LECTURES

Here you can access our lectures online. Conversations with scholars, artists, and intellectuals from diverse places around the world, offering contemporary, philosophical, social, and critical perspectives through multidisciplinary viewpoints.

What has become of the humanistic values of the Jewish tradition?

In this lecture, Rabbi Stephen Berkowitz reflects on the humanist values of the Jewish tradition and their place in Israel today. Drawing on biblical and rabbinic texts, he explores traditions of justice and compassion developed over centuries of Jewish history. The lecture is part of ZMAN EMET, a joint project of EJC, JCall Spain, and the Barcelona Jewish Film Festival.

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The occupation from within

Israeli human rights lawyer Michael Sfard reflects on the dilemma of challenging occupation and apartheid through the very legal system that sustains them, discussing his legal work in recent years and the themes of his book The Occupation from Within. The lecture is part of ZMAN EMET, a joint project of EJB, JCall Spain, and the Barcelona Jewish Film Festival.

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Political Imagination in Times of Crisis

Norma Musih, researcher of visual culture and digital media at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, examines the crisis of political imagination in the context of the war in Israel–Palestine. Drawing on Hannah Arendt, she reflects on the relationship between images and imagination and discusses artistic and activist practices that envision possible futures. The lecture is part of ZMAN EMET, a joint project of EJB, JCall Spain, and the Barcelona Jewish Film Festival.

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Between the River and the Sea

Prof. Hillel Cohen discusses the illustrated memoir Between the River and the Sea: My Travels in Israel and Palestine, written with illustrator Yana Bukler in the aftermath of October 7. Drawing on decades of encounters between Jewish and Palestinian narratives, the book reflects on memory, conflict, and lived realities in the region. The lecture is part of ZMAN EMET, a joint project of EJB, JCall Spain, and the Barcelona Jewish Film Festival.

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LECTURES

What has become of the humanistic values of the Jewish tradition?

The occupation from within

Political Imagination in Times of Crisis

“Tikkun Olam” in a Minor Key – Lecture with Prof. Viviane Liska

Arab Society in Israel: After October 7 and Ahead of the Knesset Elections

Between the River and the Sea