Eileen Barker discusses the role of religion in the human condition, what a sociological study of religions entails, religious movements, and more.

Dr. Ben Herzog discusses his book “Revoking Citizenship: Expatriation in America from the Colonial Era to the War on Terror.”

Professor Hasia Diner on her latest book, “Roads Taken: The Great Jewish Migration to the New World and the Peddlers Who Forged the Way.”

Dr. Mark Raider discusses Hayim Greenberg, a legendary yet all but forgotten mid-20th century Jewish-American essayist and thinker.

Dr. Felicia Waldman, author of “Tales and Traces of Sephardic Bucharest,” discusses the history of Romanian Jewry on the cusp between East and West.

Professor Steven Fine, author of “The Menorah: From the Bible to Modern Israel,” analyzes the millennia-long history of the “Jewish holy grail.”

Dr. Sonja Wentling analyzes Herbert Hoover’s attitude towards European Jews and Zionism during his administration and after he left office.

Dr. Joseph Ringel discusses the links between halakha, politics, and culture among Sephardi religious leaders in Israel.

Orly Benjamin discusses her new book “Gendering Israel’s Outsourcing,” which offers a feminist critique of processes affecting the Israeli labor market.

What can contemporary Americans learn from 20th-century Europe? Yale University’s Timothy Snyder discusses his book “On Tyranny.”