Dr. David Hadar, a literary scholar and post-doctoral fellow at the Open University, analyzes with host Gilad Halpern the influence, overt and covert, of the Jewish-American novelist on the much younger Israeli-Arab author, drawing parallels between their troubled literary personas. Song: Matisyahu - Sunshine This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute , which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel....
Apr 22, 2016•20 min
Dr. Nir Arielli, a lecturer in international history and politics at the University of Leeds, UK, discusses with host Gilad Halpern the tumultuous life of his great aunt, Leah Trachtman-Palchan, a Communist activist who was deported from British-ruled Palestine to the Soviet Union only to reconnect with her Zionism decades later. Her edited memoir, Between Tel Aviv and Moscow: A Life of Dissent and Exile in Mandate Palestine and the Soviet Union , has recently appeared in English. Song: Leah Sha...
Apr 18, 2016•18 min
Dr. Dina Moyal, a historian specializing in the legal history of the Soviet Union, discusses with host Gilad Halpern the trials of Nazi criminals and collaborators in the Soviet Union during and in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, and how it reflects the Soviets' perception of the concept of justice. Song: Maor Cohen - Hachi Yafa Baolam This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute , which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal valu...
Apr 15, 2016•19 min
Host Gilad Halpern and Professor Yaarah Bar-On; the President of Oranim Teachers College and a historian of the kibbutz movement, analyse the crisis that has all but decimated the once illustrious centrepiece of Israel and Zionism and offers first thoughts about its potential rejuvenation. Song: Yuval Dayan - Tenagen This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute , which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israe...
Apr 10, 2016•22 min
Dr Daniel Schiffman, an economic historian and a senior lecturer in the department of Economics and Business Administration at Ariel University, is the co-author of the forthcoming book Economic Advisers and Advice: Crises, Reform and Stabilization in Israel. Together host Gilad Halpern and Dr Schiffman explore the contribution of Jewish-American advisers to the Israeli economy over the years. Song: Rita & Eliad - Im Niga This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Je...
Apr 06, 2016•28 min
Host Gilad Halpern talks to Brian Horowitz, professor of Jewish Studies at Tulane University in New Orleans, and the co-editor of the recently published Story of My Life, the first of three autobiographies written by Vladimir Zeev Jabotinsky, the founding father of Israel's Revisionist right. An unusual figure, Jabotinksy spent most of his public life swimming against the Zionist current, until his untimely death in 1940. Song: Ester Rada - I Wish This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possi...
Apr 04, 2016•16 min
Host Gilad Halpern and Vivian Liska, professor of German literature and the director of the Institute of Jewish Studies at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, discuss one of the themes featuring in her forthcoming book, German Jewish Thought and its Aftermath: A Precarious Legacy: How can Jewish thought extract itself from a generations-long paradox that sees exile as a blessing and a curse at the same time? Song: Tamuz - Ani Lo Yodea Eich Lomar Lach This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made po...
Apr 01, 2016•18 min
Padraig O'Malley, professor of peace and reconciliation at the University of Massachusetts and author of the recently published The Two State Delusion: Israel Palestine - A Tale of Two Narratives , discusses with host Gilad Halpern, why what for decades was the most likely resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has ceased to have any chances of survival. Song: Leah Shabat - Sod Hadvarim Hapshutim This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute , wh...
Mar 28, 2016•26 min
Explore the Hassidic settlement of Kiryas Yoel, in upstate New York, which offers a unique insight into questions of diaspora and sovereignty.
Mar 25, 2016•26 min
Dr. Tal Elmaliach, a historian of Zionism at the University of Wisconsin, discusses with host Gilad Halpern how Zionist youth movements played an increasingly significant role in redefining American Judaism in the 1960s. Song: Rami Kleinstein - Tapuchim Utmarim This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute , which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel....
Mar 21, 2016•18 min
Dr. Ariel Sheetrit, a lecturer in Arabic language and literature at the Ben-Gurion of the Negev and in Arab film at the Open University, is the coordinator of the research group at the Van Leer Institute dedicated to the study of Arabic narratives of migration and journey. She analyzes with host Gilad Halpern how the East-West encounter was seen and construed in "Eastern" eyes, from as early as the 11th century. Song: Totemo - SeeSaw This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van...
Mar 17, 2016•20 min
Dr. Sharman Kadish, a historian of British Jewry and founding director of the charity Jewish Heritage UK , takes host Gilad Halpern through the demographic and cultural evolution of the Jewish community of Great Britain. Song: Hakeves HaShisha Asar - Kshe Ehye Gadol This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute , which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel....
Mar 14, 2016•25 min
Prof. Uriya Shavit of the Arabic and Islamic Studies department at Tel Aviv University and the author of the recently published Zionism in Arab Discourses , explores the complex attitude of Islamic and liberal intellectuals towards Israel, combining envy, contempt, appreciation and pure hate. Song: Natan Goshen - Ze Shelanu This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute , which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in...
Mar 10, 2016•22 min
Prof. Michael J Cohen, a Professor Emeritus of History at Bar-Ilan University, is the author of the recently published Britain's Moment in Palestine: Retrospect and Perspective . Talking to host Gilad Halpern, he takes a comprehensive look at the tumultuous 30-year mandate on Palestine, which started with great promise but ended up as one of the nails in the coffin of the British Empire. Song: Ram Orion - Hashlama This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Inst...
Mar 07, 2016•23 min
Prof. Amikam Nachmani, a political scientist at Bar-Ilan University, is studying Europe's encounter with its Muslim immigrants in the 21st century. He tells host Gilad Hapern how this is not a bilateral relationship, but rather a "love triangle," with the legacy of the Jewish presence being the third pole. Song: Shlikhey HaBlues - Shtaim BaLayla This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute , which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in t...
