Tel Aviv Review
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An English-language podcast dedicated to books and ideas from Israel, the Middle East and other broadly related topics. Hosted by Gilad Halpern and Yael Berda.
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To Revolutionary Anti-Zionism and Back | Tel Aviv Review
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This month's extra episode is an interview with Udi Adiv, the kibbutznik who enlisted in the Palestinian armed struggle and ended up serving a 12-year imprisonment. His memoir "The Revolution That Never Was" recounts his journey to revolutionary anti-Zionism and back.
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Steven E. Zipperstein, the director of the Nazarian Center for Israel Studies at UCLA, discusses his book "Zionism, Palestinian Nationalism and the Law: 1939-1948."
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The Legal Battle for Palestine - Tel Aviv Review
Steven E. Zipperstein, the director of the Nazarian Center for Israel Studies at UCLA, discusses his book, "Zionism, Palestinian Nationalism and the Law: 1939-1948."
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November 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Steven E. Zipperstein, the director of the Nazarian Center for Israel Studies at UCLA, discusses his book "Zionism, Palestinian Nationalism and the Law: 1939-1948."
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This month's extra episode is an interview with Udi Adiv, the kibbutznik who enlisted in the Palestinian armed struggle and ended up serving a 12-year imprisonment. His memoir "The Revolution That Never Was" recounts his journey to revolutionary anti-Zionism and back.
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To Revolutionary Anti-Zionism and Back | Tel Aviv Review
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November 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
This month's extra episode is an interview with Udi Adiv, the kibbutznik who enlisted in the Palestinian armed struggle and ended up serving a 12-year imprisonment. His memoir "The Revolution That Never Was" recounts his journey to revolutionary anti-Zionism and back.
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Dr 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.
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Antisemitism/Anti-Zionism on Campus: An Israeli Perspective - Tel Aviv Review
Dr 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.
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November 2, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Dr 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.
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Izabella 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.
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Antisemitism: From the Periphery - Tel Aviv Review
Izabella Tabarovsky and Prof. Khinvraj Jangid discuss the landscape of antisemitism in two non-Western environments: the Post-Soviet and the Indian.
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October 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Izabella 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.
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This month's subscribers-only episode was recorded before Netanyahu's super-sparta speech, but gives important context as to how and why the PM's vision is unrealistic.
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The Israeli Economy: A Study in (Un)Sustainability | Tel Aviv Review
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September 18, 2025 at 8:18 AM
This month's subscribers-only episode was recorded before Netanyahu's super-sparta speech, but gives important context as to how and why the PM's vision is unrealistic.
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Amos Goldberg, Professor of Jewish History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a renowned historian of the Holocaust, explains why he believes Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and weighs in on the role of historians and public intellectuals in addressing it.
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Calling a Spade a Spade - Tel Aviv Review
Professor Amos Goldberg explains why he believes Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and weighs in on the role of historians and public intellectuals in addressing it
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September 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Amos Goldberg, Professor of Jewish History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a renowned historian of the Holocaust, explains why he believes Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and weighs in on the role of historians and public intellectuals in addressing it.
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How do you neutralise all the background noise to tell Israelis the real story of Iran? Prof. @liorsternfeld.bsky.social , author of the Hebrew book "Iran: Life Itself" explains in this subscribers-only episode. Sign up to listen.
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August 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
How do you neutralise all the background noise to tell Israelis the real story of Iran? Prof. @liorsternfeld.bsky.social , author of the Hebrew book "Iran: Life Itself" explains in this subscribers-only episode. Sign up to listen.
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Guy Miron, professor of modern European Jewish history at the Open University of Israel, @yadvashem.bsky.social and @leobaeckjeru.bsky.social , discusses his most recent book, "Space and Time Under Persecution: The German-Jewish Experience in the Third Reich."
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Time and Space in the Thousand-Year Reich - Tel Aviv Review
Prof. Guy Miron discusses his most recent book, "Space and Time Under Persecution: The German-Jewish Experience in the Third Reich"
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July 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Guy Miron, professor of modern European Jewish history at the Open University of Israel, @yadvashem.bsky.social and @leobaeckjeru.bsky.social , discusses his most recent book, "Space and Time Under Persecution: The German-Jewish Experience in the Third Reich."
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Against the backdrop of renewed violence in Syria, listen to this month's subscribers-only bonus episode, featuring @telavivuni.bsky.social 's Dr Ido Yahel, with a long-view analysis of the recent and more distant upheavals. Sign up here:
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July 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Against the backdrop of renewed violence in Syria, listen to this month's subscribers-only bonus episode, featuring @telavivuni.bsky.social 's Dr Ido Yahel, with a long-view analysis of the recent and more distant upheavals. Sign up here:
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Jonthan Dekel-Chen, Professor of Soviet and East European Jewry at the @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social, takes a long view on the history of Jews in Russia and its past and present territories, from the turn of the 20th century to the 21st.
