Twentieth-Century Russia, a Microcosm of Jewish History
Prof. Jonthan Dekel-Chen, Rabbi Edward Sandrow Chair in Soviet and East European Jewry at the Hebrew University and the academic chairman of the Nevzlin Center for Russian and East European Jewry, 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. This episode is made possible by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Leonid Nevzlin Research Center for Russian and East European Jewry.
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How Do You Say Orientalism in Hebrew?
Dr Amit Levy, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Haifa's Department of Israel Studies, discusses his book, A New Orient: From German Scholarship to Middle Eastern Studies in Israel.
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The Specter of a Judicial Coup Is Still Haunting Israel (Preview)
The October 7 events seemed, initially at least, to put the government's plans for a judicial overhaul on the back burner. But under the guise of wartime emergency regulations, the government has slipped back to its old habits. As Prof. Suzie Navot, a scholar of constitutional law and Vice-President of the Israel Democracy Institute, explains, the judicial overhaul is now returning in a much more circumspect (and therefore ominous) manner than before.
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Wikipedia and the Politics of Knowledge
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. This episode is part of a series in partnership with the Institute of Advanced Israel Studies at Brandeis University.
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Resistance by Entrepreneurship
Dr Anna Kushkova, an anthropologist, postdoctoral fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Leonid Nevzlin Research Center for Russian and East European Jewry, discusses her research on Jewish underground entrepreneurial networks in the Soviet Union. This episode is made possible by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Leonid Nevzlin Research Center for Russian and East European Jewry.
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