Prof. Mordechai Kremnitzer and Prof. Ruth Gavison address the symposium
The Rabbis' Letter, which prohibits selling or renting real estate in Israel to non-Jews, has created a public storm. Some see this prohibition as a religious requirement and a security necessity, while others see the anti-democratic letter as a desecration of the name of God, an affront to democracy, and an expression of moral collapse and national weakness. On Tuesday, January 18, 2011, this issue was addressed by experts in philosophy, law, and politics at a symposium sponsored by the Israel Democracy Institute, the Van Leer Institute, Hillel, and the Department of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Symposium on the Rabbis' Letter
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
The Van Leer Institute
43 Jabotinsky Street, Jerusalem
5:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
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