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Twentieth-Century Russia, a Microcosm of Jewish History - Tel Aviv Review
Prof. Jonthan Dekel-Chen takes a long view on the history of Jews in Russia and its past and present territories
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June 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Jonthan Dekel-Chen, Professor of Soviet and East European Jewry at the @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social, takes a long view on the history of Jews in Russia and its past and present territories, from the turn of the 20th century to the 21st.
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They say your book isn’t really published until it’s on @telavivreview.bsky.social.
Thanks to Gilad Halpern for the thoughtful conversation about A New Orient!
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How Do You Say Orientalism in Hebrew? - Tel Aviv Review
Dr Amit Levy discusses his book, "A New Orient: From German Scholarship to Middle Eastern Studies in Israel"
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May 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
They say your book isn’t really published until it’s on @telavivreview.bsky.social.
Thanks to Gilad Halpern for the thoughtful conversation about A New Orient!
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Thanks to Gilad Halpern for the thoughtful conversation about A New Orient!
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This month's bonus episode for subscribers of the Tel Aviv Review is with the doyenne of constitutional law in Israel - Prof. Suzie Navot, the vice-president of the Israel Democracy Institute. Despite the war with Hamas, the judicial coup is here, in full force.
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The Specter of a Judicial Coup Is Still Haunting Israel | Tel Aviv Review
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May 26, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This month's bonus episode for subscribers of the Tel Aviv Review is with the doyenne of constitutional law in Israel - Prof. Suzie Navot, the vice-president of the Israel Democracy Institute. Despite the war with Hamas, the judicial coup is here, in full force.
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Dr Rona Aviram, a scientist, and Omer Benjakob, a journalist – both fellows at Brandeis University’s Institute of Advanced Israel Studies – discuss Wikipedia’s bumpy road towards becoming the go-to source of knowledge online.
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Wikipedia and the Politics of Knowledge - Tel Aviv Review
Dr. Yael Dekel talks about the Literary Laboratory: how digital methods are used to study the canon of Hebrew literature - and redefine it
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May 18, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Dr Rona Aviram, a scientist, and Omer Benjakob, a journalist – both fellows at Brandeis University’s Institute of Advanced Israel Studies – discuss Wikipedia’s bumpy road towards becoming the go-to source of knowledge online.
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Dr Anna Kushkova, an anthropologist, postdoctoral fellow at the @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social 's Leonid Nevzlin Research Center for Russian and East European Jewry, discusses her research on Jewish underground entrepreneurial networks in the Soviet Union.
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Dr Anna Kushkova, an anthropologist, postdoctoral fellow at the @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social 's Leonid Nevzlin Research Center for Russian and East European Jewry, discusses her research on Jewish underground entrepreneurial networks in the Soviet Union.
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Resistance by Entrepreneurship - Tel Aviv Review
Dr Anna Kushkova discusses her research on Jewish underground entrepreneurial networks in the Soviet Union
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May 2, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Dr Anna Kushkova, an anthropologist, postdoctoral fellow at the @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social 's Leonid Nevzlin Research Center for Russian and East European Jewry, discusses her research on Jewish underground entrepreneurial networks in the Soviet Union.
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Dr Anna Kushkova, an anthropologist, postdoctoral fellow at the @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social 's Leonid Nevzlin Research Center for Russian and East European Jewry, discusses her research on Jewish underground entrepreneurial networks in the Soviet Union.
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Neta Shoshani’s documentary film "1948: Remember, Remember Not" was commissioned by Kan, Israel’s public broadcaster for the country’s 75th Independence Day. Almost two years on, it has yet to be broadcast, in the wake of a right-wing campaign that claims that it defames Israel.
April 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Neta Shoshani’s documentary film "1948: Remember, Remember Not" was commissioned by Kan, Israel’s public broadcaster for the country’s 75th Independence Day. Almost two years on, it has yet to be broadcast, in the wake of a right-wing campaign that claims that it defames Israel.
@tomeshed.bsky.social , postdoctoral fellow at the @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social ’s Jacob Robinson Institute for the history of individual and collective rights, discusses knowledge production on Antisemitism in the wake of the Second World War in Israel and abroad.
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Between Diplomacy and Commemoration: The Origins of the Study of Antisemitism - Tel Aviv Review
Tom Eshed discusses knowledge production on Antisemitism in the wake of the Second World War in Israel and abroad
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April 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
@tomeshed.bsky.social , postdoctoral fellow at the @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social ’s Jacob Robinson Institute for the history of individual and collective rights, discusses knowledge production on Antisemitism in the wake of the Second World War in Israel and abroad.
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This month's bonus episode is the Tel Aviv Review's first-ever exclusive interview: Stanford University historian Steven Zipperstein discusses his forthcoming book "Philip Roth: Stung by Life".
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March 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This month's bonus episode is the Tel Aviv Review's first-ever exclusive interview: Stanford University historian Steven Zipperstein discusses his forthcoming book "Philip Roth: Stung by Life".
