Osher@Dartmouth Summer Lecture Series:Dilemmas of a Jewish and Democratic Israel

Dilemmas of a Jewish and Democratic Israel with Ilan Troen
Ilan Troen - Brandeis Professor, Helping Establish Centers of Israel Studies in the U.S. and Foreign Countries

On a topic that evokes strong feelings on a multitude of issues, Ilan Troen has been in the forefront of developing the field of Israel Studies as an academic subject in Israel and the United States. He will examine core issues in the challenge of reconciling a national movement with democratic principles in an often hostile environment of competing nationalisms both internal and external to the Jewish state.