The Tel Aviv Review

Parallel Injustices: Holocaust Memory in Apartheid South Africa

Dr Roni Mikel-Arieli, a postdoctoral and teaching fellow at Ben Gurion University’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology, discusses her book, “Remembering the Holocaust in a Racial State: Holocaust Memory in South Africa from Apartheid to Democracy (1948-1994)”

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Antisemitism: A Serious Problem, Taken Seriously

Katharina von Schnurbein, the European Commission’s Coordinator on Combating Antisemitism and Fostering Jewish Life, talks about the EU’s response to anti-Jewish hate crimes and speech. Despite the alarming increase in cases, she says that the Union has taken many measures that have begun to bear fruit.

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Walk the Walk: What Do Germans Mean by ‘Never Again’?

Dr Andrew Port, a historian at Wayne State University, discusses his new book “Never Again: Germans and Genocide after the Holocaust,” analyzing German responses to cases of genocide from the 1970s to the 1990s

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Israel-Hamas War, 7 Months On

A special collaboration with the Jerusalem Unplugged podcast, where host Robert Mazza and Gilad Halpern discuss the current moment for Israel domestically and internationally

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Post-October 7th: Crises and Opportunities

Dr Lihi Ben Shitrit and Dr Dahlia Scheindlin assess what lies ahead for Israel: A sea change, or more of the same?

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Whither the Palestinian Citizens of Israel?

The already volatile situation of the Palestinian citizens of Israel has been exacerbated by the Oct. 7th massacre and the war with Hamas that ensued. Dr Ahmad Agbaria talks about how their status and democratic rights have been affected, and what role they might play in its aftermath.

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The Undying Legacy of Frantz Fanon

Adam Shatz, author and writer, US Editor for the London Review of Books and a visiting professor at Bard College, discusses his book, “The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon”

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Has the Jewish Nation-State Model Run Its Course?

The October 7th attack undermined some of the basic assumptions Israelis have had about the tenets of their sovereignty. Will the crisis send the country into a post-nation-state phase?

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Israel/Palestine: A Gaze From Below

Dr Dafna Hirsch, senior lecturer at the Open University of Israel’s Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication, discusses her edited book, “Entangled Histories in Palestine/Israel: Historical and Anthropological Perspectives”

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The Prophet: On Judah Magnes’ Politics and Theology

Dr David Barak-Gorodetsky discusses his book, “Judah Magnes: The Prophetic Politics of a Religious Binationalist,” a biography of one of the more unusual characters in the history of Zionism

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