James Q. Whitman of Yale University began asking why Hitler referred to American legal precedents. What he discovered shocked him.

Stanford professor Aron Rodrigue discusses the history of Thessaloniki’s Jewish community, which became the largest Jewish city in Europe before Nazi occupation.

Larry Derfner discusses the chronicle of his twin ideological journey he’s made alongside Israel since 1985.

Hebrew University’s Dr. Amir Engel discusses his book about Gershom Scholem, one of Israel’s first public intellectuals.

Professor Rashid Khalidi argues that it’s no accident peace has not yet materialized

Essayist and Lecturer Bernard Avishai discusses how a Philip Roth novel changed his life and that of an American generation.

Two anthropologists discuss their new book “Mothering, Education and Culture: Russian, Palestinian, and Jewish Middle-Class Mothers in Israeli Society.”

Rabbi Jeffrey Saks discusses the soon-to-be-completed collection of stories by SY Agnon, the famed Israeli author.

Dr. Yael Ziegler of Herzog College discusses her book about Ruth, one of the Bible’s most complex female characters.