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Professor Arie Sover, the founder of the Israeli Society for the Study of Humor, delves into the significance of studying humor with host Gilad Halpern befor...

Prof. Raanan Rein delves into the intricate history of Spanish-Israeli relations over three decades, examining the challenges and developments leading up to ...

Dr. Avner Wishnitzer examines the clash of tradition and modernity in 19th century Turkey through the adoption of standardized time in his book "Reading Cloc...

Ofer Idels from Tel Aviv University's Department of History delves into the contentious debate within the Jewish community in Palestine prior to the 1936 Oly...

Prof. Benjamin Z. Kedar discusses his new collection of essays on Chaim Weizmann with host Gilad Halpern, highlighting Weizmann's role as Israel's first pres...

Professor Jeff Halper discusses his book "War Against the People," focusing on Israel's role in global politics as a leading proponent of a "securocratic" re...

Zev Harvey, a Jewish philosophy professor, discusses the life and ideas of Prof. Aviezer Ravitzky, a leading Jewish philosopher in Israel, before a public ev...

Dr. Guy Ziv discusses the topic of Israel's political shift towards the left over time, focusing on Shimon Peres as a case study in his book "Why Hawks Becom...

Dr. Ido Shahar, a Middle East history lecturer at the University of Haifa, discusses in his book "Legal Pluralism in the Holy City" the unique case of Sharia...

Prof. Ghil'ad Zuckermann and Dr. Gitit Holzmann delve into the complexities and constraints of the revival of the Hebrew language, a core element of the Zion...

Dr. Roni Weinstein from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem discusses how Kabbalah, an ancient form of Jewish mysticism originating in 16th and 17th century P...

Holocaust survivor Simon Malkes shares his story of being saved by Nazi officer Karl Plagge, whom he calls the "Schindler of Vilnius." Malkes dedicates his m...

Adi Sherzer, a doctoral fellow at Ben-Gurion University, discusses the construction of the Israeli national narrative in the early years of statehood, blendi...

Dr. Orli Sela, an environmental and legal historian at New York University, delves into the changing perceptions of water abundance and its role in the forma...

Dr. Rony Klein, a professor specializing in French political thought at Tel Aviv University, examines how Jewish philosophers in the late 20th century critiq...

Dr. Aviva Tal, a Yiddish literature professor at Bar-Ilan University, delves into the little-known topic of Jewish criminal activities in Interwar Poland, hi...

Dr. Ran Zwigenberg, a professor of history, discusses the parallel cultures of commemoration stemming from the Hiroshima and Auschwitz catastrophes in a conv...

Dr. Hadas Cohen, a post-doctoral fellow, examines how Israeli identity is shaped by deviations from it, focusing on the case of Tali Fahima, labeled a "trait...

Dr. Yakir Englander, an expert on interfaith dialogue and Jewish philosophy at Harvard University, discusses the role of religion in conflict resolution with...

Dr. Ido Yoav, a sociologist and anthropologist, discusses the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin from a sociology of emotions perspective on the 2...

Dr. Dara Barnat highlights Walt Whitman's impact on Jewish-American poets as they navigate their dual identity. Whitman's universal message resonated with la...

Dr. Inbal Ben-Asher Gitler, a historian of architecture, discusses the post-colonial perspective in analyzing the history of architecture in Israel during th...

Dr. Omri Asscher discusses the "adaptation" of Israeli literature for American Jewish audiences with host Gilad Halpern, focusing on how translators and edit...

Dr. Boaz Lev Tov discusses the significance of oral history in revealing the everyday lives and connections of regular individuals in Israel over the years. ...

Prof. Hillel Cohen discusses in his book "1929: Year Zero of the Arab-Israeli Conflict" how the violent Palestinian uprising of August 1929 marked a signific...

Assaf Gamzou, curator at the Israeli Cartoon Museum, discusses a new exhibition showcasing Bible stories depicted in caricatures, exploring the connection be...

Journalist and political scientist Elliot Jager discusses his book "The Pater: My Father, My Judaism, My Childlessness" with host Gilad Halpern, exploring th...

Professor Steven Gimbel discusses Albert Einstein's rise to fame as a celebrated scientist, focusing on his Jewish background and the factors that contribute...

Professor Monty Noam Penkower discusses the formative period of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict between 1933-1939, during which conflicting national movemen...

Professor Warren Brodsky, a music psychologist from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and author of "Driving With Music: Cognitive-Behavioral Implications,"...

Dr. Adi Moreno, a sociologist at the University of Manchester, discusses the impact of gay couples starting families on traditional notions of family and con...

Dr. Ron Schleifer discusses the concept of hasbara, a form of propaganda used in the Israeli-Arab conflict, in an interview with Gilad Halpern. Schleifer, an...

Dr. Cecile Kuznitz, director of Jewish Studies at Bard College, discusses the history of the Yiddish Scientific Institute (YIVO) in her book "YIVO and the Ma...

Dr. Assaf Nativ, a post-doctoral fellow in archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, discusses the similarities and differences between prehistoric ...

Dr. Yonatan Mendel, director of the Center for Jewish-Arab Relations at the Van Leer Institute in Jerusalem, discusses the politicization of Arabic teaching ...

In "The Holocaust Averted: An Alternate History of American Jews, 1938-1967," Jeffrey S. Gurock, a Jewish history professor at Yeshiva University, explores w...

Dr. Jonathan Rynhold, a political scientist at Bar-Ilan University and author of "The Arab-Israeli Conflict in American Political Culture," discusses why the...

Dr. Asaf Romirowsky discusses the role of American religious groups in diplomacy and refugee relief during Israel's War of Independence and its aftermath in ...

Professor Meir Zamir discusses his book, "The Secret Anglo-French War in the Middle East: Intelligence and Decolonization, 1940-1948," focusing on British in...

Dr. Moshe Berent, a political scientist at the Open University, discusses the concept of republicanism in Israeli politics in his book "A Nation Like All Nat...

Dr. Hilla Dayan, a sociologist, is pioneering the field of 'Occupation Studies,' focusing on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She discusses the goals of thi...

Dr. Adam Rovner's book "In the Shadow of Zion: Promised Lands before Israel" explores the unsuccessful attempts to establish Jewish political entities in the...

Dr. Noa Lavie, a sociologist at Tel Aviv-Yaffo Academic College, explores the influence of capitalism and art on reality television in Israel and beyond. In ...

Noga Kadman, an Israeli researcher and tour guide, explores the depopulated Palestinian villages of 1948 in her book "Erased from Space and Consciousness." I...

Prof. Yosef Toby discusses Judeo-Arabic literature in Tunisia, highlighting the cultural richness of Tunisian Jews during a golden age and their struggle bet...

Professor Meron Medzini, a Japanologist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the biographer of Golda Meir, offers a unique perspective on the former Isr...

Jonathan Sarna, a professor of American Jewish history at Brandeis University, recently co-edited a book called "Lincoln and the Jews" with Benjamin Shapell,...

Dr. Gabriel Noah Brahm, an associate professor, discusses his upcoming book that explores the theoretical foundations behind anti-Israel sentiments in academ...

Professor Alon Confino discusses the Nazi vision of eliminating Jews from every aspect of existence in his book "A World Without Jews: The Nazi Imagination f...

Dr. Stefan Ihrig's book "Atatürk in the Nazi Imagination" explores how Turkish nationalism after WWI influenced the Nazis in the early Weimar era and beyond....