35 A Culture that Contains Multitudes: The Dean’s Series on Contemporary Thought The Faculty of Jewish Studies’ annual Dean’s Series on Contemporary Thought featured a roster of leading thinkers and public figures on the complex yet fruitful tension between Judaism and Israeli society. Lecturers included: Dr. Ruth Calderon “Judaism and Israeli Culture: The Challenge” Rabbi Shai Piron “The Third Israel: Between Statehood and Traditionalism” Dr. Rani Jaeger “‘The Rabbi Goes Among His People’: Rabbi Abraham Bekhar” Dr. David Lavi “Jewish Studies and Engineering a Hebrew Culture” Dov Elbaum “Towards a Modular Judaism: Insights fromMy Travels in Israel’s Heritage” Prof. Haviva Pedaya “Judaism and Culture: Towards a New Definition of Concepts” Tower of David, Jerusalem
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