The Tel Aviv Review

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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When Israel’s “demographic time bomb” started ticking

Nimrod Lin, a doctoral fellow in history at the University of Toronto, tracks back the emergence of the demographic discourse in Zionism.

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Edifying Zionism: Richard Kaufman, a pioneering architect

Kaufmann was hired in 1920 as the chief planner of the Zionist community. He single-handedly shaped the landscape of modern Israel.

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ISIS: The old-new face of radical Islam

A discussion with Dr. Ori Goldberg, a scholar of political Islam and lecturer at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, analyzes the Islamic State group.

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