The Tel Aviv Review

Why the Diaspora is good for the Jews

We explore why so few Jews in the West acknowledge their good fortune, and how their attitudes change as the memory of the Holocaust wanes.

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Why Secular People Are More Religious Than They Think

Host Gilad Halpern tries to find out why, 250 years into the age of secularism, religion still plays a crucial role in the lives of people everywhere.

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Political Science: Early Israeli-German Scientific Exchanges

Host Gilad Halpern discusses exchanges between Israeli and German scientists before the normalizing of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

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Arizona and the Negev: An aquifer runs through them

Prof. Sharon Megdal of the University of Arizona, US, discusses how limited water resources should be managed in arid areas like Israel and Arizona.

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Why the Internet didn’t kill the TV star

Jerome Bourdon, a professor of communications at Tel Aviv University, explains the evolution of the peoplemeter and why it’s still such an important tool.

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Why We Stayed: Confessions of Postwar Polish Jews

Prof. Marian Turski, Chairman of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, talks about Jewish life in Poland after the end of WWII.

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Imperial Capital: The capture of Jerusalem in WWI

Historian Dr. Justin Fantauzzo’s research focuses on the capture of Jerusalem by the British army during the First World War.

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