For just $10 per month, you will get exclusive subscription-only episodes >
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Law Prof @adamshinar.bsky.social Reichman University discusses the recent return of Israel’s Film and Theatre Review Board from oblivion to serve the government’s political goals. How did Israel’s censorship laws evolve over the years?
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On Censorship - Tel Aviv Review
Prof. Adam Shinar discusses the recent return of Israel's Film and Theatre Review Board from oblivion, to serve the government's political goals
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March 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Law Prof @adamshinar.bsky.social Reichman University discusses the recent return of Israel’s Film and Theatre Review Board from oblivion to serve the government’s political goals. How did Israel’s censorship laws evolve over the years?
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Dr. Iris Nachum introduces the jurist Jacob Robinson (1889-1977), emphasizing his activism for minority rights and compensation for expulsion. A research institute in his name has recently been established at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Law in Times of Crisis: The Life and Legacy of Jacob Robinson - Tel Aviv Review
Dr. Iris Nachum introduces the jurist Jacob Robinson, emphasizing his activism for minority rights and compensation for expulsion
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March 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Dr. Iris Nachum introduces the jurist Jacob Robinson (1889-1977), emphasizing his activism for minority rights and compensation for expulsion. A research institute in his name has recently been established at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Dr Lee Mordechai, a historian at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, discusses Bearing Witness to the Gaza War, a comprehensive database of facts and figures that he meticulously collected since October 7, 2023.
March 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Dr Lee Mordechai, a historian at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, discusses Bearing Witness to the Gaza War, a comprehensive database of facts and figures that he meticulously collected since October 7, 2023.
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Elyakim Rubinstein has had an incredibly prolific career in academia, politics, diplomacy and the judiciary. Among his many accomplishments, he served as cabinet secretary, AG, chargé d’affaires in Israel’s embassy in Washington, and deputy chief justice until his retirement in 2017.
Elyakim Rubinstein has had an incredibly prolific career in academia, politics, diplomacy and the judiciary. Among his many accomplishments, he served as cabinet secretary, AG, chargé d’affaires in Israel’s embassy in Washington, and deputy chief justice until his retirement in 2017.
February 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Elyakim Rubinstein has had an incredibly prolific career in academia, politics, diplomacy and the judiciary. Among his many accomplishments, he served as cabinet secretary, AG, chargé d’affaires in Israel’s embassy in Washington, and deputy chief justice until his retirement in 2017.
Elyakim Rubinstein has had an incredibly prolific career in academia, politics, diplomacy and the judiciary. Among his many accomplishments, he served as cabinet secretary, AG, chargé d’affaires in Israel’s embassy in Washington, and deputy chief justice until his retirement in 2017.
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February 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Every month beginning February 2025, we will be offering special Tel Aviv Review episodes - usually with a stronger connection to the current news cycle - exclusively to subscribers.
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Marian Turski, arguably the greatest Jewish intellectual of postwar Poland, has died aged 98. In this interview from 2014, he talks about why he and a handful of other Jews chose to stay in Poland.
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Why we stayed: Confessions of postwar Polish Jews
Prof. Marian Turski, Chairman of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, talks about Jewish life in Poland after the end of WWII.
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February 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Marian Turski, arguably the greatest Jewish intellectual of postwar Poland, has died aged 98. In this interview from 2014, he talks about why he and a handful of other Jews chose to stay in Poland.
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Dr. Eran Shlomi discusses Zionist diplomacy and representation at the League of Nations, the UN predecessor, during the interwar period. He analyzes the League’s role in the Zionist path to statehood.
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Diplomacy Without Sovereignty: The Zionist Movement at the League of Nations - Tel Aviv Review
Dr. Eran Shlomi discusses Zionist diplomacy and representation at the League of Nations, the UN predecessor, during the interwar period
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February 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Dr. Eran Shlomi discusses Zionist diplomacy and representation at the League of Nations, the UN predecessor, during the interwar period. He analyzes the League’s role in the Zionist path to statehood.
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Dr. Yael Dekel, a literary scholar at the Open University and Ben Gurion University, talks about the Literary Laboratory: how can digital methods be used to study the canon of Hebrew literature – and redefine it, along the way?
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Dr. Yael Dekel, a literary scholar at the Open University and Ben Gurion University, talks about the Literary Laboratory: how can digital methods be used to study the canon of Hebrew literature – and redefine it, along the way?
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The ‘Big Data’ of Hebrew Literature - Tel Aviv Review
Dr. Yael Dekel talks about the Literary Laboratory: how digital methods are used to study the canon of Hebrew literature - and redefine it
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February 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Dr. Yael Dekel, a literary scholar at the Open University and Ben Gurion University, talks about the Literary Laboratory: how can digital methods be used to study the canon of Hebrew literature – and redefine it, along the way?
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Dr. Yael Dekel, a literary scholar at the Open University and Ben Gurion University, talks about the Literary Laboratory: how can digital methods be used to study the canon of Hebrew literature – and redefine it, along the way?
tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv...