The Judicial reforms advanced by the new government in Israel have triggered an enormous amount of division and controversy. In this debate, important voices from both sides will advance their arguments, moderated by Jewish Journal columnist Shmuel Rosner.

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MK Simcha Rothman
MK Simcha Rothman (Religious Zionism party) is Chair of Constitution, Law and Justice Committee and a former member of the Judicial Selection Committee. He formerly founded and was legal adviser to The Movement for Governability and Democracy (Meshilut), a leading voice against judicial activism and for the prop-er separation of powers in Israel. Roth-man’s first book, “Supreme Rulers: How Israel Became a Juristocracy” (2019) was a national bestseller. His new book is “Why Should the People Pick the Judg-es?”. He earned an L.L.M. in Public Law through Tel Aviv and Northwestern Uni-versities and his L.L.B. from Bar-Ilan Uni-versity. He also studied in Yeshivat Kerem B’Yavneh and served as a chaplain in the IDF’s Combat Engineering Corps.

Professor Yaniv Roznai
Yaniv Roznai is an Associate Professor and Vice-Dean at the Harry Radzyner Law School, and C0-director at the Rubin-stein Center for Constitutional Challeng-es, Reichman University. He holds a PhD and LL.M (Distinction) from The London School of Economics (LSE), and LLB and BA degrees (Magna cum Laude) in Law and Government from the IDC. Prof. Roz-nai’s scholarship focuses on comparative constitutional law, constitutional theory, legisprudence, and public international law. He is a prize-winning scholar whose works have been cited by courts the world over, and the author of “Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments” (Oxford Uni-versity Press, 2018) and “Constitutional Revolution” (Yale University Press 2020).

Professor Yaniv Roznai
Yaniv Roznai is an Associate Professor and Vice-Dean at the Harry Radzyner Law School, and C0-director at the Rubin-stein Center for Constitutional Challeng-es, Reichman University. He holds a PhD and LL.M (Distinction) from The London School of Economics (LSE), and LLB and BA degrees (Magna cum Laude) in Law and Government from the IDC. Prof. Roz-nai’s scholarship focuses on comparative constitutional law, constitutional theory, legisprudence, and public international law. He is a prize-winning scholar whose works have been cited by courts the world over, and the author of “Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments” (Oxford Uni-versity Press, 2018) and “Constitutional Revolution” (Yale University Press 2020).

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