Tel Aviv Review

Dr. Michal Aharony, political philosophy and Holocaust studies professor at Beit Berl Academic College, recently authored Hannah Arendt and the Limits of Total Domination: The Holocaust, Plurality and Resistance. Dr. Aharony talks to host Gilad Halpern about her work, which evaluates the Jewish-German philosopher's theories on totalitarianism through testimonies of Holocaust victims and survivors.

Dr. Avi Bareli, a historian of Zionism at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, recently authored Authority and Participation in a New Democracy: Political Struggles in Mapai, Israel's Ruling Party, 1948-1953. Dr. Bareli talks to host Gilad Halpern about opposition to Ben-Gurion's leadership from within the party, and how Israel's first prime minister was much less of a power-hungry, dictatorial leader than often thought.

Evaluating the Jewish-German philosopher's theories on totalitarianism through testimonies of Holocaust victims and survivors.

Prof. Lev Grinberg, a sociologist at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, joins host Gilad Halpern to discuss his new book Mo(ve)ments of Resistance: Politics, Economy and Society in Israel/Palestine 1931-2013. He gives a fresh analysis of power relations between the political hegemony and the people, exploring seven instances in the history of Israel.

Dr. Adia Mendelson-Moaz of the department of Literature, Language and the Arts at Israel's Open University joins host Gilad Halpern to talk about her exploration of literary works written by four Israeli groups - Arabs, Mizrahis (Jews of Middle Eastern origin), Russians, and Ethiopians - focusing on the tension between collective and particular identities.

The birth of a Zionist myth Dr. Ofer Nurdheimer Nur of Tel Aviv University talks about the inception of a prominent Zionist myth – the establishment in the early 1920s of the settlement of Upper Bitania by a highly ideological group of immigrants from central Europe. Hillel House: Key player in identity politics Ella Ben Hagay, a social psychologist at University of California in Santa Cruz, talks about her current research, which focuses on the circulation of narratives associated with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict among the US diaspora. Music: Ester Rada - Four WomenEviatar Banai - Samti Li PudraTame Impala - Feels Like We Only Go Backwards

Terrorism in Cyberspace: The next generation Prof. Gabriel Weimann of the department of Communication studies at the University of Haifa has been studying terrorist communication on the Internet for almost two decades. He takes host Gilad Halpern through its evolution. How Jews in the Jim Crow South labored to be white Dr. Caroline Light of Harvard University talks about her recent work with host Gilad Halpern. It analyses the circumstances that led to the establishment of a sizable Jewish charity network in the American South in the post-Reconstruction period. Music: Eifo Hayeled - Rak Bishvil Lekabel ChibukJamiroquai - Virtual InsanityRay Charles - Georgia On My Mind

Zion and the Diaspora in 20th century Jewish thought Prof. Yossi Turner, who teaches modern Jewish philosophy at the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, explores the evolution of Zionism, and the integration and growing political power of Jewish communities around the world. The Jew who defeated Hitler Peter Moreira discusses his book, The Jew who Defeated Hitler: Henry Morgenthau Jr., FDR, And How We Won The War. Its protagonist was instrumental in financing what was then the most expensive human endeavor to date: WWII. Music: Blur - There Are Too Many of UsLenny Kravitz - Fly AwayTom Waits - Day After Tomorrow

Protecting Jews in interwar Europe Prof. Carole Fink, a historian at Ohio State University in the US, tells us about how Europe's Jews fit into the numerous minority protection schemes that emerged on the continent in the interwar period, and about the road to their catastrophic breakdown. The individual and the social in psychoanalysis Prof. Uri Hadar of the School of Psychological Sciences at Tel Aviv University talks about his book Psychoanalysis and Social Involvement: Interpretation and Action, which seeks to address an ongoing tension between psychoanalysis and fellow social sciences. Music: Duffy - Warwick AvenueNeil Sedaka - Oh! CarolMika Karni and Idan Refael Haviv - Shtei Dakot Me Ha-Chayim

The birth of the cosmopolitan Jew Prof. Sander Gilman, who teaches history at Emory University in the US, is an extremely prolific academic with a vast spectrum of fields of expertise. He discusses his latest study, cleverly entitled "Aliens vs Predators: Cosmopolitan Jews vs Jewish Nomads." The unwitting standard-bearers of Judaism Prof. Renee Levine Melammed, a senior faculty member at the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, shares with us her insights from her momentous study about the history of crypto-Jewish women in Spain under the Inquisition. Music: Radiohead - JustHaBiluim - Hazman Ha'acharonMGMT - Time To Pretend