Shlomit Ravitsky-Tur Paz discusses some recent findings – some unprecedented – from the new Israel Democracy Institute biannual statistical report on religion and state, published this week

Haggai Ram, professor of Middle East History at Ben Gurion University, discusses his book, “Intoxicating Zion: A Social History of Hashish in Mandatory Palestine and Israel”

Adam Raz has written several history books. His most recent work is a stage play, “The Personal Tragedy of Mr Sami Saada,” which focuses on how the life of an Arab family man from Haifa unraveled in April 1948, and his attempts to cope with the new reality

Prof. On Barak takes on a historical journey to think of energy in the historical context of the making of the Middle East as a region, during the long 19th century

Dr Andreas Hackl, anthropologist at the University of Edinburgh, discusses his new book, “The Invisible Palestinians: The Hidden Struggle for Inclusion in Jewish Tel Aviv”

Dr Louis Fishman, historian of modern Turkey and Israel/Palestine, discusses his book, “Jews and Palestinians in the Late Ottoman Era, 1908-1914,” breaking down conventional wisdoms about politics and identity in Palestine on the eve of the First World War

Matt Sienkiewicz, Professor of Communication and International Studies at Boston College, discusses his new co-authored book, analyzing the reach and influence of openly right-wing comedians on old and new media in the United States

Avi Dabush, veteran social activist and Meretz politician, analyzes the origins of social inequalities in Israel and explains why the liberal left – despite everything – is the answer (albeit not always the Israeli left in its current form)

Dr. Naomi Shmuel discusses her book “Generations of Hope: Traditions and Intergenerational Transferal with the Transition from Ethiopia to Israel,” analyzing the hybrid identity of Israelis of Ethiopian descent across the generations

Prof. Norbert Lammert joins us in Tel Aviv for a conversation about the challenges of the liberal and democratic order in his native Germany and elsewhere, upon the 40th anniversary of the Foundation’s presence in Israel