Tel Aviv Review

Occupation Studies: Theorizing and analyzing a new reality

A new academic discipline is currently being established: ‘Occupation Studies’ – in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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In the Shadow of Zion: Promised Lands Before Israel

A discussion on the six different attempts to establish a Jewish political entity in the 19th and 20th centuries, and why they all failed.

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Bread and circuses: Reality TV and the boundaries of artistic quality

Dr. Noa Lavie, a sociologist at the Tel Aviv-Yaffo Academic College, specializes in the impact of television on society, in Israel and beyond.

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Palestine in ruins: Israel and the depopulated villages of 1948

Noga Kadman discusses her recent book, “Erased from Space and Consciousness: Israel and the Depopulated Palestinian Villages of 1948.”

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A personal look into Israel’s Iron Lady

Professor Meron Medzini recounts personal anecdotes of Prime Minister Golda Meir from his days as her press secretary.

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Our Friend in the White House: Lincoln and the Jews

Professor Jonathan Sarna recounts the relationship of Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States, with the then still small and relatively uninfluential American Jewish community.

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Israel in Theory: “Israel fetish” in Western academia

Dr. Gabriel Noah Brahm is probably best known for co-editing the comprehensive “The Case Against Academic Boycotts of Israel.”

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