Dr. Ronen Mendelkern discusses the 1962 New Economic Policy, a plan that sought to liberalize the highly interventionist Israeli economy of the time, that ended up in the bin.

Professor Chaim Gans, a legal and political philosopher at Tel Aviv University, discusses his new book A Political Theory for the Jewish People, which seeks to pave a liberal third way between Zionism and post-Zionism.

Prof. Jeffrey S. Gurock discusses his latest book “The Jews of Harlem: The Rise, Decline and Revival of a Jewish Community” with host Gilad Halpern and new co-host Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin.

Daniel Goldman, the chairman of Israeli civil society organization Gesher, offers a comparative view on the changing patterns of affinity for Israel among American and British Jews.

Professor of philosophy and outgoing director of the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Gabriel Motzkin discusses the link between scientific and religious production.

Tel Aviv Professor and University chair of the School of Social and Policy Studies Itai Sened discusses obstacles to Israeli leadership in the field of renewable energy.

Princeton University Professor of English Ester Schor discusses the dream of universal language and Esperanto, one of the most ambitious social experiments of modern history.

Professor Naomi Chazan of the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute’s Center for the Advancement of Women in the Public Sphere (WIPS) discusses Israel’s most comprehensive database of gender inequality in the country.

Dr. Boaz Cohen of Western Galilee College analyzes the treatment of child Holocaust survivors and how it could inform refugee relief agencies working today.