University of Haifa. The Faculty of Education 2nd Conference: New Anti-Semitism - Educational Challenges: Israel between Anti-Judaism, Anti-Semitism and New Progressivism
Thursday, 19 May 2011, Hecht Museum, main Building, University of Haifa Chair: Prof. Ilan Gur-Ze'ev Steering Committee: Prof. Ilan Gur-Ze'ev and Dr. Arie Kizel 9:00-09:30 Gathering (soft drinks) 9:30 Greetings: Prof. Aaron Ben-Ze'ev, President, University of Haifa, Prof. Ofra Mayseless, Dean of the Faculty of Education 09:45-10:15 Keynote Lecture Prof. Ilan Gur-Ze'ev: The role of the Jewish state in the West's quest for self-annihilation 10:15-11:45 The theological-philosophical context of the new Anti-Semitism Chair: Dr. Annabel Herzog Prof. Haim Gordon, The history of the Islamic countries and the new Anti-Semitism Dr. Raphael Zagury-Orly, The symbol Alain Badiou Dr. Itzhak Benyamini, The absent Jew in the universalist utopia and the Paulinic logic of Badiou and Zizek Tomer Persico, New age spirituality and its overcoming Christian Religiosity Dr. Aim Deuel Lusky, The philosophy of ancient Israel - the pre-Monotheistic model or, what is Judaism? 11:45-12:00 Coffee break 12:00-13:30 New Anti-Semitism in action Chair: Prof. Anita Shapira Prof. Asa Kasher, De-legitimization: conceptual and ethical dilemmas Prof. Dina Porat, The Christian roots of Holocaust denial Prof. Hanan Alexander, Mature Zionism: criticizing Israel without it's Delegitimization Dr. Gadi Taub, Human rights vs. human rights: the latest attack on Jewish right for self-determination 13:30-14:30 Lunch break 14:30-16:00 Addressing the challenges of new-Anti-Semitism Chair: Prof. Sophia Menashe Dr. Alex Jacobson, Western liberal left and the Jewish state Prof. Oz Almog, Humanization as an alternative to sanctions: Sociological ignorance as the source of enmity Ben-Dror Yemini, Ignorance is power Bambi Sheleg, The toll of Western sense of supremacy Asaf Sagiv, From Christian theology to pagan ontology and again: the transformation of Anti-Semitism in a postmodern era 16:00-16:15 Coffee break 16:15-17:30 Round Table, New Anti-Semitism? Chair: Dr. Arie Kizel Participating: Prof. Philip Wexler, Prof. Nimrod Alony, Dr. Alex Jacobson, Prof. Ilan Gur-Ze'ev Free and open to the public Faculty of Education Haifa University Email: aki...@gmail.com --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
