It’s About Time!
Do you have “zman” – time? This root, “z.m.n,” is used in so many words in Hebrew, it definitely merits an episode to itself
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Hannah Arendt under the microscope
Evaluating the Jewish-German philosopher’s theories on totalitarianism through testimonies of Holocaust victims and survivors.
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Desert flowers with deep roots – Israel in Translation
An introduction to the work of Tel Aviv-born Michal Govrin, who has described her poems as the flowers of a desert plant with very deep roots.
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Moments and movements of resistance in Israel and beyond
Prof. Lev Grinberg, a sociologist at Ben-Gurion University, gives a fresh analysis of power relations between the political hegemony and the people.
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A Full Trunk of blues
Full Trunk is an Israeli blues-rock quartet. We attended Monday’s album release show and spoke with the band about their new all-English record.
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Multiculturalism in Israel: Literary Perspectives
Dr. Adia Mendelson-Maoz talks about her exploration of literary works written by four Israeli groups – Arabs, Mizrahis, Russians, and Ethiopians.
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A desert oasis through the eyes of a blind poet – Israel in Translation
A few weeks ago, Erez Biton was awarded the Israel Prize for literature, becoming the first Mizrahi Jew to receive the prize.
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Hillel House: Key player in identity politics
Ella Ben Hagay, a social psychologist, talks about her research on the narratives associated with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict among the US diaspora.
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The birth of a Zionist myth
Dr Ofer Nurdheimer Nur talks about the inception of a prominent Zionist myth – the establishment in the early 1920s of the settlement of Upper Bitania.
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