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‘Israel At 70:
Complexity, Challenge
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Michigan State University plans
academic conference.
T
o commemorate the 70th
anniversary of the found-
ing of the State of Israel
and reflect on that history, the
Michigan State University Jewish
Studies Program will sponsor its
largest academic conference ever:
“Israel at 70: Complexity, Challenge
and Creativity” Sept. 16-17 at MSU’s
Kellogg Center.
The conference brings together 40
internationally recognized scholars
from Israel and the United States to
discuss Israeli society, culture, poli-
tics, foreign policy, and agricultural,
biomedical, water, environmental
and business innovation.
Scholars and researchers will
come from Michigan State and
nine other U.S. universities, includ-
ing Syracuse University, Smith
College, Washington University,
Johns Hopkins University, the
University of Notre Dame,
the University of Wisconsin and the
University of Illinois.
Israeli panelists hail from institu-
tions including Hebrew University,
Tel Aviv University, Tel Hai
University, Bar-Ilan University, Ben-
Gurion University, the Weitzmann
Institute, Hadassah University
Hospital and more.
The conference includes entre-
preneurs, venture capitalists, and
members of non-governmental
organizations and think tanks,
including the Brookings Institution
and the Institute for National
Security Studies affiliated with Tel
Aviv University.
A featured key-
note speaker will
be Gilead Sher,
who heads the
Center for Applied
Negotiations and is
a senior researcher
at the Tel Aviv
Institute for
Gilead Sher
National Security
Studies (INSS).
Sher was chief
of staff and policy coordinator to
former Prime Minister Ehud Barak
and, in 1999-2001, he served as the
Israeli chief and co-chief negotiator
at the Camp David summit and the
Taba talks. He has written several
books and co-chairs the NGO Blue
White Future.
Another keynote
speaker will be
Oded Shoseyov, an
expert in nanobio-
technology who
has authored or
co-authored more
than 160 scientific
publications and
Oded Shoseyov
is the inventor or
co-inventor of 45
patents.
Other experts
include Naomi
Chazan, professor
emerita of political
science at Hebrew
University, who
served three terms
Naomi Chazan
as a member of the
Knesset on behalf
of the Meretz Party, has authored
eight books on comparative poli-
tics, served as president of the New
Israel Fund between 2009- 2012
and is among the founders of the
International Women’s Commission
for an Israel-Palestinian Peace.
Another prominent speaker
will be Donna Robinson Divine,
the Morningstar
Family Professor
of Jewish Studies
and professor
of government,
emerita at Smith
College, who has
written several
books and is serv-
Donna Robinson
ing as president of
Divine
the Association for
Israel Studies.
The conference is open and free
to the public. Meals are compli-
mentary, and one can register for
kosher meals. Register at https://
msuisraelat70.eventbrite.com.
If you have any questions, email
the MSU Jewish Studies Program
at jewishst@msu.edu or call (517)
432-3493. •