Politics & Society

Enemies, a Love Story: North African Jews and Muslims in France

Dr. Ethan Katz discusses his book, “The Burdens of Brotherhood: Jews and Muslims from North Africa to France.”

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Charlottesville and Jerusalem

Do Israelis, as Israelis, have any special responsibility to act or any message to deliver about the Nazi narishkeit in Charlottesville and the White House?

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Summer of Godlessness

Over the summer, parents’ groups formed across the country aiming to keep religion out of their kids’ schools.

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War Before Wars: Nationalism and Violence in the Balkans, 1912-1913

Professor Cathie Carmichael discusses the political unrest that plagued the Balkans on the eve of the First World War.

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How Much is Too Much Corruption?

There are corruption charges against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: how seriously should we take them?

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No Return: Non-Jewish Migrants in the Jewish State

Mya Guarnieri Jaradat, an American-Israeli journalist, discusses her book, “The Unchosen: The Lives of Israel’s New Others.”

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Women of Influence

What does the Forbes list of the fifty most influential Israeli women say about the state of gender, sex, and sexism in 2017?

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Psychiatric Chic

Two initiatives aim to de-stigmatize mental illness, but probably say more about our anxieties about it than about our open-mindedness towards it.

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The Burden of Responsibility: Hamas Rule in Gaza

Dr. Bjorn Brenner, a Middle East scholar, discusses his book “Gaza Under Hamas: From Islamic Democracy to Islamic Governance.”

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Yair in the Middle

Prime Minister candidate Yair Lapid argues that centrism is the new black with a middle-of-the-road, moderation-in-all-things political manifesto.

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