Professor Tamar Hermann discusses fresh findings from the annual Israel Democracy Index of 2021, including low optimism for the general future of the country, declining trust in public institutions, and ongoing polarization of public attitudes

Nathan Sussman, Prof. of Economics and leader of the “Israel 2050: Climate Crisis Preparedness” project, explains how carbon tax can lower emissions while having virtually no adverse effects on business activity and growth

Professor Amalia Sa’ar discusses her co-authored book “Diversity: Palestinian career women in Israel,” reviewing the professional and personal experiences of female doctors, lawyers and engineers in the Jewish state

Sari Bashi’s life was already complicated, as a Jewish Israeli human rights lawyer defending Palestinian freedom of movement. Then she fell in love with a Palestinian man trapped in Ramallah by the occupation. Her book tells what happened next.

Dr Itay Lotem discusses the memory of colonialism in Britain and France, where in both countries, though in different ways, memory is more about issues of the present than about the past

Dr Radu Ioanid, Romanian Ambassador to Israel and historian of Romanian Jewry, discusses how, over decades, hundreds of thousands of Romanian Jews were exchanged for money, livestock and goods

Philosopher and cultural critic Susan Sontag spent a lifetime thinking about the mysterious space between reality and representation. Benjamin Moser’s acclaimed biography captures her story with photographic complexity, leaving only a longing for Sontag’s perspective on life today.

Batya Ungar-Sargon believes woke culture has created a smokescreen of racial identity politics that obfuscates the real force tearing American society apart: class inequality. But it took the liberal media to exponentially amplify the problem. Her new book explains why.