Tel Aviv Review

Jewish Orthodoxy in the grip of nationalism

June 13, 2015

Prof. Yosef Salmon explores the history of the relationship between Zionism and Judaism.

Landscape Orientalism: Early photography in the Holy Land

June 12, 2015

Dr. Edna Barromi Perlman talks about the landscape photography in Israel and how it became an effective political and ideological tool.

The Prince: The Emergence of Elites in Early 20th-Century Saudi Arabia

June 6, 2015 00:20:50

In our minds, Saudi Arabia, to this day, has been an ultraconservative, almost medieval society, with a clear hierarchy and a coercive leadership. But it turns out that is not exactly the case.

The Myth of the Cultural Jew

June 5, 2015 00:26:08

Prof. Roberta Ronsethal Kwall explains why even the most secular Jews have imbibed the ‘halakha,’ whether they like it or not.

Gendered perceptions of the life of Prophet Mohammed

May 30, 2015

Professor Ruth Roded talks about her current research focusing on modern-day literary renditions, written by women, on the life of the founder of Islam.

Let there be light! The evolution of candle-lighting practices in Ashkenaz

May 23, 2015

A discussion on the emergence and evolution of candle-lighting practices among the Jews of Ashkenaz.

On the beneficiaries and victims of ‘Ashkenazi privilege’ in Israel

May 22, 2015

Prof. Meir Amor of Concordia University has been a Mizrahi activist and researcher of the Mizrahi question for decades.

Hannah Arendt under the microscope

May 16, 2015

Evaluating the Jewish-German philosopher’s theories on totalitarianism through testimonies of Holocaust victims and survivors.

Le parti c’est moi: Ben-Gurion and Mapai party politics in the early state years

May 15, 2015

We discuss opposition to Ben-Gurion’s leadership from within his ruling Mapai party.

Moments and movements of resistance in Israel and beyond

May 9, 2015

Prof. Lev Grinberg, a sociologist at Ben-Gurion University, gives a fresh analysis of power relations between the political hegemony and the people.