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Dr. Radu Ioanid, Romanian Ambassador to Israel and a historian, discusses his book "The Ransom of the Jews: The Story of the Extraordinary Secret Bargain bet...

Dr. Radu Ioanid, Romanian Ambassador to Israel and a historian of Romanian Jewry, delves into his book "The Ransom of the Jews: The Story of the Extraordinar...

In the book "Sontag: Her Life and Work" by Benjamin Moser, the author explores the life and ideas of philosopher and cultural critic Susan Sontag. Sontag is ...

Susan Sontag, a prominent philosopher and cultural critic, pondered the complex relationship between reality and representation throughout her influential ca...

Batya Ungar-Sargon argues in her book "Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy" that while woke culture focuses on racial identity politics, it ove...

In her book, "Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy," Batya Ungar-Sargon argues that woke culture has given rise to a focus on racial identity po...

In her book "Under Quarantine: Immigrants and Disease at Israel's Gate," historian Rhona Seidelman explores the history and impact of Shaar Haaliya, a quaran...

Israel's early efforts to manage mass immigration and prevent the spread of disease are highlighted in historian Rhona Seidelman's book "Under Quarantine: Im...

Dr. Laura Wharton, a Jerusalem City Council member and adjunct lecturer at Hebrew University, analyzes the decline of the Labor Party's social agenda in her ...

Dr. Laura Wharton, a Jerusalem City Council member and lecturer at Hebrew University, explores the decline of the Labor Party in her book "Is the Party Over?...

Professor Daniel Statman from the University of Haifa, in collaboration with others, explores the intersection of religion and democracy in their co-authored...

Professor Daniel Statman, head of the Philosophy Department at the University of Haifa and a senior fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute, is interviewed ...

Eyal Press delves into the challenging reality of essential yet often overlooked jobs in America in his book, "Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll...

In "Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America," Eyal Press examines the lives of workers in morally challenging positions that ...

In "Meir Kahane: The Public Life and Political Thought of an American Jewish radical", Prof. Shaul Magid argues that Rabbi Meir Kahane, known for his far-rig...

Professor Shaul Magid asserts in his book, "Meir Kahane: The Public Life and Political Thought of an American Jewish Radical," that Rabbi Meir Kahane, known ...

David Rieff, a journalist and cultural critic, questions the value of remembering history in his book "In Praise of Forgetting: Historical Memory and Its Iro...

In his book "In Praise of Forgetting: Historical Memory and Its Ironies," journalist and cultural critic David Rieff argues that remembering history does not...

Dr. Yair Wallach's book "A City in Fragments: Urban Texts in Modern Jerusalem" explores the evolution of text in late 19th and early 20th-century Jerusalem, ...

In "A City in Fragments: Urban Texts in Modern Jerusalem," Dr. Yair Wallach analyzes the evolving significance of text in late 19th and early 20th century Je...

In his new biography, "Places of Mind: A Life of Edward Said," Timothy Brennan examines the various facets of Edward Said, a renowned Palestinian-American sc...

Timothy Brennan, a professor at the University of Minnesota, has authored a biography on Edward Said, a celebrated Palestinian-American scholar and public in...

In his book "The Power of Deserts: Climate Change, the Middle East and the Promise of a Post-Oil Era," Professor Dan Rabinowitz explores the Middle East's ro...

Professor Dan Rabinowitz from Tel Aviv University explores the impact of climate change on the Middle East in his book "The Power of Deserts," highlighting t...

Amichai Cohen, a Law Professor at Ono Academic College and Senior Fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute, explores the impact of Israel's Constitutional Re...

In this discussion, Amichai Cohen, a professor of law, explores the topic of Israel's constitutional revolution. He talks about his book, "The Constitutional...

In this article, Edna Harel-Fischer discusses the controversy surrounding governance and governability in Israel. The author explores how this topic has beco...

Edna Harel-Fischer, a research fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute, discusses the difference between governance and governability in Israel and why it h...

Historian Sarah Schrank of California State University, Long Beach delves into the history of American nudism in her book "Free and Natural: Nudity and the A...

In her book "Free and Natural: Nudity and the American Cult of the Body," historian Sarah Schrank explores the history of nudism in America. She traces its d...

In "Weak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin's Russia," author Timothy M. Frye challenges the perception of Russia as uniquely autocratic under Vladimir ...

In "Weak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin's Russia," Timothy M. Frye challenges the notion of Russia as a uniquely autocratic country under Vladimir P...

Nancy MacLean's book "Democracy in Chains" delves into the archives of economist James McGill Buchanan, revealing his influence on the Koch brothers, liberta...

Nancy MacLean's book "Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America" explores the archives of economist James McGill ...

In this podcast episode, Prof. Jan Grabowski, a Polish-Canadian historian, examines Jewish-Polish relations during the Nazi occupation of Poland. He also dis...

Polish-Canadian historian Prof. Jan Grabowski delves into Jewish-Polish relations under Nazi occupation and the current politics of memory in Poland. He shar...

David N. Myers, a Jewish history professor at UCLA, and Benjamin Ravid, a professor at Brandeis University, shed light on the life and contributions of Simon...

Professors David N. Myers and Benjamin Ravid reflect on the life and contributions of Simon Rawidowicz, a significant 20th-century Jewish intellectual, often...

Professor Milan Svolik of Yale University explores the paradox of citizens voting for leaders who may threaten democracy in a discussion sponsored by the Isr...

In this episode, Professor Milan Svolik of Yale University examines the phenomenon of citizens voting for political leaders who threaten or undermine democra...

Vronique Mottier of the University of Cambridge discusses how populist parties in European countries like Switzerland, France, Italy, and the Netherlands str...

In this article, Véronique Mottier, a scholar at Jesus College, University of Cambridge, explores the relationship between xenophobic nationalist parties in ...

In "Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy," Siva Vaidhyanathan asserts that while Facebook has some positive aspects, it sho...

In his book "Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy," Siva Vaidhyanathan argues that Facebook is not the source of all proble...

Prof. Daniella Talmon-Heller from Ben Gurion University's Department of Middle East Studies delves into her book "Sacred Place and Sacred Time in the Medieva...

In her book "Sacred Place and Sacred Time in the Medieval Islamic Middle East: A Historical Perspective," Prof. Daniella Talmon-Heller explores the developme...

In their book, "American Affective Polarization in Comparative Perspective," Noam Gidron, James Adams, and Will Horne examine how American political culture ...

In the book "American Affective Polarization in Comparative Perspective," authors Noam Gidron, James Adams, and Will Horne analyze the shift in American poli...

In the article "My Country, Tis of Thee, Right or Wrong?" the author discusses the dichotomy of love for one's country and its potential benefits or drawback...

In "Reclaiming Patriotism in an Age of Extremes," Professor Steven B. Smith discusses whether love of country is a positive force or a threat, questioning th...