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Join Nachman Shai, Ph.D., Dean of the Taube Family Campus, for a rare and candid conversation about one of the most pressing challenges of our time. Joined by Andrew Rehfeld, Gus W. Herrman President Chair and Professor of Political Thought, they will discuss the political tensions and global consequences of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

As conflict in the Middle East intensifies, questions that were once theoretical have become urgent: What are the real political forces shaping the region — and how are they reshaping Jewish identity worldwide? How is the war in Gaza redefining alliances, straining diplomacy, and forcing governments and communities alike to take sides? And as international pressure on Israel mounts, what does it mean for the future of the Jewish state and its relationship with diaspora communities?

Dean Shai brings an extraordinary depth of lived experience to this discussion. A recognized scholar, former Minister of Diaspora Affairs for Israel, the IDF spokesperson during the Gulf War, and former Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, he has spent his career at the crossroads of politics, diplomacy, and Jewish identity — and now leads the College’s Taube Family Campus at a pivotal moment in history.

This conversation may not offer easy answers, but it will offer something rarer: honest, firsthand perspectives from a leader who has wrestled with these questions from the inside.

We hope you will join us.