Tel Aviv Review

Colin Shindler, professor emeritus of Israel Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, discusses with host Gilad Halpern his book The Rise of the Israeli Right: From Odessa to Hebron, a comprehensive review of the evolution of the conservative and nationalist sections in Zionism. Song: HaBiluim - Ani Afrika'i This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel.

Dr. Sara Shadmi-Wortman, chair of the community research and action programs at Oranim Academic College, discusses with host Gilad Halpern how the community - an ostensibly invisible social structure - can be engineered and constructed for the benefit of social cohesion and quality of life. Song: Ayala Ingedashet - Basar Vadam This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel.

Prof. Mohammed Wattad, a legal scholar at the University of California at Irvine and Zefat Academic College in Israel, explores with host Gilad Halpern the cultural and professional orientation of Israel's highest legal instance, past and present. Song: Danny Sanderson - Khoshev Alayich This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel.

Dr. Merav Ben-Nun, a lecturer at Oranim Academic College of Education and the founding principal of Haifa's first Jewish-Arab school, discusses with host Gilad Halpern the hopes and frustrations that the enterprise provides on a daily basis. Song: Hadag Nahash - Af Ehad This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel.

Ilan Peleg, a professor of government, law and Israel Studies at Lafayette College, analyzes with host Gilad Halpern the recent shift in Israel's hegemonic discourse from confident self-reliance to radical victimhood. Song: The Apples ft. Jessie Evans - Purified This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel.

Dr. Rachel Back, a poet, translator and lecturer in English literature at Oranim Academic College for Education, discusses with host Gilad Halpern the overlap between poetry, education and progressive social change. Song: Sivan Talmor - Circles This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel.

Zachary Smith, a doctoral fellow in political science at the University of Pennsylvania, analyzes with host Gilad Halpern the critique leveled at the two pillars of classic Zionism - rootedness and a Western orientation - by contemporary Mizrahi radicals in Israel. Song: Teapacks - Ma Iti This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel.

Prof. William Miles, a political scientist at Northeastern University in Boston, discusses with host Gilad Halpern the challenges 21st-century Israel poses to the Druze - a largely integrationist indigenous group - against the backdrop of the tensions between Jews and Arabs, the turmoil in the Middle East, and life in a modern economy. Song: Yoni Rechter - Be'etsem At Po Leyadi This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel.

Adina Hoffman, an Israeli-American writer, critic and essayist, discusses with host Gilad Halpern her new book Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architects of a New City, which tells the story of three architects - a Jew, an Englishman and an Arab - who were instrumental in designing the skyline of modern Jerusalem in the first half of the 20th century. Song: Meni Beger - Ze Haya Beiti This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel.

Dr. Azriel Bermant, a historian and international relations professor at Tel Aviv University, discusses with host Gilad Halpern his book Margaret Thatcher and the Middle East, exploring the relationship of Great Britain's legendary prime minister with Israel and the Arab World. Song: Tuna - Gam Ze Ya'avor This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel.