The Tel Aviv Review

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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The Baha’i: Yet another world religion based in the Holy Land

An overview of the Baha’i religion – an offshoot of Shi’a Islam that set up shop in the Holy Land (albeit not in Jerusalem, thankfully).

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Academic boycotts of Israel – why all the fuss?

A discussion with Zvi Ziegler, Professor Emeritus of mathematics at the Technion and Chairman of the Israeli inter-university forum to combat academic boycotts.

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Why hawks become doves: The Shimon Peres case study

A discussion of the leftward shift of Israel’s political establishment over the decades, with Shimon Peres as its standard-bearer.

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