The Tel Aviv Review

Kids from hell: Early Holocaust testimonies of Child Survivors

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

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Occupational hazards: Moral numbing among Israeli soldiers in the West Bank

University of Amsterdam professor Dr. Erella Grassiani discusses the link between spacial aspects of Israel’s control of the West Bank and moral consequences among Israeli soldiers.

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Pax Britannica? The troubled legacy of Sykes-Picot

Professor Wm. Roger Louis of University of Texas at Austin discusses repercussions of the Sykes-Picot agreement and the Balfour Declaration on the Middle East to this day.

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Make Yourselves at Home: The Integration of Immigrants in the New Israeli State

Dr. Orit Rozen of Tel Aviv University analyzes government sponsored immigration and day-to-day integration practices that have formed the Israeli melting pot.

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Sorely missed? Martin Buber’s sociology under scrutiny

Professor Uri Ram of Ben-Gurion University discusses oft-forgotten and sidelined elements of the celebrated Jewish theologian Martin Buber’s thinking.

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Carlo Ginzburg on the past, present and future of history

Pioneering historian Professor Carlo Ginzburg discusses the role of historians in the digital age and how to walk the fine line between historical narrative and fiction.

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The greatest of a generation: Rabbi Soloveitchik revisited

English literature professor William Kolbrener discusses his new book “The Last Rabbi: Joseph Soloveitchik and the Talmudic Tradition.”

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Is Conflict Management Sustainable? Lessons for Israel-Palestine from Cyprus

A discussion on the merits of comparison between conflicts in Cyprus and Israel/Palestine as well as parallels between the two neighboring disputes.

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Violence and politics: The underpinnings of conflict

Prof. Lev Grinberg, a sociologist at Ben-Gurion University, discusses his book “Politics and Violence in Israel/Palestine: Democracy vs. Military Rule.”

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