Our founding academic group, hosted by Professors Nissim Mizrachi and Menachem Mautner of Tel Aviv University, explores the problematic place of liberal values in Israel today. A group of 25 professors, post-doctoral students, and doctoral candidates consider why so many in Israel are alienated from a liberal, progressive agenda and how to rethink the fundamental ideas of Israeli liberalism in order to create a vision for society that works for all its component parts. In Fall 2015, the group’s work was featured at a major conference held at Tel Aviv University. Members of the group are currently preparing articles for a special issue of the well-regarded Alpayim academic journal on their work; publication is scheduled for Fall 2018.