Event Date: 16 March 2017
German Historical Institute
17 Bloomsbury Square,
London WC1A 2NJ

European Leo Baeck Institute Lecture Series 2016-17

The Legacy of the Left and Israel: 1967-2017

A lecture series organised by the Leo Baeck Institute London, in cooperation with the German Historical Institute London.

This season´s topic intends to discuss the complicated and multi-layered relationship of the European Left with Zionism and the State of Israel. We will examine this broad subject from a historical perspective and will shed light on the different debates in various European countries.

Roundtable Discussion

Panelists: Nick Cohen (The Observer and The Spectator),  Professor David Feldman (Birkbeck University of London), Professor Christina Späti (University of Fribourg, Switzerland) and Dr Peter Ullrich (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)

Chair: Dr Daniel Wildmann (Leo Baeck Institute London/Queen Mary University of London)