What have the Romans ever done for us?
Professor at the Jewish Theological Center in New York Rabbi Burton Visotzky discusses the imprints of Greco-Roman culture on the evolution of Judaism.
Read MoreProfessor at the Jewish Theological Center in New York Rabbi Burton Visotzky discusses the imprints of Greco-Roman culture on the evolution of Judaism.
Read MoreProfessor 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.
Read MoreDr. Boaz Cohen of Western Galilee College analyzes the treatment of child Holocaust survivors and how it could inform refugee relief agencies working today.
Read MoreUniversity 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.
Read MoreProfessor 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.
Read MoreDr. Orit Rozen of Tel Aviv University analyzes government sponsored immigration and day-to-day integration practices that have formed the Israeli melting pot.
Read MoreProfessor Uri Ram of Ben-Gurion University discusses oft-forgotten and sidelined elements of the celebrated Jewish theologian Martin Buber’s thinking.
Read MorePioneering 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.
Read MoreEnglish literature professor William Kolbrener discusses his new book “The Last Rabbi: Joseph Soloveitchik and the Talmudic Tradition.”
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Esperanto: Undoing the curse of Babel
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.
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