May 2008 - The Israel Democracy Institute

May 2008

The State of Israel Turns 60

A Constitution for the State of Israel in 2008?

Watch an update on the constitutional process with MK Prof. Menahem Ben-Sasson

IDI EVENTS

May 13 – Sixty Years of the Israeli Supreme Court: Law, State and Society
The third session of a lecture series examining the evolution and impact of the Israeli Supreme Court (organized in conjunction with Beit Avi Chai)

June 17 – George Shultz Roundtable Forum: Political Sovereignty of the Israeli Periphery
IDI’s June 2008 Roundtable Forum will focus on the relationship between local/peripheral politics and state government. In what ways does entering the political dialogue in Israel impact the periphery’s ability to remain independent? Event Page

June 25 – Forum on Halachic Zionism
How can Torah-based Jewish law be adapted to fit the needs of a modern democratic state? Areas of focus: Meta-Halachic (philosophical) questions, practical issues (legal systems, borders of the State, etc) and the contributions of earlier Jewish thinkers

July 2-3 - 16th annual Caesarea Economic Policy Planning Forum
Experts from the academic world, the Bank of Israel, the Finance Ministry and the business world meet to draw up recommendations in selected areas of Israeli economic policy Event Page

For more information on upcoming events, or to inquire about participation, please contact Ms. Hagit Sharon-Agmon at 02-530-0843

Inside the IDI

Social Identity and Voter Turnout - Momi Dahan and Avi Ben-Bassat

See the newly-released text of a study by IDI Senior researchers Prof. Avi Ben-Bassat and Dr. Momi Dahan on the impact of social identity on voter turnout. The paper was presented at the CESifo Conference on Public Sector Economics in Munich

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Israel at 60: On the Road to Democratic Maturity - an Op-Ed by Barak Cohen

Can Israel create a constitutional framework acceptable to all its citizens? On April 15, IDI conducted a briefing for international diplomats exploring the fundamental challenges underlying Israel’s identity as a “Jewish and Democratic State”

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Who are we? National Identity in the State of Israel - Yael Hadar and Naomi Himeyn-Raisch “A Jewish State… known as the State of Israel” – is our sixty year old state more Jewish than it is Israeli, or more Israeli than it is Jewish? Full Text		Arab Identity in a Jewish and Democratic State - Karin Tamar Schafferman Now is the time to reexamine the relationship between Arabs and Jews in the State of Israel and to ask if equality has been achieved Full Text
Israel: A Society of Immigrants - Karin Tamar Schafferman How well has Israeli society succeeded in absorbing the its numerous waves of Jewish immigrants over the past sixty years? Full Text		Israeli Citizens' Satisfaction with the Country's Situation: Changes Over Time - Nir Atmor For over two decades, IDI's Guttman Center and the Department of Communication of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have been conducting public opinion polls in order to measure how satisfied Israelis are with their life in Israel Full Text

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