This lecture will examine the tension between religion and democracy in Israeli politics and discuss how the Jewish religious tradition can underpin a religious foundation for democracy.
Dr Moshe Hellinger is currently a lecturer in political science at Bar-Ilan University. A teacher and educator, expert in Jewish political thought and in the study of Israeli society. He served as the head of the Schwartz Institute for Ethics, Judaism and State at Beit Morasha in Jerusalem, as academic head of the “Israeli Hope” program and of the program of dialogue between different cultural groups and as director of the Democracy and Citizenship program at Bar-Ilan University.
In partnership with Bar Ilan University.
