The Commodification of Citizenship
Dr Yossi Harpaz discusses his book “Citizenship 2.0” and how the relationship between citizenship and other sociological categories, such as migration and national identity, has evolved
Read MoreDr Yossi Harpaz discusses his book “Citizenship 2.0” and how the relationship between citizenship and other sociological categories, such as migration and national identity, has evolved
Read MoreProf. Jonathan Graubart discusses his book “Jewish Self-Determination Beyond Zionism: Lessons from Hannah Arendt and Other Pariahs,” offering a contemporary re-evaluation of early 20th-century thought on Jewish sovereignty and statehood
Read MoreProf. Derek Penslar discusses his forthcoming book “Zionism: An Emotional State,” an interdisciplinary attempt to study the history of Jewish nationalism through a history of emotions lens
Read MoreDr Shivi Greenfield discusses his book, “Judaism and Liberalism: A Metaphysical Tale of Two Siblings,” in which he claims that not only can the two coexist, they also stem from the same metaphysical source
Read MoreItamar Mann, Professor of Law at the University of Haifa, discusses his book “Humanity at Sea: Maritime Migration and the Foundations of International Law”
Read MoreProf. Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin’s new book, “Mishna Consciousness, Biblical Consciousness,” considers Safed (Tzfat), the old Jewish center in the Galilee, as the crux of a religious and political worldview that could – and still might – pose an alternative to the prevalent one
Read MoreYuli Novak, the former director of Breaking the Silence, the IDF veterans’ organization, reflects in her new memoir, “Who Do You Think You Are,” on her 2012-2017 tenure at the helm of the most reviled human rights group in Israel
Read MoreWe discuss the open letter of more than 160 renowned historians of Jews, Judaism and/or Israel, titled “Israel on the Edge of an Abyss,” with its author, the brilliant historian Orit Rozin
Read MoreDavid de Jong discusses his book, “Nazi Billionaires: The Dark Histories of Germany’s Wealthiest Dynasties,” a collective biography of Nazi Germany’s top industrialists and their heirs, shedding light on the dark corners of Germany’s postwar Denazification
Read MoreProf. Nir Keidar discusses his book “David Ben Gurion and the Foundation of Israeli Democracy.” How did Israel’s founding father conceptualize the Republican idea and adapt it to the unique reality of the State of Israel, and in what ways is the Netanyahu Government’s judicial overhaul a contradiction of the original vision?
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