Podcast Episodes

Ramle Remade: The Israelization of an Arab Town

Dr. Danna Piroyansky, author of Ramle Remade: The Israelization of an Arab Town 1948-1967, discusses the very Israeli concept of 'mixed cities' – the…

8 years, 4 months ago

My Halakha, Your Halakha: Between Jewish Law and Jewish Life

Dr. Leon Wiener Dow, a fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, discusses his new book, The Going: A Meditation on Jewish Law, an autobio…

8 years, 4 months ago

What Did the Crusaders Ever Learn from Us?

This episode originally aired on Feb. 20, 2015.

Dr. Jonathan Rubin, a historian of the Medieval Levant at Tel Aviv University, specializes in the pro…

8 years, 4 months ago

Get to Know Gaza Before the Next War

With a severe humanitarian and economic crisis, another Gaza war could well be on its way. But Gaza is not only the packed, imprisoned and impoverish…

8 years, 4 months ago

Middle-of-the-Road Judaism: The Emergence of Modern Orthodoxy

This episode originally aired Feb. 13, 2015

Dr. Ephraim Chamiel, a lecturer and scholar of Jewish thought in the modern era, explains who were the Je…

8 years, 4 months ago

No Arbitration Without Representation: Alternative Court Systems in America

Michael Broyde, professor of law at Emory University and former rabbinical judge, discusses the constitutional, legal and societal implications of tr…

8 years, 4 months ago

Portrait of the Father of a Nation

This episode originally aired Feb. 6, 2015

Prof. Anita Shapira, one of Israel's most eminent historians of Zionism, discusses her biography of David …

8 years, 4 months ago

If Someone Comes to Kill You: Exposing Israel's History of Targeted Assassinations

Rise and Kill First reveals Israel's deadliest secrets. The history of targeted assassinations precedes the establishment of the state and continues …

8 years, 5 months ago

The Holocaust: The Litmus Test of the Israeli Media

This episode originally aired on Jan 31, 2015.

Dr. Oren Meyers of the Department of Communications at the University of Haifa, co-author, together wi…

8 years, 5 months ago

Ladies and Gents: The Jewish Bourgeoisie in Interwar Egypt

Liat Maggid-Alon, a historian of the modern Middle East at Kibbutzim College and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, discusses a paper she recently p…

8 years, 5 months ago