2003-2004 Series: Religion and Politics in Israel

• Colloquium by Dr. Joseph Spoerl
  Philosophy Department, Saint Anselm College
  
  “Reading About the Middle East.” (PDF/81 KB)
  
  Dr. Spoerl has been studying the Israel/Palestine conflict for a number of years and has collected a significant amount of sources on the topic. In his talk, Dr. Spoerl will review books, articles, Web sites, and other materials that one might find useful to understand and assess the political and religious discords associated with the Middle East, in particular Israel/Palestine.
  
  
• Essay by  Dr. Yedida Itzhaki
  Bar-Ilan University, Israel
  "Israel Between Democracy and Religion" (PDF/31KB)
  
  
• Lecture by Dr. Bernard Avishai, Ph.D.
  Dr. Bernard Avishai, a professor of Business and Government at the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Israel,  recently gave a lecture at the NHIOP entitled "Can A 'Jewish' State Also Be Democratic?"