Prof. Rotem Giladi discusses his book “Jews, Sovereignty, and International Law: Ideology and Ambivalence in Early Israeli Legal Diplomacy” (Oxford 2021), which explores the role of ideology in shaping Israel’s early attitudes towards international law
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Dr. Timo Aava examines Estonia’s establishment of non-territorial autonomies during the interwar period, with a particular focus on the Jewish self-government case, thereby providing intriguing insights into Estonia’s treatment of minorities
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Dr. Eran Shlomi discusses Zionist diplomacy and representation at the League of Nations, the UN predecessor, during the interwar period. He analyzes the League’s role in the Zionist path to statehood
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Dr. Iris Nachum introduces the jurist Jacob Robinson (1889-1977), emphasizing his activism for minority rights and compensation for expulsion. A research institute in his name has recently been established at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Prof. Jeffrey Herf discusses the common ground between three markedly different worldviews, Right, Left and Islamist, when it comes to the Jews
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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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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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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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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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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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