A discussion on the emergence and evolution of candle-lighting practices among the Jews of Ashkenaz.

Prof. Meir Amor of Concordia University has been a Mizrahi activist and researcher of the Mizrahi question for decades.

Evaluating the Jewish-German philosopher’s theories on totalitarianism through testimonies of Holocaust victims and survivors.

We discuss opposition to Ben-Gurion’s leadership from within his ruling Mapai party.

Prof. Lev Grinberg, a sociologist at Ben-Gurion University, gives a fresh analysis of power relations between the political hegemony and the people.

Dr. Adia Mendelson-Maoz talks about her exploration of literary works written by four Israeli groups – Arabs, Mizrahis, Russians, and Ethiopians.

Ella Ben Hagay, a social psychologist, talks about her research on the narratives associated with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict among the US diaspora.

Dr Ofer Nurdheimer Nur talks about the inception of a prominent Zionist myth – the establishment in the early 1920s of the settlement of Upper Bitania.