Prof. Yaacov Ro’i, author of “The Jewish Movement in the Soviet Union,” discusses the specific features of the movement and what distinguished it from other dissident movements in the Communist bloc.
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“I was deceived by the stars. / There was a dream; it passed. / I have nothing at all in the world, / nothing but a vast waste.”
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As a CIA intelligence analyst in the 1960s, Sovietologist Galia Golan predicted the Prague Spring. She later moved to Israel and became a successful academic and activist.
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What really happened between Esther and Achashverosh? Why did Haman fall out with Mordechai? What drove the king’s most trusted advisor to plot to wipe out an entire sector of society?
Read MoreDr Michael Gilmont of King’s College, London, who has studied the policy of water management in Israel over the years. This winter is the driest Israel has known in its recorded history – should we be thankful to consecutive governments for their forward planning that left us with a sufficient amount of fresh water despite the severe drought?
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Distinguished Israeli journalist David Landau joins Gilad Halpern in the studio to discuss his recently published book ‘Arik: The Life of Ariel Sharon.’
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Strange Bedfellows – The Promised Podcast
Shas leader Aryeh Dehri pledges to support Labor party head for Prime Minister: Time for the Left to pal up to the ultra Orthodox? Evangelical support for Israel is drying up: Should we lose sleep over it?
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