Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA brief history of British Jewry
Dr. Sharman Kadish, a historian of British Jewry and founding director of the charity Jewish Heritage UK, takes host Gilad Halpern through the demogr…
10 years, 3 months ago
Know thine enemy: Zionism in Arab discourses
Prof. Uriya Shavit of the Arabic and Islamic Studies department at Tel Aviv University and the author of the recently published Zionism in Arab Disco…
10 years, 3 months ago
Britain's moment in Palestine: Dreams, politics & damage control
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:…
10 years, 3 months ago
A specter haunting Europe: Between Jewish past and Muslim present
Prof. Amikam Nachmani, a political scientist at Bar-Ilan University, is studying Europe's encounter with its Muslim immigrants in the 21st century. H…
10 years, 3 months ago
People of the visitor book: Commemorative practices in Jerusalem's war museum
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:…
10 years, 4 months ago
The Israeli melting pot: A grassroots perspective
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…
10 years, 4 months ago
A program like no other: What Birthright Israel does right
Prof. Leonard Saxe, a sociologist and professor of contemporary Jewish Studies at Brandeis University, is a world-renowned expert on Birthright Israe…
10 years, 4 months ago
Many types of belonging: New historiography of Mideastern Jews
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 …
10 years, 4 months ago
Just a very naughty boy: Sabbatai Zevi and C17th Jewish messianism
Dor Saar, a historian of Judaism at Tel Aviv University, discusses the curious case of a 17th-century Jewish theologian and mysticist called Abraham …
10 years, 4 months ago
Weimar in Jerusalem: Is Israel on a slippery slope to fascism?
Prof. Moshe Zimmermann, a historian of modern Germany at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, attempts to draw lessons from the fragile and divided Ge…
10 years, 4 months ago