This year’s lecture will be presented by Professor David Schneller, Assistant Professor of Art History, on Monday, March 9, 2026. All are welcome but kindly RSVP in advance by emailing: ycastellanos@support.ucla.edu or call (310) 825-0913 by March 2.
Join us on March 9 for an in-person-only conversation at UCLA on key legal battles in Israel to protect and advance Israeli democracy and religious pluralism. Without the protections of a written constitution and a clear separation of religion and state, Israelis face unique challenges in securing fundamental rights to equality and religious freedom under Israeli law. Although Israel’s Declaration of Independence commits to “complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race, or sex” the authority of the Orthodox Chief Rabbinate and the disproportionate influence of Orthodox political parties within Israel’s parliamentary system...