Sponsored by the Committee on Jewish Studies, the Patinkin is an annual public lecture related to modern Israeli studies, such as the history and establishment of Israel, Israeli government, politics, political parties, and culture.
| 2007 |
Shimshon Zelniker Director of the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute and former Special Advisor to Prime Minister Shimon Peres "Deadlock in Inertia: The Stalled Peace Talks and the Israeli Domestic Crisis" |
| 2006 |
Matti Bunzl PhD 1998, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign "Theodor Herzl's Stepchildren: The Jews of Europe and the Israeli Question" |