Two anthropologists discuss their new book “Mothering, Education and Culture: Russian, Palestinian, and Jewish Middle-Class Mothers in Israeli Society.”
Read More: The Matriarchs: Russian, Palestinian and Jewish Mothers in Israel
Rabbi Jeffrey Saks discusses the soon-to-be-completed collection of stories by SY Agnon, the famed Israeli author.
Read More: Found in Translation: The Definitive SY Agnon, in English
Dr. Yael Ziegler of Herzog College discusses her book about Ruth, one of the Bible’s most complex female characters.
Read More: Ruth, a Leader of Biblical Magnitude
Political and cultural theorist Dr. Dana Mills discusses her groundbreaking book “Dance and Politics: Moving Beyond Boundaries.”
Read More: Shake It Up Baby Now: On the Intersection Between Dance and Politics
Noemi Schlosser discusses her forthcoming documentary film documenting stories of the last remaining survivors of Israel’s War of Independence.
Read More: We Were the Future Once: The Youth of 1948
Tel Aviv University’s Prof. Aeyal Gross explains how classic categories in international law must be adapted to today’s reality.
Read More: Occupier’s Liability: International Law of Occupation Revisited
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.”
Read More: The Name is Azoulay, Yael Azoulay
Dr. Olga Kirschbaum discusses her work exploring the intellectual influences on philosopher Hannah Arendt’s thinking.
Read More: Portrait of the Intellectual as a Young German Woman
Professor Meron Medzini of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem discusses Japan and anti-Semitism during the Holocaust era.
Read More: Japan During WW2: A Classic Case of Anti-Semitism Without Jews
Portnoy and I: Philip Roth’s Great American Moment
Essayist and Lecturer Bernard Avishai discusses how a Philip Roth novel changed his life and that of an American generation.
Read More: Portnoy and I: Philip Roth’s Great American Moment