Gilad Halpern

Dad, and another one: Gay parenthood in Israel

How is the increasing phenomenon of gay couples starting families affecting preconceptions about family and continuity in Israel?

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You say propaganda, I say hasbara

Dr. Ron Schleifer talks about an invisible but effective element of warfare in the Middle East conflict and beyond.

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YIVO and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture

Dr. Cecile Kuznitz retraces the history of the 90-year-old Yiddish Scientific Institute from Interwar Poland to Postwar America.

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The Holocaust Averted: Counterfactual History of US Jews

We imagine a very different existence for the American Jewish community had the Second World War taken a different course.

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Birth of the Palestinian refugee relief problem

A discussion on the involvement of American religious groups in diplomacy and refugee relief during Israel’s War of Independence.

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