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Israel's Elections: An Endless Cycle?

Date: 
December 05, 2019
TIME: 
7:30 PM
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Location: 
Congregation Beth El
1301 Oxford St.
City: 
Berkeley
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$0 ~ Free and Open to the Public!

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A Conversation With Sue Fishkoff And Dr. Tomer Persico

Israel has held two elections in six months, and since there is still no government in place, there may even be a third. While an ordeal for Israelis, these elections offer a unique perspective into the inner mechanics of Israeli society and politics. Join us as J. editor Sue Fishkoff interviews visiting Israeli scholar Dr. Tomer Persico about what has shifted in Israeli society and politics, what has remained the same and what Israel's political future might bring. CO-SPONSORS: Congregation Beth El, Congregation Netivot Shalom, and Jewish Gateways LOGISTICS When: December 5 | 7:30pm Where: Congregation Beth El 1301 Oxford St. Berkeley, CA 94709 RSVP at https://act.jstreet.org/signup/israels-endless-elections-conversation/
Interests: Israel, Meetings
Organized By: 
J Street
Co-organizers: 
Congregation Beth El, Congregation Netivot Shalom, and Jewish Gateways
Event Contact Person: 
Jordan Newmark
301.691.8608
jordannewmark@jstreet.org
Event Website: 
https://act.jstreet.org/signup/israels-endless-elections-conversation/
Speakers: 
Sue Fishkoff
Sue Fishkoff has worked in Jewish journalism for the past 30 years and authored two books on the subject. She spent seven years in Israel as a staff writer for the Jerusalem Post and six years as a national correspondent for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency before becoming J.’s editor in 2011.
Dr. Tomer Persico
Dr. Tomer Persico is the Koret Visiting Assistant Professor at the UC Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies and the Shalom Hartman Institute's Bay Area Scholar in Residence. He has taught for the last eight years at the Department for Comparative Religion in Tel-Aviv University. His fields of study are contemporary spirituality, Jewish Renewal, forms of secularization and trends of secularization and religiosity in Israel.