Thursday, May 25, Shavuot Friday evening, from 7:30 PM-12:45 PM
With former Prime Minister and opposition leader Yair Lapid, Maj. Gen. (res.) Ami Ayalon, Prof. Karin Nahon, Rabbi Esteban Gottfried, Rabbi Ariel Pollak, Rabbi Mira Raz and many others.
19:30-19:45 Musical opening
Rabbi Esteban Gottfried, Rabbi Ariel Pollak, Athaliah Lavie
19:45-20:00 Everyone wants unity, but for what?
Rabbi Roni Klein
20:00-20:15 [In English] These are things that have no lesson – Prof. Shani Zoref
These are the things that have no shiur – Prof. Shani Tzoref
20:15-20:30 [In English] Jewish mindfulness – Marija Gorodiski
Jewish Mindfulness – Mareike Gorodisky
20:30-21:00 Holiday reception and musical evening
Rabbi Esteban Gottfried, Rabbi Ariel Pollak, Athaliah Lavie
21:00-21:45 The Jewish and Democratic State of Israel
Maj. Gen. (Res.) Ami Ayalon – Head of the Shin Bet and former Commander of the Navy
21:45-22:00 Snack and coffee break
22:00-22:45 On borders and power in the information age, and where it meets Israeli democracy
Prof. Karin Nahon, Head of the Data, Governance and Democracy Track at Reichman University
22:45-23:00 Coffee break and music
23:00-23:45 The punishment of Moses our Lord
Yair Lapid, former Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition
23:45-00:00 Nighttime music break and snacks
00:00-00:15 Kabbalistic and psychoanalytic reflections on unity and separation
Rabbi Ariel Pollak
00:15-00:30 Shavuot Tikkun as a protest crying out for change
Many Mira Raz
00:30-00:45 [In English] Missing or Hidden? A Look at the Incomplete Acrostic of the "Asheri" Prayer – Rachel Schwartzman
Missing or Hidden? A look at the incomplete acrostic of the Ashrei prayer –Rachel Schwarzman
00:45-01:00 [In English] Tisha Kabin, Seriously? Rethinking Talmudic Units of Measure – Peter Reuven
No, nine kav, really? Not so straight: forward thinking on Talmudic units of measurement – Peter Reuven