Podcast Episodes

The Jewsraelis: Portrait of a People, Portrait of a Nation

Shmuel Rosner, journalist, editor and senior research fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute discusses his new book (co-authored with Prof. Cam…

6 years, 7 months ago

What's Eating Russian Artists?

Liza Rozovsky, culture reporter for Haaretz newspaper, writes about contemporary Russian culture under ongoing forms of political oppression, alongsi…

6 years, 7 months ago

We Forgave the Germans, and Then We Were Friends

How did Ben Gurion and first post-war German chancellor Konrad Adenauer become sincere political allies just a few years after the end of the war?

Da…

6 years, 8 months ago

Ben-Gurion: An Intimate Portrait

Historian and journalist Dr Tom Segev discusses his new book, A State at all Costs: The Life of David Ben-Gurion, a new biography of Israel's foundin…

6 years, 8 months ago

Jews as Political Football in Ukraine's War

Jerusalem Post reporter Sam Sokol traveled the Ukraine numerous times from 2013 to cover Jewish communities as the country spiraled into conflict wit…

6 years, 8 months ago

The State of Syria, Through Israeli Eyes

Elizabeth Tsurkov is among the few Israelis to have visited Syria since the war began. She might be the only one to have reached a sweeping range of …

6 years, 8 months ago

Unexpected Citizenship: The Case of Israel's Latinos

Alejandro Paz, associate professor of anthropology at the University of Toronto, discusses his book Latinos in Israel: Language and Unexpected Citize…

6 years, 9 months ago

The Creative Soul of the Sad Zionist

In Zionism and Melancholy, The Short Life of Israel Zarchi, Nitzan Lebovic inhabits the mind and soul of a lesser-known early Zionist poet. The resul…

6 years, 9 months ago

Not Just Another Cuppa Joe

In A Rich Brew: How Cafés Created Modern Jewish Culture, Shachar Pinsker shows how coffee houses then and now, there and here, helped give rise to mo…

6 years, 9 months ago

Everything You Wanted to Know About the Israeli Economy but Were Afraid to Ask

Joseph Zeira, Professor of Economics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, discusses his new book The Israeli Economy, an introduction to all matter…

6 years, 9 months ago