Tel Aviv Review

Multiculturalism in Israel: Literary Perspectives

May 8, 2015

Dr. Adia Mendelson-Maoz talks about her exploration of literary works written by four Israeli groups – Arabs, Mizrahis, Russians, and Ethiopians.

Hillel House: Key player in identity politics

April 25, 2015

Ella Ben Hagay, a social psychologist, talks about her research on the narratives associated with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict among the US diaspora.

The birth of a Zionist myth

April 24, 2015

Dr Ofer Nurdheimer Nur talks about the inception of a prominent Zionist myth – the establishment in the early 1920s of the settlement of Upper Bitania.

How Jews in the Jim Crow South Labored to be White

April 18, 2015 00:18:38

Dr. Caroline Light of Harvard University talks about her work on “The Roots of Jewish Benevolence in the Jim Crow South,” which analyses the circumstances that led to the establishment of a sizable Jewish charity network in the American South in the post-Reconstruction period.

Terrorism in Cyberspace: The next generation

April 17, 2015

Prof. Gabriel Weimann of the University of Haifa takes host Gilad Halpern through the evolution of terrorist communication on the Internet.

The Jew who defeated Hitler

April 4, 2015

Peter Moreira discusses his book, ‘The Jew Who Defeated Hitler: Henry Morgenthau Jr., FDR, And How We Won The War,’ with host Gilad Halpern.

Holy matrimony: Zion and the Diaspora in 20th century Jewish thought

April 3, 2015

Prof. Yossi Turner discusses two major themes that became increasingly pivotal in the Jewish political philosophy of the 20th century.

The individual and the social in psychoanalysis

March 28, 2015

Prof. Uri Hadar of Tel Aviv University talks about his book ‘Psychoanalysis and Social Involvement: Interpretation and Action.’

Protecting Jews in Interwar Europe: How International Law Tried and Failed

March 27, 2015 00:24:58

Prof. Carole Fink explains about how Europe’s Jews fit into the numerous minority protection schemes that emerged on the continent in the interwar period.

Crypto-Jewish women: The unwitting standard-bearers of Judaism

March 21, 2015

Prof. Renee Levine Melammed shares with us her insights from her momentous study about the history of crypto-Jewish women in Spain under the Inquisition.