the tel aviv review – full show

Bottomless pit: The Cairo Genizah and the untold history of Medieval Jewry – The Tel Aviv Review

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.

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Why do Jews play a “ridiculously disproportionate” role in the sciences? – The Tel Aviv Review

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.

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How Israel abolished trafficking in women – The Tel Aviv Review

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

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Rise and decline of civilizations: Lessons for the Jewish People – The Tel Aviv Review

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.

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Under women’s wings: The architecture of the ‘ezrat nashim’ – The Tel Aviv Review

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.

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Water laws in British-ruled Palestine: A case study – The Tel Aviv Review

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

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Tortured by the State: Race and gender in contemporary Israel – The Tel Aviv Review

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.

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Jews and words: A millennia-long love story – The Tel Aviv Review

Dr Fania Oz-Salzberger tells host GIlad Halpern about the book ‘Jews and Words,’ which she co-authored with her father Amos Oz, the famous Israeli novelist.

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A eulogy to a different kind of Zionism – The Tel Aviv Review

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.

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A time of harmonious coexistence: The Jews and Muslims of Tinghir – The Tel Aviv Review

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.’

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