the tel aviv review – full show

Dr. Moshe Lavee tells us about the Cairo Genizah; and Dr. Justin Fantauzzo focuses on the capture of Jerusalem by the British army during World War One.

Dr. Noah Efron gives us his original take on: Why are Jews so smart?; and Dr. Shaul Sapir researches into the history of a Iraqi Jewish community.

Dr. Nurit Hashimshony-Yaffe tells us about her most recent study on women trafficking; and Dr. Giora Eliraz gives us lessons from Indonesia.

Dr. Salomon Wald suggests what the Jewish Civilization can learn from others’ mistakes, and Dr. Itamar Radai discusses the evolving national identity of Israeli Arabs.

Adva Naama Baram talks about her new exhibition on the Israeli ‘ezrat nashim,’ and Prof. Shlomo Sand tells us why he stopped being a Jew.

Dr David Schorr speaks about the evolution of water laws in Mandate Palestine, and Dr Rachel Pear explains Jewish Orthodox attitudes to Darwinism.

Host Gilad Halpern speaks to Prof. Smadar Lavie about race and gender in contemporary Israel, and to Dr. Eran Dorfman about keeping monotony at bay.

Host Gilad Halpern talks to Prof. Ofer Shiff about Abba Hillel Silver’s brand of Zionism; and to Naama Nagar about the 2011 global social protest movements.

Host Gilad Halpern talks to Prof. Menachem Hofnung about his project on Israel’s treatment of Arab informants over the years; and to the makers of the film ‘Tinghir-Jerusalem: Echoes from the Mellah.’