By attorney Iris Rochel, written as part of a speech course Good evening to you. My name is Iris Rochel, I am a lawyer by profession, today I would like to present to you in a period of 5 minutes the importance of conducting experiments on animals. First, I would like to advance...
By Yariv Zilberman The speech was presented as part of a public speaking workshop I will speak today about the opposition to the State of Israel's aid to finance the electric car. In recent years, global awareness of health and the quality of the environment is gaining momentum. As a result of the growing awareness, Shay Agassi established one of the senior...
Public discussion (debate) on the transplant policy in Israel: who should receive? Who should give? And who should pay? On Saturday evening, June 1, at the public speaking school it is mandatory to donate organs. Are the religious and moral objections of people to donating their organs after...
This article is part of a series of articles on dealing with global warming through carbon sequestration out of the atmosphere. The claim is that carbon sequestration weakens the greenhouse effect by reducing the amount of greenhouse gases. The management of the accounts of the inventory of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is complex,...
The Public Debate Club is an open forum that meets once a month to hold an informed discussion of issues on the public agenda. The purpose of the club is to improve the quality of public discourse by adhering to the rules of speech and objective and informed criticism. The club meets twice a month on Wednesdays, at...
Want to participate in a public debate? Sign up for the 'Hyde Park' club Proposals for classic debates in favor of animal experiments Should a casino be established to develop the Negev Targeted countermeasures as a means of fighting terrorism Passive/active euthanasia Analysis of the causes of domestic violence Death penalty Eating meat against legalization...
Not many undergraduate students in Israel know what rhetoric is, and even fewer know the concept of 'debating', but we all know boring orators or lecturers who are impossible to understand. "'Lack of rhetoric'" characterizes this situation Guy Yariv, who this semester conducts a rhetoric workshop...
What is debating? Debating, as it is practiced in universities in Israel and around the world, is an intellectual sport that challenges rival groups to convince an audience to support or oppose a certain proposal (for example, the establishment of a constitutional court or television broadcasts from courts). The "rules of the game" of the debate give each speaker a chapter...