Babel in Zion: The Inculcation of Hebrew in Pre-State Israel
We speak to the author of “Babel in Zion: Jews, Nationalism and Language Diversity in Palestine 1920-1948.”
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Stranger among us: An Israeli’s study of the UK Palestinian diaspora
Dr. Amira Halperin is the first ever Israeli researcher to study the UK Palestinian diaspora.
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Landscape Orientalism: Early photography in the Holy Land
Dr. Edna Barromi Perlman talks about the landscape photography in Israel and how it became an effective political and ideological tool.
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The Prince: The Emergence of Elites in Early 20th-Century Saudi Arabia
In our minds, Saudi Arabia, to this day, has been an ultraconservative, almost medieval society, with a clear hierarchy and a coercive leadership. But it turns out that is not exactly the case.
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The Myth of the Cultural Jew
Prof. Roberta Ronsethal Kwall explains why even the most secular Jews have imbibed the ‘halakha,’ whether they like it or not.
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Gendered perceptions of the life of Prophet Mohammed
Professor Ruth Roded talks about her current research focusing on modern-day literary renditions, written by women, on the life of the founder of Islam.
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Let there be light! The evolution of candle-lighting practices in Ashkenaz
A discussion on the emergence and evolution of candle-lighting practices among the Jews of Ashkenaz.
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On the beneficiaries and victims of ‘Ashkenazi privilege’ in Israel
Prof. Meir Amor of Concordia University has been a Mizrahi activist and researcher of the Mizrahi question for decades.
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Never Again? East German and Radical Left West German Attitudes to Israel
Between 1967-1989, against the backdrop of the memory of the Holocaust as well as the Cold War.
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