In the wake of yet another round of violent escalation between Jews and Arabs, Israelis and Palestinians, it is time to both grieve and gather our thoughts:

• What are the origins of this ongoing conflict and its recent iteration?
• What are the psychological, social and political implications?
• Are there promising paths for a better future?

Is Israel the world’s pariah, and if so why and what can be done about it?

Join The Ithaca Area United Jewish Community (IAUJC) in an open conversation with Uriel Abulof, Israel Institute Visiting Professor in the Department of Government at Cornell. Abulof studies the politics of fear, happiness and hope, legitimation, social movements, existentialism, nationalism and ethnic conflicts.

Senior Lecturer (US rank Associate Professor), School of Political Science, Government and International Affairs, Tel-Aviv University, 2015-present

A program of the Ithaca Area United Jewish Community

Please register here and a Zoom link will be sent to you prior to the event.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfhIu6kfJ__2T8i6chrLK714xNoUAocXI0PfPn5q9skTtxCwA/viewform

Deadline to register is Friday, June 11 at 3 p.m.

For more information, contact Marjorie Hoffman at info@iaujc.org.

See also: Oded Carmeli. ‘If Liberalism Wants to Save Itself, It Needs to Contemplate Suicide’. 12 Apr 2019. Haaretz.

‘If liberalism wants to save itself, it needs to contemplate suicide’

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