Program Description: Prof. David Katz “Commemorating Loss and Celebrating Independence Post Oct.7”
Israel is a nation in which loss and independence are inherently intertwined, as evidenced by the establishment on consecutive days of Yom HaZikron and Yom Haatzmaut, national Memorial Day and Independence Day. The connection between mourning our loss and celebrating our freedom is especially complicated and difficult now in the wake of the horrific Oct. 7 attacks.
David Katz, professor at the University of Haifa in the Dept. of Geography and Environmental Studies, specializes in political geography and environmental policy. His projects involving trans-boundary water management have had positive impacts on Israeli-Palestinian-Jordanian relations. Currently David is an Israel Institute visiting scholar at Duke University’s Nicholas School of Environment.
