Tag: Hebrew University Of Jerusalem

Prof. Bashir Bashir and Prof. Amos Goldberg have edited a volume called "The Holocaust and the Nakba: A New Grammar of Trauma and History."
Professors Bashir Bashir and Amos Goldberg collaborate to present their edited volume "The Holocaust and the Nakba: A New Grammar of Trauma and History," exploring the interconnectedness of the Holocaust and the Nakba.
Dr. Gili Hammer delves into the intersection of blindness and gender among visually impaired Israeli women in her book "Blindness through the Looking Glass: The Performance of Blindness, Gender, and the Sensory Body."
Dr. Gili Hammer, an anthropologist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, examines the intersection of blindness and gender in her book "Blindness through the Looking Glass: The Performance of Blindness, Gender, and the Sensory Body."
Israel has implemented a 14-day quarantine for all inbound travelers to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, as discussed by Dr. Yonatan Freeman.
Professor Dan Porat's book "Bitter Reckoning: Israel Tries Holocaust Survivors as Nazi Collaborators" sheds light on a lesser-known chapter of Jewish history between 1950-1972 when former Jewish kapos were tried in Israel.
Professor Dan Porat from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem sheds light on the little-known trials of former Jewish kapos in Israel between 1950-1972 in his book "Bitter Reckoning: Israel Tries Holocaust Survivors as Nazi Collaborators," a finalist for the 2019 National Jewish Book Award.
Avishai Margalit, a prominent philosopher, delves into the themes of betrayal in his book "On Betrayal," examining the nuances between adultery, treason, apostasy, and other forms of trust breaches.
Avishai Margalit, a prominent philosopher, delves into the intricacies of betrayal in his book "On Betrayal," examining the connections and distinctions among actions like adultery, treason, and apostasy as breaches of trust.
Dr. Ben Kasstan, a medical anthropologist, delves into his book "Making Bodies Kosher" in a conversation with Gilad Halpern and Dina Kraft.
Dr. Ben Kasstan, a medical anthropologist at the University of Sussex and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, talks about his book "Making Bodies Kosher: The Politics of Reproduction Among Haredi Jews in England," in a conversation with Gilad Halpern and guest co-host Dina Kraft.
Professor Joseph Zeira from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem presents his new book "The Israeli Economy," which serves as a comprehensive introduction to various economic aspects of Israel.
Economist Joseph Zeira from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem talks about his book "The Israeli Economy" as discussed on the Tel Aviv Review.
Dr. Raphael Mechoulam, known as the "godfather of cannabis medicine," is a leading Israeli researcher in the field of cannabinoids.
In Israel, there has been a noticeable trend towards the personalization of politics, where elections increasingly focus on individual personalities rather than party ideologies.
Prof. Gideon Rahat discusses the trend of personalization in Israeli politics on the Tel Aviv Review.
Dr. Nicholas John from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem delves into his book "The Age of Sharing" on the Tel Aviv Review, sponsored by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute advocating humanistic values in Israel.
Dr. Guy Laron, a senior lecturer at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, explores the 1967 Arab-Israeli war in his book "The Six Day War: The Breaking of the Middle East" from a Cold War standpoint.
Dr. Fahima Abbas, a postdoctoral fellow in geography at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, examines the migration of young and professional Arabs from Arab communities to Jewish urban areas in Israel.
Professor Cathie Carmichael from the University of East Anglia discussed the political turmoil in the Balkans before World War I during an international workshop on nationalism and violence.
Dr. Shlomo Fischer from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's School of Education delves into the Temple Mount Faithful movement, examining the changing rationales of right-wing fringe groups advocating to access the Temple Mount since the 1970s.
Bernard Avishai reflects on his book "Promiscuous: 'Portnoy's Complaint and Our Doomed Pursuit of Happiness," exploring how Philip Roth's famous novel impacted his life and those of many Americans.
Dr. Talia Sagiv, a sociologist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, explores the challenges faced by young Israelis of mixed Ashkenazi and Sephardi descent in her book "On the Fault Line: Israelis of Mixed Ethnicity."
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 Jews during the Holocaust Era" in a discussion.
Dr. Yael Berda, a sociologist and anthropologist, delves into her upcoming book "Permit" that scrutinizes Israeli surveillance practices over Palestinians in the West Bank, drawing parallels to Kafkaesque bureaucracy.