Episode Details

The birth of the cosmopolitan Jew

Prof. Sander Gilman, who teaches history at Emory University in the US, is an extremely prolific academic with a vast spectrum of fields of expertise. He discusses his latest study, cleverly entitled "Aliens vs Predators: Cosmopolitan Jews vs Jewish Nomads."

The unwitting standard-bearers of Judaism

Prof. Renee Levine Melammed, a senior faculty member at the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, shares with us her insights from her momentous study about the history of crypto-Jewish women in Spain under the Inquisition.

Music:

Radiohead - Just
HaBiluim - Hazman Ha'acharon
MGMT - Time To Pretend