Thoughts about the Israeli Mind

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 Drive (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)