Israel Speaker Series: Academic Boycott & The Future of The Start-Up Nation

Minneapolis Jewish Federation’s Israel Center Presents Israel Speaker Series. There is so much misinformation about Israel that it is hard to keep things straight. The Israel Speaker Series aims to provide factual information on pressing topics, information on how our community is helping Israel, and inspiration about the place we consider so important. Regardless of someone’s knowledge or comfort level regarding Israel, there is something for everyone!

We are excited to welcome Professor Netta Barak-Corren as our first Israel Speaker Series guest. Join Professor Netta Barak-Corren on Zoom to learn about the recent academic boycott and how it affects the future of the Start-Up Nation. Click here to register.

Professor Netta Barak-Corren is a legal scholar and cognitive scientist, focusing on empirical and behavioral analysis of constitutional and public law, with a particular interest in conflicts of rights and the interaction between law and religion and law and social norms.  Most of Barak-Corren’s research is geared towards developing an empirical approach to constitutional law and she recently won an ERC Starting Grant to develop this new approach. Barak-Corren received her first degrees in Law in Cognitive Science from the Hebrew University (Valedictorian and three-time recipient of the Albert Einstein and Rector awards). She then clerked for the Chief Justice of the Israeli Supreme Court, Hon. Dorit Beinish, and pursued doctoral studies at Harvard, graduating in 2016.