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Israel Studies
Interviews with scholars of Israel about their new books.
March 27, 2026
Yiddish in Israel
The new book Yiddish in Israel: A History (Indiana UP, 2020) challenges the commonly held view that Yiddish was suppressed or even banned by Israeli a…
March 21, 2026
After Fission
Nuclear status is typically treated as a stable feature of a state's capacity to possess, use, or build nuclear weapons. Challenging this view, After …
February 27, 2026
The Shtetl
Even those who do not know much Yiddish have probably heard the word “shtetl,” but what does that word mean exactly? Can we just say that it was a sma…
February 21, 2026
Victimhood Nationalism
Nationalism today depends on the perception of victimhood. The historical memory of past suffering endows nationalist movements with political legitim…
February 19, 2026
Guide to the Study of Ancient Magic
In the midst of academic debates about the utility of the term “magic” and the cultural meaning of ancient words like mageia or khesheph, this Guide t…
February 9, 2026
Who by Fire
In October 1973, the poet and singer Leonard Cohen—thirty-nine years old, famous, unhappy, and at a creative dead end—traveled from his home on the Gr…
January 4, 2026
Agents of Change
In this episode Drora Arussy speaks with historian Adam S. Ferziger about his latest book, Agents of Change: American Jews and the Transformation of I…
September 26, 2025
Uncertain Empire
Following the British conquest of Ottoman Palestine, Jews across the British Empire—from Jerusalem to Johannesburg, London to Calcutta—found themselve…
September 6, 2025
Rethinking Jewish History and Memory Through Photography
Ofer Ashkenazi is a Professor of History and the director of the Richard Koebner-Minerva Center for German History at the Hebrew University of Jerusal…
August 11, 2025
Operation Wrath of God
In this unprecedented history of intelligence cooperation during the Cold War, Aviva Guttmann uncovers the key role of European intelligence agencies …
July 30, 2025
Beyond Proportionality
Thane Rosenbaum is a novelist, essayist, law professor, and Distinguished University Professor at Touro University, where he directs the Forum on Life…
July 24, 2025
Israeli Documentary Poetry
Israeli Documentary Poetry: Coming of Age with the State introduces and explores documentary poetry written by Israeli poets who came of age during th…
July 11, 2025
Ghosts of a Holy War
In this interview, Yardena Schwartz discusses her book Ghosts of a Holy War: The 1929 Massacre in Palestine That Ignited the Arab-Israeli Conflict, of…
July 7, 2025
Israel and its Heirs in Late Antiquity
Andrew Tobolowsky's Israel and Its Heirs in Late Antiquity (Cambridge UP, 2025) explores constructions of Israelite identity among Jewish, Samaritan I…
June 29, 2025
The Pilgrim Soul
Elana Gomel is a former senior lecturer in the Department of English and American Studies at Tel Aviv University, where she also served as department …
May 28, 2025
How Rabbis Became Experts
At the turn of the common era, the Jewish communities of Roman Palestine saw the organization of a small group of literate Jewish men who devoted thei…
May 23, 2025
Zionism and Jewish Culture
What many people don’t realize is that Zionism is not a monolithic term. From its inception there were rigorous debates about the nature and direction…
May 23, 2025
The Birthplace of Jesus Is in Palestine
The Birthplace of Jesus Is in Palestine: A Memoir (Wipf and Stock, 2024) is a narrative of a Christian family in Bethlehem in the West Bank. Based on …
May 21, 2025
Zionism
Emotion lies at the heart of all national movements, and Zionism is no exception. For those who identify as Zionist, the word connotes liberation and …
May 17, 2025
Embracing Exile
Embracing Exile: The Case for Jewish Diaspora (Oxford University Press, 2025) analyzes biblical and rabbinic texts, philosophical treatises, studies o…