Yohanan Plesner's guest appearances

Yohanan Plesner

Park Avenue Synagogue Podcast

Congregation Emanu-El

The David Suissa Podcast: L'Dor V'Dor with Shanni & David

On Israel with Ben Caspit, an Al-Monitor podcast

Gilad Kariv

Tiffany Shlain

Elie Wiesel

Bradley Shavit Artson

Ilana Kaufman

Debbie Friedman

Natalie Portman

Yossi Klein Halevi

Shimon Peres

Lawrence Kushner

Abby Walker

Benny Gantz

Michael Oren

Benay Lappe

Kol Nidre

OwlTail

Ben Caspit talks this week with Yohanan Plesner, president of the Israel Democracy Institute. Plesner warns that the undermining of Israel’s democracy may seem unconceivable, but is indeed possible. For Plesner, some eastern European countries — where democracy is being eroded — are models that Israel should not learn from. "Under certain circumstances we could find ourselves in a similar situation. It’s a situation where populist leaders frame their rule as the rule of a strong man representing the people against the elite, undermining free media, professional bureaucracy, civil society and independent judiciary,” he says. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

<p>Ben Caspit talks this week with Yohanan Plesner, president of the Israel Democracy Institute. Plesner warns that the undermining of Israel’s democracy may seem unconceivable, but is indeed possible. For Plesner, some eastern European countries — where democracy is being eroded — are models that Israel should not learn from. "Under certain circumstances we could find ourselves in a similar situation. It’s a situation where populist leaders frame their rule as the rule of a strong man representing the people against the elite, undermining free media, professional bureaucracy, civil society and independent judiciary,” he says. </p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>

Democracy watchdog chief Yohanan Plesner: Don’t take Israel’s democracy for granted 

Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) President Yohanan Plesner discussed the aftermath of the 2015 Israeli elections with radio talk show host, speaker, and professor, John Rothmann at Congregation Emanu-El on June 10, 2015.

A conversation with IDI President Yohanan Plesner on the aftermath of the 2015 Israeli elections