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Back to SearchSimone Gigliotti, "Restless Archive: The Holocaust and the Cinema of the Displaced" (Indiana UP, 2023)
Episode 33
The global refugee, the ship passenger, the displaced person. How did their homeseeking routes and visual motifs intersect and diverge in the early H…
2 years, 5 months ago
Violent Majorities: Indian and Israeli Ethnonationalism. Episode 2
Episode 119
Natasha Roth-Rowland is a writer and researcher at Diaspora Alliance, a former editor at +972 Magazine, and an expert on the Jewish far right. She jo…
2 years, 6 months ago
More on Joseph and "Order": On Genesis 41:1-44:17
Episode 10
This week, Modya and David explore parshat Miketz (Gen. 41:1-44:17) and consider its lessons for the character trait of Order. As Joseph gains power …
2 years, 6 months ago
Julia Watts Belser, "Loving Our Own Bones: Disability Wisdom and the Spiritual Subversiveness of Knowing Ourselves Whole" (Beacon Press, 2023)
Episode 216
A transformative spiritual companion and deep dive into disability politics that reimagines disability in the Bible and contemporary culture.
"What's …
2 years, 6 months ago
Martin C. Dean, "Investigating Babyn Yar: Shadows from the Valley of Death" (Lexington Books, 2023)
Episode 204
Investigating Babyn Yar: Shadows from the Valley of Death (Lexington Books, 2023) pieces together the story of the destruction of Kyiv's Jews using h…
2 years, 6 months ago
Raquel Ukeles et al., "101 Treasures from the National Library of Israel" (Scala Arts, 2022)
Episode 461
101 Treasures from the National Library of Israel (Scala Arts, 2022) provides a thematic journey through the rich and diverse collections of the Nati…
2 years, 6 months ago
Jeffrey S. Gurock, "Marty Glickman: The Life of an American Jewish Sports Legend" (NYU Press, 2023)
Episode 263
For close to half a century after World War II, Marty Glickman was the voice of New York sports. His distinctive style of broadcasting, on television…
2 years, 6 months ago
Sasha Goldstein-Sabbah et al., "Life & Legacy: A Window into Jewish Life Across the Islamic World" (U Groningen Press, 2023)
Episode 460
Through stunning images, maps and insightful commentary, Life & Legacy: A Window into Jewish Life Across the Islamic World (U Groningen Press, 2023) …
2 years, 6 months ago
"Order" in Joseph's Extraordinary Dreams
Episode 9
In this week's episode, Modya and David read Vayeshev (Genesis 37:1-40:23) and consider what can be learned about the character trait of Order from J…
2 years, 6 months ago
Guy Miron, "Space and Time Under Persecution: The German-Jewish Experience in the Third Reich" (U Chicago Press, 2023)
Episode 154
The rapid and radical transformations of the Nazi Era challenged the ways German Jews experienced space and time, two of the most fundamental charact…
2 years, 6 months ago