Thoughts about the Israeli Mind
A talk by Israeli author, thinker, and poet
Yair Assulin
Visiting Lecturer, The Program in Judaic Studies
In this talk, Assulin shares his thoughts and observations about the “Israeli mind” as he sees it and about Israel as a “test case” of the western world. It is based on years of studying, thinking, and writing about identity, story, and place in Israel.
Yair Assulin writes a weekly cultural-political column for Haaretz. He is the author of the novel: The Journey (2011) and The Things Themselves (2014). He published the longform poem “Munich” (2014) and is creator and editor of “Hear My Voice: New Old Psalms” (2017). Assulin was awarded the Sapir Prize for Debut Fiction, The Prime Minister Prize for authors and the Israeli Ministry of Culture Prize. This semester he co-teaches the seminar “State and Religion in Israel.”
This event is hosted by the Modern Hebrew Program at the Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Department, and is co-sponsored by The Program in Judaic Studies and the Council on Middle East Studies at the Macmillan Center, at Yale University
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