The New Sepharad: The Rise and Fall of Jewish Salonica
Stanford professor Aron Rodrigue discusses the history of Thessaloniki’s Jewish community, which became the largest Jewish city in Europe before Nazi occupation.
Read MoreStanford professor Aron Rodrigue discusses the history of Thessaloniki’s Jewish community, which became the largest Jewish city in Europe before Nazi occupation.
Read MoreLarry Derfner discusses the chronicle of his twin ideological journey he’s made alongside Israel since 1985.
Read MoreHebrew University’s Dr. Amir Engel discusses his book about Gershom Scholem, one of Israel’s first public intellectuals.
Read MoreEssayist and Lecturer Bernard Avishai discusses how a Philip Roth novel changed his life and that of an American generation.
Read MoreTwo anthropologists discuss their new book “Mothering, Education and Culture: Russian, Palestinian, and Jewish Middle-Class Mothers in Israeli Society.”
Read MoreRabbi Jeffrey Saks discusses the soon-to-be-completed collection of stories by SY Agnon, the famed Israeli author.
Read MoreDr. Yael Ziegler of Herzog College discusses her book about Ruth, one of the Bible’s most complex female characters.
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American Exceptionalism: Why the Nazis Looked up to US Race Laws
James Q. Whitman of Yale University began asking why Hitler referred to American legal precedents. What he discovered shocked him.
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