The Tel Aviv Review

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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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.

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Tel Aviv Review LIVE in New York

The Tel Aviv Review podcast is coming to New York City for a live recording.

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Israel, Slipping Through my Fingers

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

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Attempting to Solve the Scholem Enigma

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

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Portnoy and I: Philip Roth’s Great American Moment

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

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The Matriarchs: Russian, Palestinian and Jewish Mothers in Israel

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

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Found in Translation: The Definitive SY Agnon, in English

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

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Ruth, a Leader of Biblical Magnitude

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

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