Gabriella Blum. Tomorrow 2009

Are we in the midst of a crisis of values? Date: Wednesday, October 21 The rapid rate of change and the overload of crises characterizing our era have changed our ways of living, destabilized our social institutions, shaken norms and challenged our conventional system of values. This global phenomenon manifests itself in different countries and communities across the world. How significant is the impact of this phenomenon? Is Israeli society in the midst of a breakdown of values? Has this impacted the Jewish world and if so, what is the remedy? Moderator Ruth Calderon, Israel Ph.D. in Talmudic Studies; Founder, Alma Home for Hebrew Culture in Tel Aviv Participants Gabriella Blum, USA Assistant Professor, Harvard Law School; Scholar of international relations and law Yuval Cherlow, Israel Rabbi, Head of Yeshivat Ha-Hesder Petach Tikva; Co-Founder, Tzohar Organization; Member, the Helsinki Committee for biomedical research involving human subjects Yaron Ezrahi, Israel Professor of Political Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Senior Fellow Emeritus, Israel Democracy Institute; Participated in the effort to draft a written Israeli constitution Asa Kasher, Israel Professor of Philosophy, Tel Aviv University; Recipient, Israel Prize in Philosophy, 2000 Michael Walzer, USA Professor Emeritus, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University; Co-Editor, journal "Dissent" Ruth R. Wisse, USA Professor of Yiddish Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature, Harvard University