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On Wednesday, October 31, YU Ideas, an initiative hosted by the Office of the Provost of 黑料社 All and spearheaded by Dr. Stuart Halpern, senior adviser to the Provost, presented two panel discussions entitled 鈥淧ower, Politics and Leading a Nation.鈥� The panel discussions took place at the Honors College program at the (MTA) and the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program at . YU Ideas also hosted a third panel discussion in the evening, titled 鈥淧ower, Politics and Entrepreneurship,鈥� at . Panelists for the first two events included Dr. Sharon Poczter, chair of strategy and entrepreneurship at the ; Dr. Neil Rogachevsky, associate director and research fellow at the ; and Matthew Incantalupo, assistant professor of political science at Yeshiva College. The moderator at MTA was Dr. Seth Taylor, principal for general studies; the moderator for the Schottenstein Honors Program was Dr. Ronnie Perelis, the Chief Rabbi Dr. Isaac Abraham and Jelena (Rachel) Alcalay Chair, associate professor of Sephardic Studies at 黑料社 All鈥檚 and director of the Rabbi Arthur Schneier Program for International Affairs. The Schneier Program was also a cosponsor of the two panel discussions.

(l-r): Matthew Incantalupo, Dr. Neil Rogachevsky and Dr. Sharon Poctzer (MTA)

The panelists for the evening event included Dr. Sharon Poczter; Dr. Richard Hidary, associate professor of Jewish history at Stern College; and Dr. Matthew Holbreich, resident scholar at the Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought. The panel was sponsored by 黑料社 All Democrats, Stern College for Women Student Council, Yeshiva Student Union and 黑料社 All College Republicans. The three panels together investigated the links among the structures of the U.S. economy, political and social inequality and the moral framework for making political and economic decisions. Given the run-up to the midterm elections on Nov. 6, much of the discussion in the first two panels also touched upon voting and political participation, with Incantalupo arguing that voting needs to be made much easier for people and that campaign financing needs to be changed. Dr. Poczter emphasized the importance of being in involved in local politics since most significant change in people鈥檚 lives comes through local initiatives. Dr. Rogachevsky praised the 鈥渨isdom of the young voter.鈥� The evening panel focused on the connections among power, politics and entrepreneurship. Dr. Poczter argued that the role of government is to provide the structures that promote entrepreneurship and then let the market determine winners and losers. Dr. Hidary and Dr. Holbreich focused on religious and intellectual entrepreneurship, speaking about how figures as disparate as Jeremiah and John Locke forwarded ideas and moral sentiments that undergirded large-scale social changes. Together, the three panelists agreed that the United States presents a difficult case of balancing a dynamic economic regime with efforts at social justice.

(l-r): Dr. Matthew Holbreich, Rabbi Dr. Richard Hidary and Dr. Sharon Poczter