Roundtable: Ultra-Orthodox Leadership – Past and Future

	Event Date(s): 6/29/2011
	Date Published: 6/20/2011	Last Updated: 7/3/2011
	Category: Events

Book cover of book on ultra-Orthodox leadership by Dr. Benjamin Brown

On Thursday, June 30, 2011, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., IDI's George Shultz Roundtable Forum convened to mark the publication of Dr. Benjamin Brown's book Toward Democratization in the Haredi Leadership? The Doctrine of Da′at Torah at the Turn of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries. This event presented diverse views on how patterns of leadership formulated in Haredi society in the past have influenced the nature of Haredi leadership today and may shape its direction in the future.

This event was open to the public with advance registration and was broadcast live on the IDI website. Full video can be found at the bottom of this page. (Hebrew)

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Roundtable: Ultra-Orthodox Leadership – Past and Future
June 30, 2011
The Israel Democracy Institute
4 Pinsker Street, Jerusalem
5:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.

Participants

Moderator: Avishai Ben-Haim, Journalist; Channel 10 commentator on the ultra-Orthodox community

Speakers:

MK Rabbi Chaim Amsellem, Shas; Founder of the Am Shalem (A Unified People) movement
Dr. Benjamin Brown, Researcher, Israel Democracy Institute; Department of Jewish History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Dr. Lee Cahaner, Researcher, Israel Democracy Institute; School of Public Policy, University of Haifa
Prof. Menachem Friedman, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Bar-Ilan University
Dr. Tzvia Greenfeld, Director, Mifneh Institute for Democracy and Judaism
Rabbi Moshe Grylak, Editor-In-Chief, Mishpacha magazine
Attorney Rabbi Dov Halbertal, Lecturer in Jewish Law
Mr. Shahar Ilan, VP of Research and Information, Hiddush – For Religious Freedom and Equality; Knesset advisor on the Tal Law
Prof. Shalom Rosenberg, Head of Jewish Philosophy, Beit Morasha of Jerusalem and Lander College
Prof. Yedidia Stern, Vice President of Research, Israel Democracy Institute; Faculty of Law, Bar-Ilan University
Rabbi David (Dudi) Zilbershlag, CEO, Kesharim Consulting and Strategic Planning