Essayist and Lecturer Bernard Avishai discusses how a Philip Roth novel changed his life and that of an American generation.

Two anthropologists discuss their new book “Mothering, Education and Culture: Russian, Palestinian, and Jewish Middle-Class Mothers in Israeli Society.”

Rabbi Jeffrey Saks discusses the soon-to-be-completed collection of stories by SY Agnon, the famed Israeli author.

Dr. Yael Ziegler of Herzog College discusses her book about Ruth, one of the Bible’s most complex female characters.

Political and cultural theorist Dr. Dana Mills discusses her groundbreaking book “Dance and Politics: Moving Beyond Boundaries.”

Noemi Schlosser discusses her forthcoming documentary film documenting stories of the last remaining survivors of Israel’s War of Independence.

Tel Aviv University’s Prof. Aeyal Gross explains how classic categories in international law must be adapted to today’s reality.

Adam LeBor discusses his new spy thriller novel featuring UN secret agent and former Israeli spy Yael Azoulay, the so-called “Israeli female James Bond.”

Dr. Olga Kirschbaum discusses her work exploring the intellectual influences on philosopher Hannah Arendt’s thinking.

Professor Meron Medzini of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem discusses Japan and anti-Semitism during the Holocaust era.