Mar 04, 2016•20 min
Prof. Chaim Noy is a professor of communications at the University of South Florida and the author of a new book Thank You For Dying for Our Country: Commemorative Texts and Performances in Jerusalem . He talks to host Gilad Halpern about his meticulous study of the visitor book at Jerusalem's most celebrated former battlefield, and the glimpse it offers into the make-up of Israeli society today. Song: Sivan Talmor - Fire This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusa...
Feb 29, 2016•22 min
Dr. Anat Helman, a professor of Jewish history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is the author of the new book Becoming Israeli: National Ideals and Everyday Life in the 1950s . She explores with host Gilad Halpern the everyday practices adopted by the early Israelis, which reflected their reception of the cultural project of Zionism. Song: Idan Raichel - Ma'agalim This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute , which promotes humanistic, democratic...
Feb 26, 2016•18 min
Prof. Leonard Saxe, a sociologist and professor of contemporary Jewish Studies at Brandeis University, is a world-renowned expert on Birthright Israel, the program that has brought hundreds of thousands of young Diaspora Jews to Israel. He analyzes with host Gilad Halpern its phenomenal success, which has surpassed the expectations of even its most ardent supporters. Song: Tsemed Reot - Boker Tov Amir This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute , which...
Feb 22, 2016•16 min
Prof. Orit Bashkin, a Middle East scholar at the University of Chicago, talks to host Gilad Halpern about her original perspective on the history of Jews in the Levant and Egypt, which transcends the common perception of the communities as victims of the inevitable clash between Arab nationalism and Zionism. Song: Ester Rada - Nanu Ney This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute , which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social ...
Feb 19, 2016•23 min
Dor Saar, a historian of Judaism at Tel Aviv University, discusses the curious case of a 17th-century Jewish theologian and mysticist called Abraham Miguel Cardoso, one of the principal backers of Sabbatai Zevi, the most well-known false messiah in the history of Judaism. Song: Yehudit Ravitz - Gaagua This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute , which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel....
Feb 15, 2016•21 min
Prof. Moshe Zimmermann, a historian of modern Germany at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, attempts to draw lessons from the fragile and divided German democracy of the early 1930s for today's Israel, in the wake of a panel discussion entitled "The red lines of Israeli democracy" that was held at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. Song: Uzi Ramirez - She's So Young This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute , which promotes humanistic, democratic, an...
Feb 12, 2016•18 min
Dr. Adar Yarum, an art historian at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, discusses with host Gilad Halpern the life and journals of Cyriac (Ciriaco) of Ancona, a 15th century traveler credited with bringing the long-lost marvels of the Classical world to Renaissance Italy. Song: Micha Shitrit - Masmerim Venotzot This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute , which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel....
Feb 08, 2016•16 min
Prof. Arie Sover, the founding chair of the Israeli Society for the Study of Humor, dissects with host Gilad Halpern the ins and outs of his field, in an Israeli and a global context, ahead of the society's annual conference. Song: Matisyahu - One Day This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute , which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel....
Feb 05, 2016•17 min
Prof. Raanan Rein, a historian of Spain and Latin America and Vice-President of Tel Aviv University, explores the tumultuous relationship between Israel and Spain before and after diplomatic relations were established, as late as 1986. Song: Gili Yalo - Hailoga This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute , which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel....
Feb 01, 2016•21 min
Dr. Avner Wishnitzer, senior lecturer in Middle Eastern and African History at Tel Aviv University, is the author of the recently published Reading Clocks Alla Turca: Time and Society in the Late Ottoman Empire. He analyzes with host Gilad Halpern the tension between tradition and modernity in 19th century Turkey through the introduction of the concepts of standardized time. Song: Si Himan - Bekhol Makom This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute , wh...
Jan 29, 2016•20 min
Ofer Idels, a doctoral fellow at Tel Aviv University's Department of History, discusses with host Gilad Halpern the heated debate that swept the Jewish community in Palestine ahead of the 1936 Olympic Games, held in Nazi Berlin. Song: Eilad - Spirits (Rukhot) This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute , which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel....
Jan 25, 2016•19 min
Prof. Benjamin Z. Kedar, Professor Emeritus of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and former Vice-President of the Israeli Academy of Sciences and Humanities, talks to host Gilad Halpern about his newly published collection of essays about Chaim Weizmann. Prof. Weizmann was Israel's first president and leader of the World Zionist Organization throughout much of the pre-state period, and maintained an active career as a chemist in parallel to his statesmanship. Where do science and sta...
Jan 22, 2016•20 min
Prof. Jeff Halper, an anthropologist and human rights activist, talks to host Gilad Halpern about his latest book, War Against the People; Israel, the Palestinians and Global Pacification , in which he analyzes the "securocratic" regime that dominates global politics, with Israel at its forefront. Song: Cohenbeats & KerenDun - What's On Your Mind
Jan 15, 2016•22 min
Zev Harvey, professor emeritus of Jewish philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, discusses with host Gilad Halpern the life and opinions of Prof. Aviezer Ravitzky, one of Israel's foremost Jewish philosophers, ahead of a public event that will take place in his honor at the Van Leer Institute on Thursday, January 14, under the banner "The engaged intellectual and Jewish Philosophy." Song: The Idan Raichel Project - She'eriot Shel Ha'Chaim This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made poss...
Jan 13, 2016•19 min
Dr. Guy Ziv, an international relations professor at the American University in Washington, DC, is the author of the recently published Why Hawks Become Doves: Shimon Peres and Foreign Policy Change . He talks to host Gilad Halpern about the leftward shift of Israel's political establishment over the decades, and Shimon Peres' own journey as the standard-bearer of this shift. Song: Teapacks - Zmanim Ktanim This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute , ...
Jan 11, 2016•22 min
