The Covid-19 Pandemic in Israel
Zoom Webinar
In this Zoom lecture, a prominent Israeli demographer will discuss trends and outcomes of the response to Covid-19 in Israel. He will address major health outcomes of the pandemic there, background indicators for how people coped, and the particular case of Ultra-Orthodox adherence to the commandment to “take careful heed of yourselves.”
Featuring
Uzi Rebhun
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Uzi Rebhun is the Shlomo Argov Chair in Israel-Diaspora Relations and head of the division of Jewish Demography & Statistics and the A. Harman Research Institute of Contemporary Jewry at The Hebrew University. He has written extensively on international and internal migration, the Jewish family, group identity, Israel-Diaspora relations, and antisemitism.
Rebhun completed his doctorate in 1997 at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was trained as a post-doc at the Center for the Study of World Religions of Harvard University (1997–98).
Cosponsors
Presented with support from the Goldhirsh-Yellin Foundation, the Klatt family, and the Harry Stern Family Foundation.
