Israel

Eileen Barker, a prominent sociologist of religion visiting Israel, discusses the role of religion in society with the Tel Aviv Review.
Dr. Ben Herzog, a lecturer in Israel Studies at Ben Gurion University, explores the topic of citizenship revocation in America from the colonial era to the War on Terror in his book "Revoking Citizenship."
In a discussion titled "The Sacred Sites and Plights Edition," Don, Noah, and Miriam Hershlag from Times of Israel talk about mounting tensions over the Temple Mount/Haram al Sharif potentially leading to a religious conflict.
Samer Makhlouf, CEO of Zimam, a progressive Palestinian grassroots movement, discusses Palestinian unrest amid the Temple Mount crisis on a New York show while Israeli government officials attribute the situation to Palestinian incitement.
The Schoolhouse in south Tel Aviv offers adult education to refugees from Eritrea and Sudan, among other countries, providing hope and opportunities for those who have endured hardships on their way to Israel.
Professor Hasia Diner, a prominent historian of Jewish-American history, delves into her latest book, "Roads Taken: The Great Jewish Migration to the New World and the Peddlers Who Forged the Way," discussing patterns of Jewish migration to the Americas.
Dr. Mark Raider sheds light on Hayim Greenberg, a prominent but often overlooked Jewish-American essayist and thinker of the mid-20th century.
In a discussion led by Don, Noah, and journalist Naomi Zeveloff, three main topics were covered: the divide between Israel's economic elite and political elite, the mainstreaming of the radical Cinematheque in Tel Aviv, and a new government funding app designed to combat BDS.
Steven Fine, a Jewish history professor at Yeshiva University and author of "The Menorah: From the Bible to Modern Israel," delves into the extensive history of the Menorah, a symbol deeply rooted in Jewish tradition.
In this segment, Allison, Don, and Noah discuss Avi Gabbay's unexpected rise to the head of Israel's Labor Party, reflecting on the implications for the Israeli Left.
In Israel, the societal emphasis on motherhood is strong due to reasons like religious beliefs, historical trauma, and demographic concerns.
Dr. Sonja Wentling, a history professor at Concordia College, co-authored a book titled "Herbert Hoover and the Jews: The Origins of the Jewish Vote and Bipartisan Support for Israel."
Dr. Joseph Ringel from Northwestern University explores the connection between halakha, politics, and culture within Sephardic religious leaders in Israel.
In this discussion, Allison, Don, and Noah cover various crucial topics in Jewish and Israeli politics.
Renowned Israeli and American Jewish authors discussed a range of topics, including identity, Judaism, and Zionism in a collection of conversations published by the Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot during Book Week.
Orly Benjamin, a sociology professor at Bar-Ilan University, discusses her book "Gendering Israel's Outsourcing," providing a feminist perspective on how socioeconomic and political changes have impacted vulnerable sectors of the Israeli labor market.
Yale University's Professor Timothy Snyder discusses his bestselling book "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century" in an interview with the Tel Aviv Review host Gilad Halpern.
In this edition, Noah, Don, and Miriam Herschlag from Times of Israel discuss various significant topics, including Israel reducing electricity to Gaza, the attention given to victims of terrorist attacks versus other issues, and the ongoing controversy surrounding egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall.
"Fauda" is an Israeli TV series on Netflix following an IDF special ops team dealing with a resurrected Hamas operative planning an attack.
In "Undeclared Wars with Israel: East Germany and the West German Far Left 1967–1989," the author Jeffrey Herf explores how both East Germany and the West German far left demonized Israel following the Six-Day War, equating it with Nazism and supporting Arab countries and Palestinian terrorists against Israel.
Israel is facing an escalating strategic threat from Iran's efforts to establish a land corridor through Iraq and Syria to Lebanon, which would position Iran directly on two of Israel's borders.
The novel "Ki-aphapei Shahar" by Haim Sabato, a Rosh Yeshiva in Maale Adumim, portrays the life of Ezra Siman Tov, a simple man in Jerusalem's Nahlaot neighborhood dedicated to religious practice and serving God in his daily routine.
In 2015, amidst the refugee crisis in Europe, Holger Michel, a young German, started volunteering at a shelter in Berlin and eventually organized a shelter for over 1000 refugees in an abandoned building.
Nathan Thrall, from the International Crisis Group, argues in his book "The Only Language they Understand" that the Israeli-Palestinian peace process is bound to fail unless force, whether in the form of tough diplomatic pressure or physical violence, is applied to push for real concessions.
The discussion covers three significant topics: unethical medical experiments on Yemeni Jewish babies in the 1950s, American Jewish activists engaging in political action in Israel leading to some tensions with Israeli Leftists, and a proposal suggesting the appointment of experts instead of politicians as cabinet ministers.

Top authors in Israel

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account_boxLuke Tress
account_boxCindy Scarr
account_boxJacob Kornbluh
account_boxNatan Slifkin
account_boxLior Zaltzman
account_boxJoshua Hoffman
account_boxPhilissa Cramer
account_boxBen Sales
account_boxEliyahu Freedman