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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...

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 Bipa...

Dr. Joseph Ringel from Northwestern University explores the connection between halakha, politics, and culture within Sephardic religious leaders in Israel. T...

Orly Benjamin, a sociology professor at Bar-Ilan University, discusses her book "Gendering Israel's Outsourcing," providing a feminist perspective on how soc...

Yale University's Professor Timothy Snyder discusses his bestselling book "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century" in an interview with the Te...

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 f...

Nathan Thrall, from the International Crisis Group, argues in his book "The Only Language they Understand" that the Israeli-Palestinian peace process is boun...

Israeli author Dorit Rabinyan's novel "All The Rivers," depicting a love story between an Israeli woman and a Palestinian man, was banned from high school re...

In his new book marking 50 years since Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, Gershon Shafir delves into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, portraying...

In the face of disappointment following the Arab uprisings in 2011, a resurgence of authoritarian rule in some Middle Eastern states raises concerns about th...

Shulem Deen, raised in the ultra-orthodox Skverer sect, shares his journey from extreme Hasidism to secularism in his book "All Who Go Do Not Return." Growin...

Dr. Omar Dajani from the University of the Pacific discusses the legal aspect of Israel's ongoing control of the West Bank and questions whether the occupati...

Dr. Shlomo Fischer from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's School of Education delves into the Temple Mount Faithful movement, examining the changing ratio...

Yale University law professor James Q. Whitman explores the surprising admiration the Nazis had for American legal precedents in his book "Hitler's American ...

Aron Rodrigue, a Jewish history professor at Stanford University, spoke at a conference at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute focusing on the Jewish history of...

In his memoir "No Country For Jewish Liberals," journalist Larry Derfner reflects on his and Israel's ideological evolution since his move to Israel in 1985....

Dr. Amir Engel, a lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, examines the intriguing legacy of Gershom Scholem, a prominent scholar of Jewish mysticism ...

Columbia University Professor Rashid Khalidi, in his book "Brokers of Deceit: How the US Has Undermined Peace in the Middle East," contends that the US has h...

Bernard Avishai reflects on his book "Promiscuous: 'Portnoy's Complaint and Our Doomed Pursuit of Happiness," exploring how Philip Roth's famous novel impact...

Dr. Deborah Golden and Dr. Lauren Erdreich, along with Dr. Sveta Roberman, discuss their new book "Mothering, Education and Culture: Russian, Palestinian, an...

Rabbi Jeffrey Saks, a series editor at the SY Agnon Library at Toby Press, talks about the upcoming release of a 15-volume collection of stories by the renow...

Dr. Yael Ziegler, in her book "Ruth: From Alienation to Monarchy," delves into the character of Ruth from the Bible, shedding light on her complexity as a fe...

Dr. Dana Mills, a political and cultural theorist, delves into her book "Dance and Politics: Moving Beyond Boundaries," exploring dance as a political form o...

Dr. Talia Sagiv, a sociologist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, explores the challenges faced by young Israelis of mixed Ashkenazi and Sephardi descent...

Dr. Eitan Bar-Yosef discusses Israelis' interest in Africa during the early years of statehood, highlighting themes of Zionism, apartheid, and blackface in I...

Playwright and director Noemi Schlosser is working on a documentary film called The Youth of 1948, aiming to capture the personal narratives of the few remai...

Dr. Elad Segev from Tel Aviv University's Department of Communication conducted studies to determine if Israel is unfairly singled out in the Western media. ...

Professor Aeyal Gross from Tel Aviv University's law school presents his book "The Writing on the Wall: Rethinking the International Law of Occupation," in w...

Journalist and author Adam LeBor talks about his new spy thriller novels starring Yael Azoulay, a UN secret agent and former Israeli spy known as the "Israel...

Dr. Olga Kirschbaum, a historian, delves into the intellectual circles Hannah Arendt moved in as she matured professionally in the Weimar Republic and beyond...

Professor Meron Medzini, a Japanologist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, delves into his latest book "Under the Shadow of the Rising Sun: Japan and the...

Yonathan Mizrachi, from Emek Shaveh, discusses the need to de-politicize archaeology in Jerusalem, especially in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict context, in...

Dr. Heather McRobie, a post-doctoral fellow at Tel Aviv University, specializes in Egypt's constitutional law post the 2011 uprising against President Hosni ...

Sarah Kreimer, an Israeli-American activist, recently released her memoir delving into the challenges and progress of Jewish-Arab dialogue in Israel over the...

Nir Stav, Director of the Israel Meteorological Service, addresses the challenges of climate change in the Middle East and how various countries are navigati...

In a discussion on the Tel Aviv Review, Professor Itamar Rabinovich, former ambassador to the US and chief negotiator with Syria, talks about his new biograp...

Dr. Brian Klug from the University of Oxford explores the ideas of Ahad Ha'am, an early 20th-century Zionist thinker, in his book "Words of Fire: Ahad Ha'am ...

Professor Daniel Monterescu delves into his book "Jaffa Shared and Shattered: Contrived Coexistence in Israel/Palestine," exploring the dynamics of coexisten...

Dr. Daniel Lee, a Second World War historian at the University of Sheffield, explores the unique situation of Jews in France and its North African colonies d...

Dr. Yael Berda, a sociologist and anthropologist, delves into her upcoming book "Permit" that scrutinizes Israeli surveillance practices over Palestinians in...

Renowned historian Benny Morris delves into the Ottoman Empire's treatment of minorities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, culminating in the brutal...

Dr. Yael Sternhell from Tel Aviv University examines her book "Routes of War: The World of Movement in the Confederate South," focusing on how the movement o...

Dr. Simon Parizhsky, a Jewish literature scholar in Moscow, challenges misconceptions about the Soviet era and the post-Communist period regarding Jewish ren...

Dr. Karin Loevy and Dr. Yoav Mehozay, experts in law and sociology, respectively, highlight the prevalence of states of emergency and their implications for ...

Yehuda Shenhav, a sociology professor at Tel Aviv University, and editor of the Maktoob Book Series for Translations from Arabic, emphasizes the potential of...

Robert Goldenberg, a Professor Emeritus of Judaic Studies, explores Jewish rituals from the Hellenistic and Roman eras, highlighting that contemporary practi...

Drs. Abigail Jacobson and Moshe Naor discuss their book "Oriental Neighbors: Middle Eastern Jews and Arabs in Mandatory Palestine" in which they delve into t...

Dr. Sam Lebens, an Orthodox rabbi and philosopher, discusses his unique blend of Jewish and Western philosophies in his work, particularly influenced by Bert...

Prof. Dov Waxman, author of "Trouble in the Tribe: The American Jewish Conflict over Israel," discusses with hosts Gilad Halpern and Dahlia Scheindlin the im...

Dr. Nadia Valman from Queen Mary, University of London has created a walking tour app that delves into the Jewish history of east London using the works of I...