Israel’s Declaration of Independence with Neil Rogachevsky and Dov Zigler

Date: Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST

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Please join The Paul E. Singer Foundation and Sidelines for an evening with Neil Rogachevsky and Dov Zigler, co-authors of the recently published Israel’s Declaration of Independence: The History and Political Theory of the Nation’s Founding Moment.

Through a presentation of the drafts of Israel’s Declaration of Independence in English for the first time, Dov Zigler and Neil Rogachevsky shed new light on the dilemmas of politics, diplomacy, and values faced by Israel’s leaders as they charted the path to independence and composed what became modern Israel’s most important political text.

This event is hosted by the Paul E. Singer Foundations and Sidelines at Moise Safra Center (130 E. 82nd Street) in New York City.

Dr. Neil Rogachevsky

Neil Rogachevsky is associate director and assistant professor at the Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought at Yeshiva University, where he researches and teaches Israel studies and political philosophy. His writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Mosaic, Jewish Review of Books, American Interest, Ha'aretz, American Affairs, and other publications. With Dov Zigler, he is the author of Israel's Declaration of Independence: The History and Political Theory of the Nation's Founding Moment and is currently working on a book on constitutional debates in 1948-1949. He received his BA from McGill University, his MA from the University of Toronto, and his PhD from the University of Cambridge.

Dov Zigler

Dov Zigler is the author of Israel’s Declaration of Independence: The History and Political Theory of the Nation’s Founding Moment (Cambridge University Press, 2023), co-authored with Neil Rogachevsky. He is an investor and Chief International Economist at Element Capital in New York. He was previously a financial markets economist at Scotiabank and held a teaching fellowship at McGill University in the department of North American studies. He has also held a research fellowship at the Shalem Center and worked as an analyst at the Canadian Department of National Defence. He holds an M.A. from The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, a B.A. (Hons.) from McGill University, and a B.E.I. certificate from Sciences-Po in Paris and has been an Asper Fellow at the Hebrew University. He is vice chairman of the Montreal Bach Festival.

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Israel’s Declaration of Independence with Neil Rogachevsky and Dov Zigler

Dr. Neil Rogachevsky

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