice President of the Shalem Center and author of numerous books on Jewish thought and
currents in <strong>Israel</strong>
Hartman, David
A leading contemporary Jewish philosopher and intern<strong>at</strong>ionally renowned author
Hellner-Eshed, Melila
A central figure in the <strong>Israel</strong>i renaissance of Jewish textual study and a teacher of Jewish mysticism
<strong>at</strong> the Hebrew University, the Conserv<strong>at</strong>ive Rabbinical Seminary and Hebrew Union College
Henkin, Yagil
Lecturer and instructor in the IDF Command and Staff College

Hussein, Forsan
Chief Executive Officer of the Jerusalem Intern<strong>at</strong>ional YMCA and founder of numerous intern<strong>at</strong>ional
organiz<strong>at</strong>ions promoting peace between Palestinians and <strong>Israel</strong>is
Inbar, Efraim
Professor of political science <strong>at</strong> Bar Ilan University and the director of its Begin-Sad<strong>at</strong> (BESA) Center
for Str<strong>at</strong>egic Studies
Infeld, Avraham
Founder and director of a succession of educ<strong>at</strong>ional institutions, President Emeritus of Hillel
Intern<strong>at</strong>ional and founder of Melitz
Kelman, Naamah
<strong>The</strong> first woman to be ordained by the Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem and Dean of the College
Magen, Amichai
Director of the <strong>Institute</strong> for Democracy, Law and Diplomacy, Associ<strong>at</strong>e Fellow <strong>at</strong> the Shalem Center
and a Visiting Fellow <strong>at</strong> the Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Moav, Omer
Professor in the Department of Economics of the Hebrew University and Royal Holloway College,
University of London
Polisar, Daniel
Among the founders of the Shalem Center and president since 2002
Segal, Dani
Director of the <strong>Tikvah</strong> <strong>Israel</strong> <strong>Fellows</strong> and official rabbi of the community of Alon, in which <strong>Ein</strong> Pr<strong>at</strong> is
loc<strong>at</strong>ed
Singer, Saul
Co-author, with Dan Senor, of the best-selling book Start-Up N<strong>at</strong>ion: <strong>The</strong> Story of <strong>Israel</strong>'s Economic
Miracle
Steinberg, Gerald
Founder of Bar Ilan University’s Program on Conflict Management and Negoti<strong>at</strong>ion and a professor in
the Department of Political Science
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Troy, Gil
Professor of history <strong>at</strong> McGill University, a fellow <strong>at</strong> the Shalom Hartman <strong>Institute</strong> and a visiting
scholar affili<strong>at</strong>ed with the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington
Wistrich, Robert S.
Neuberger Chair of Modern European and Jewish History <strong>at</strong> the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Yaalon, Moshe
Vice Premier, Minister of Str<strong>at</strong>egic Affairs and a Likud Knesset Member; also a Lt. Gen. (ret.) and
former Chief of Staff of the <strong>Israel</strong>i Defense Forces
Yemini, Ben-Dror
One of <strong>Israel</strong>’s leading journalists and former advisor to the <strong>Israel</strong>i Minister of Immigr<strong>at</strong>ion
Absorption and spokesman of the Ministry
Zertal, Adam
Professor of archaeology <strong>at</strong> Haifa University and head of a research team focused on the region of
the Jordan Valley and Samaria

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Joseph Hayyim Brenner, “Self-Criticism,” in A. Herzberg, ed., <strong>The</strong>
Zionist Idea, 307-312.
Jacob Kl<strong>at</strong>zkin in A. Herzberg, ed., <strong>The</strong> Zionist Idea, 314-327.
Z. Jabotinsky, Jabotinsky to the Peel Commission.
Z. Jabotinsky, <strong>The</strong> Iron Wall.
Evidence of David Ben-Gurion, “<strong>The</strong> Jewish Plan for Palestine:
Memoranda and St<strong>at</strong>ements Presented by the Jewish Agency for
Palestine to the United N<strong>at</strong>ions Special Committee on Palestine,”
Jerusalem: 1947.
B. Locker, <strong>The</strong> Jews and Palestine: Historical Connection and
Historic Right. London: Palestine Labour Studies, 1938.
Amos
Hosea

Week Four: Economics and Society
Lecturer Text Page
Gideon Shimoni
Please see texts from previous week.
Steven Cohen
Micah Goodman
Omer Moav
Saul Singer
Steven M. Cohen and Ari Y. Kelman, Beyond Distancing: Young
Adult American Jews and <strong>The</strong>ir Alien<strong>at</strong>ion from <strong>Israel</strong>.
Peter Beinart, “<strong>The</strong> Failure of the American Jewish
Establishment” New York Review of Books, June 10, 2010.
Steven M. Cohen, “Comments on Beinart,” May 21, 2010.
Samuel II
Omer Moav, “A <strong>The</strong>oretician's Quarrel with <strong>The</strong>ory” – Book
Review of Economic Tales (Hebrew), by Ariel Rubinstein. Azure,
V: 42, 2010.
Omer Moav, "Who Needs Job Security?"
David Horovitz, “<strong>The</strong> Tried to Kill Us, We Won, Now We’re
Changing the World.” Jerusalem Post, January 4, 2011.
Week Five: Judaism
Lecturer
Asahel Abelman
Text
Rivka Sch<strong>at</strong>z Uffenheimer, Preface in B.Z. Boxer (ed), Abraham
Isaac Kook: <strong>The</strong> Classics of Western Spirituality. N.Y 1978.
Michael Zvi Nehorai, “Rav Reines and Rav Kook: Two
Approaches to Zionism” in B.Ish Shalom (ed.), <strong>The</strong> World of Rav
Kook's Thought. Jerusalem 1991.
Page
Yair Sheleg
Ran Bar<strong>at</strong>z
Yair Sheleg, <strong>The</strong> Jewish Renaissance in <strong>Israel</strong>i Society: <strong>The</strong>
Emergence of a New Jew. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Israel</strong> Democracy <strong>Institute</strong>, 2010.
Z. Jabotinsky, <strong>The</strong> Iron Wall.
Z. Jabotinsky, <strong>The</strong> Ethics of the Iron Wall.
Week Six: Judaism and <strong>Israel</strong>
Lecturer Text Page
Micah Goodman Kings I
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