Gilad Halpern

Back when Harlem was Jewish

Prof. Jeffrey S. Gurock discusses his latest book “The Jews of Harlem: The Rise, Decline and Revival of a Jewish Community” with host Gilad Halpern and new co-host Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin.

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Two Jewish communities separated by a common affinity for Israel

Daniel Goldman, the chairman of Israeli civil society organization Gesher, offers a comparative view on the changing patterns of affinity for Israel among American and British Jews.

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The faith equation: Are secularism and scientific progress inextricably intertwined?

Professor of philosophy and outgoing director of the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Gabriel Motzkin discusses the link between scientific and religious production.

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Sunshine state: The case for renewable energy in Israel

Tel Aviv Professor and University chair of the School of Social and Policy Studies Itai Sened discusses obstacles to Israeli leadership in the field of renewable energy.

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Esperanto: Undoing the curse of Babel

Princeton University Professor of English Ester Schor discusses the dream of universal language and Esperanto, one of the most ambitious social experiments of modern history.

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What have the Romans ever done for us?

Professor at the Jewish Theological Center in New York Rabbi Burton Visotzky discusses the imprints of Greco-Roman culture on the evolution of Judaism.

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Women on a mission: Tackling gender inequality in Israel

Professor Naomi Chazan of the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute’s Center for the Advancement of Women in the Public Sphere (WIPS) discusses Israel’s most comprehensive database of gender inequality in the country.

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Kids from hell: Early Holocaust testimonies of Child Survivors

Dr. Boaz Cohen of Western Galilee College analyzes the treatment of child Holocaust survivors and how it could inform refugee relief agencies working today.

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Occupational hazards: Moral numbing among Israeli soldiers in the West Bank

University of Amsterdam professor Dr. Erella Grassiani discusses the link between spacial aspects of Israel’s control of the West Bank and moral consequences among Israeli soldiers.

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Pax Britannica? The troubled legacy of Sykes-Picot

Professor Wm. Roger Louis of University of Texas at Austin discusses repercussions of the Sykes-Picot agreement and the Balfour Declaration on the Middle East to this day.

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