Ben-Gurion and Mapai party politics in the early state years

Dr. Avi Bareli, a historian of Zionism at Ben-Gurion University, talks about opposition to Ben-Gurion’s leadership from within the party, and how Israel’s first prime minister was much less of a power-hungry, dictatorial leader than often thought.

Hannah Arendt under the microscope

Dr. Michal Aharony, political philosophy and Holocaust studies professor, evaluates the Jewish-German philosopher’s theories on totalitarianism through testimonies of Holocaust victims and survivors.

Music:

Green Day – Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
Ahinoam Nini – Shir Mishmar
Mati Casspi – Yemei Binyamina