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Tel Aviv Review
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Showcasing the latest developments in the realm of academic and professional research and literature, about the Middle East and global affairs. We discuss Israeli, Arab and Palestinian society, the Jewish world, the Middle East and its conflicts, and issues of global and public affairs with scholars, writers and deep-thinkers.
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When Everybody Is LGBT, Nobody Is
Feb 300:46:26Tap to summarizeAmir Naaman and Dr Ran Heilbrunn, Israeli writers based in Germany, discuss their new collection of essays Inversion: Gay Life after the Homosexual. What are the next steps for queer theory after the impressive gains made by gay rights activism over the last few decades?
Transcribe →The Beginning of the End of Israeli Democracy
Jan 1900:41:29Tap to summarizeFor Michael Sfard, one of Israel's most prominent human rights lawyers and author of the forthcoming book Occupation from Within: How Israel's Oppression of the Palestinians Turned Inwards, the government's anti-democratic proposals, collectively known as the "judicial overhaul", are a culmination of the decades-long occupation of the Palestinians. The episode is sponsored by the Sady and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History at UCLA and co-hosted by Prof David N. Myers.
Transcribe →Patron-Exclusive: Israel-Us Relations at a Crossroad?
Jan 1200:08:09Tap to summarizeHow will the much-touted special relationship be affected by President Trump's overhaul of many aspects of American governance? Alon Pinkas, former Israeli diplomat and author of the forthcoming book An Unnatural Alliance, reflects on his time as Consul-General in New York in the early 2000s - how has Israeli diplomacy in the US evolved since? Join us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/telavivreview
Transcribe →The Ottoman World of Sports
Dec 2200:37:13Tap to summarizeDr. Murat Yildiz, a historian of the Middle East at Skidmore College, discusses his book, The Ottoman World of Sports: Refashioning Bodies, Men and Communities in Late Imperial Istanbul. (Forthcoming, University of Texas Press).
Transcribe →A Tragedy of Miscalculations
Dec 800:49:00Tap to summarizeRobert Malley, a former US negotiator and president and CEO of the International Crisis Group, and currently Senior Fellow and Lecturer at Yale University's Jackson School for Global Affairs, discusses his book (co-authored with Hussein Agha) Tomorrow is Yesterday: Life, Death and the Pursuit of Peace in Israel/Palestine. The episode is sponsored by the Sady and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History at UCLA and co-hosted by Prof David N. Myers.
Transcribe →Jews and "Whiteness" Across Time and Space
Nov 2400:41:02Tap to summarizeDr Balazs Berkovits, a Hungarian-born sociologist and philosopher, and Dr. Sara Hirschhorn, an American-Israeli historian, discuss the complexity – and adverse effects – of attributing the "whiteness" category to Jews. This series is made possible by the Elizabeth and Tony Comper Center for the Study of Antisemitism and Racism at the University of Haifa.
Transcribe →The Legal Battle for Palestine
Nov 1000:40:00Tap to summarizeSteven E. Zipperstein, the director of the Nazarian Center for Israel Studies at UCLA, discusses his book, Zionism, Palestinian Nationalism and the Law: 1939-1948.
Transcribe →Antisemitism/Anti-Zionism on Campus: An Israeli Perspective
Oct 2000:39:58Tap to summarizeDr Dikla Yogev and Dr Shlomi Balaban, two Israeli academics based in Canada, reflect on Oct. 7 and its aftermath in their professional and personal circles. This series is made possible by the Elizabeth and Tony Comper Center for the Study of Antisemitism and Racism at the University of Haifa.
Transcribe →An Alphabet for the Jewish People
Oct 600:44:07Tap to summarizeRabbi Dr Michael Marmur, Professor of Jewish Theology at Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem, discusses his book Living the Letters: An Alphabet of Emerging Jewish Thought.
Transcribe →Antisemitism: From the Periphery
Sep 2200:48:21Tap to summarizeIzabella Tabarovsky and Prof. Khinvraj Jangid, fellows at the Elizabeth and Tony Comper Center for the Study of Antisemitism and Racism at the University of Haifa, discuss the landscape of antisemitism in two non-Western environments: the Post-Soviet and the Indian. This series is made possible by the Elizabeth and Tony Comper Center for the Study of Antisemitism and Racismat the University of Haifa.
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