Politics & Society

Exhibiting confusion

May 29, 2016

Is an Israeli national museum possible or even desirable in 2016? Or is collective identity soooo twentieth century?

May 28, 2016

Will Trump rend asunder once and for all right wing Jews from left, or could he unite Jews who may reject him en masse?

May 27, 2016

How Israel’s political and conceptual relationship with the African continent has contributed to the shaping of its own identity.

May 26, 2016

Is there a new species emerging in Israeli politics – right-wingers who embrace liberal democratic policies?

May 23, 2016

A case study of three national collectives that have been pathologically insecure about the validity of their identity.

May 22, 2016

New Israeli hair-straightening invention the “Dafni brush” is flying off the shelves, but what does this say about Israeli beauty ideals?

May 21, 2016

A small number of “Birthright” alums are returning home to fight Israeli policy, and some are even joining BDS.

May 20, 2016

At the excavation of Tel Burna, southwestern Israel, archaeologists are applying an inclusive “community” approach.

May 19, 2016

We discuss the expansion of PM Netanyahu’s coalition that leaves Herzog out and Lieberman in.

May 16, 2016 00:17:56

A discussion of the surprisingly many parallels between Zionism and Irish nationalism.