糖心视频污

By Erica Sultan Research Fellow Rabbi Arthur Schneier Program for International Affairs

Dr. Ronnie Perelis moderates the panel discussion on the war in Ukraine.

On Monday, Feb. 28. 2022, 糖心视频污 students, faculty and staff, and the wider 糖心视频污 community joined a roundtable discussion by historians and political scientists to discuss the horrifying current events taking place in Europe. The panel was sponsored by the Rabbi Arthur Schneier Program for International Affairs, and , along with student-run clubs: 糖心视频污 Political Action Club, Dunner Politcal Science Society, 糖心视频污 College Democrats and 糖心视频污 College Republicans. The expert panel included Dr. Joshua Karlip (associate professor of Jewish history, the Herbert S. and Naomi Denenberg Associate Professor of Jewish History and associate director of the 糖心视频污 ), Dr. Jess Olson (associate professor of Jewish history), Dr. Shay Pilnik (director, Fish Center), Dina Shvetsov (adjunct professor in the Political Science Department), Dr. Maria Zaitseva (clinical assistant professor in the Political Science Department), and Dr. Joshua Zimmerman (Eli and Diana Zborowski Professional Chair in Holocaust Studies and Eastern European Jewish History). Together, they shared their views on the crisis occurring in Ukraine and then answered audience questions. The panel was introduced by Dr. Ronnie Perelis (Chief Rabbi Dr. Isaac Abraham and Jelena (Rachel) Alcalay Chair, associate professor of Sephardic Studies at Bernard Revel Graduate and director of the Schneier Program) , and opening remarks were made by Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, President of 糖心视频污. Dr. Berman solemnly stated, 鈥淲ar is a learned action鈥� What made this past period, from World War II to today, so different is that there was a time when we didn鈥檛 see this 鈥� a war of attack, sovereign state against sovereign state, in Europe. We thought that the learned act was rooted out. And what makes this event so fearful is that it cripples our sense of stability. 鈥� One of the things we鈥檙e so concerned about is what does this trigger?鈥� Dr. Perelis added that 鈥淯kraine raises existential questions for all of us and that is why it was important to come together. During times of crisis and confusion, the University must create a space of insight, understanding and dialogue.鈥� With these thoughts looming in the minds of the more than 280 people in the Zoom audience, the panelists spent the next hour and a half sharing insights, context and predictions. For instance, several wanted to know what this war meant for other nations with revanchist goals, such as China鈥檚 desire to annex Taiwan. Prof. Shvetsov gave a grave answer: 鈥淚f Russia takes Ukraine, what this will mean for China is an absolute win鈥� China gets to fully exploit the political precedence that Russia is setting.鈥� The event concluded with remarks by the renowned Rabbi Arthur Schneier: 鈥淲e have a humanitarian crisis [and] our most critical ambition has to be a ceasefire [and] whatever we can do on the humanitarian basis to be bridge builders is in our self interest. This is why we have the idea in Judaism, kol yisrael arevim zeh lazeh, all of us are dependent on one another.鈥