Night of Philosophy 2026
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A night of philosophy and literature on values, on shared life in Israel, the Middle East, Europe, and the world. The event will address questions of post-war rehabilitation and social, economic, and political tensions, and how to move forward towards a shared future.
A night of philosophy and literature on values, on shared life in Israel, the Middle East, Europe, and the world. The event will address questions of post-war rehabilitation and social, economic, and political tensions, and how to move forward towards a shared future.
After more than two years characterized by war, unprecedented social, economic, political, and religious tensions, it's time to think about rebuilding. Where should we begin? How do we relate to past experiences and legacies? How do we rise from pain, trauma, and the loss of lives? How to address the demands of very diverse groups without discriminating or favoring any of them? How to create sustainable bridges between the past and the future?
The tenth edition of the Night of Philosophy in Tel Aviv will address these questions, responding to current urgent challenges and requiring essential clarification regarding the future of living together in Israel, the Middle East, Europe, and the wider world.
**State of Israelis**
- Session in collaboration with the Israeli Thought Institute: Avner Ben-Zaken | Haviva Pedaya | Doron Avital
**Conversations with Meir Wieseltier:**
- Hagit Grossman | Oded Menda-Levy
**On the Concept of Super Philosopher and the Questions to Be Asked in All Futures:**
- Yossi Sucary
**Mourning with Responsibility:**
- Ronit Peled | Yitzhak Benyamini | Raphael Zagury-Orly
**Community of the Future: Belonging and Non-ownership:**
- Yitzhak Benyamini | Orit Yushinsky | Dody Brailovsky | Hovav Reshelev
**An Unsettled Community:**
- Session in collaboration with the Seminar for Continental Philosophy: Shai Blecher | Ronit Peled | Idan Zivoni | Efrat A. Kaplan | Uri Rotlevy
**Are We Still Israelis?**
- Session in collaboration with the Israeli Thought Institute: David Ohana | Shlomo Ben-Ami | Yaron London
**The Philosophical Schools of Petersburg and Paris (Matvey Kagan, Mikhail Bakhtin, Jacob Gordin):**
- Elia Dworkin | Elena Rimon
**Prophecies of Healing: When the Future Saves the Present (in French):**
- Rachel Perlbutter | Gael Hanna Serero
**The Eternal Chance: Youth, Crises, and Renewing the Future:**
- Session in collaboration with the Alumin Association: Roni Eyal Lubeling | Mia Weisel | Chen Shamir
**Restoring Trust, Restoring Democracy:**
- Session in collaboration with Berl Katzenelson Foundation: Miki Peled | Michal Tshernovitsky | Omer Tzanani
**Creative Writing (Change) - What to Write When Democracy Sinks:**
- Session in collaboration with Ofek Publishing: Assaf Sharon | Yofit Tirosh | Rami Hod | Moderator: Tal Weintraub
**Stories for Futures: What Future Deserves a Story? And Which Story Deserves to Live?**
- Session in collaboration with Dror Israel: Yair Assouline | Tal Frew | Keren Dothan | Yair Hegeman | Moderator: Omer Bart Shalom
**Nationality and the Future of Israel and Humanity: A Conversation between Yuli Tamir and Menachem Mautner:**
- Yuli Tamir | Menachem Mautner
**From Plato's Cave to Artificial Intelligence: Philosophy of Education at This Time (Talking from the Field):**
- Session in collaboration with the Democratic Institute: Avital Ofren | Asaf de Vries | Malcham Badr | Moderator: Guy Van-Realt Gal
**Kant's Third Question: "What May I Hope For?":**
- Pini Ifergan | Dror Yinon | Amos Netzer
**Public Policy in the Age of Political Populism: How to Make Serious Public Policy in an Unserious World:**
- Tomer Lotan | Zvika (Biko) Aren
**Seeing Beyond the Hill: Mirav Alush-LeBron Converses with Yonatan Adiri on the Tasks of the Founding Grandchildren:**
- Mirav Alush-LeBron | Yonatan Adiri
**Levinas Now:**
- Daniel Epstein | Shaul Vaktschok
**The Machine - Georges Perec:**
- A Directed Reading on Technological Contemplation of the Twentieth Century
- Directed by: Einat Kafka, Featuring: Nadav Tom Arteshik, Michal Weinberg, Ronen Yifrah, Raphael Saraya Tzarfati, Translation: Yonatan Nirad, Supplementary text by: Alfred Cohen, Sound Design: Noa Weinstein
**Transforming the Break to Speech: Maieutic of the Crack (in French):**
- Haviva Peled | Rachel Perlbutter | Vanessa de Louef-Staub
**Prayer of the Survivor: Intersecting Views between the Bible, Philosophy, and Current Events:**
- Session in collaboration with Shalom Hartman Institute: Naomi Eizen-Been-Shemo | Ariel Seri-Levi | Rachel Frisch | Yaara Rozolio | Michal Govrin
**The European Jewish Question from the Perspective of Israelis:**
- Session in collaboration with Shalom Hartman Institute: Carmi Ben-Yohanan | Yossi Kugler | Hezki Shoham | Hana Pinhesi
**Through Our Eyes - A Conversation on Hope, Belonging, and Responsibility:**
- Mulualem Afrem | Emiya Taga | Betsiamlak Moshe David | Moderator: Liel Masleh
**The Sephardi Beit Midrash:**
- Session in collaboration with Bar-Ilan University: Chaim Sharkey | Dana Abarish | Michal Ohana | Daniel Bouskila
**Creating Hope:**
- Session in collaboration with Bar-Ilan University: Tali Segal | Shiran Greenberg | Chenoch Ben Pazi | Keren Shahar
**Ethics, Tomorrow’s Challenges - Sustainability and New Technology:**
- Session in collaboration with Bar-Ilan University: Shira Vardi | Moiz Navon | Bi Baharier | Chenoch Ben Pazi
**Hope without Illusion: Peace Based on Partnership between Separation to Reconciliation in Israel/Palestine:**
- Session in collaboration with the Van Leer Institute in Jerusalem: Amir Fahuri | Hezekiah Lane | Yasmin Abu Frichra
