Tantura: The Massacre That Was
Filmmaker Alon Schwarz discusses his new documentary, Tantura, which reopens an episode from Israel’s War of Independence and a controversy that erupted in the 1990s
Read MoreFilmmaker Alon Schwarz discusses his new documentary, Tantura, which reopens an episode from Israel’s War of Independence and a controversy that erupted in the 1990s
Read MoreProf. Avner Wishnitzer discusses his book “As Night Falls: Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Cities After Dark,” a groundbreaking social history of Istanbul and Jerusalem on the cusp of modernity
Read MoreProf. Hagar Lahav discusses her book “Women, Secularism and Belief: A Sociology of Belief in the Jewish-Israeli Secular Landscape”
Read MoreProf. Gideon Rahat discusses the insights that emanate from a recent book he co-edited with Prof. Michal Shamir. Is there any reason to believe that Israel’s fifth general election in two and a half years will be any different?
Read MoreMikhael Manekin, former director of Breaking the Silence and Molad, discusses his new book, “A Dawn of Redemption,” an attempt to address the ostensible contradiction between his progressive politics and his Modern Orthodox devotion
Read MoreDr. Nora Derbal, an Islamic Studies scholar and a Martin Buber Society Postdoctoral Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, discusses her book, “Charity in Saudi Arabia: Civil Society Under Authoritarianism”
Read MoreShlomit Ravitsky-Tur Paz discusses some recent findings – some unprecedented – from the new Israel Democracy Institute biannual statistical report on religion and state, published this week
Read MoreHaggai Ram, professor of Middle East History at Ben Gurion University, discusses his book, “Intoxicating Zion: A Social History of Hashish in Mandatory Palestine and Israel”
Read MoreAdam Raz has written several history books. His most recent work is a stage play, “The Personal Tragedy of Mr Sami Saada,” which focuses on how the life of an Arab family man from Haifa unraveled in April 1948, and his attempts to cope with the new reality
Read MoreProf. On Barak takes on a historical journey to think of energy in the historical context of the making of the Middle East as a region, during the long 19th century
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