Iyunim Multidisciplinary Studies in Israeli and Modern Jewish Society
Throughout the 19th century, a distinctive journalistic tradition emerged simultaneously in Brita... more Throughout the 19th century, a distinctive journalistic tradition emerged simultaneously in Britain and the United States, emphasizing norms and practices such as fact-based reporting, a clear separation between news and opinion, and objectivity. The Anglo-American tradition gradually spread to other locations including Continental Europe and Israel, becoming paradigmatic in the 1970s. However, the earliest manifestations of this were already noticeable in British-ruled Palestine in the 1920s and 1930s, mainly in the two Jerusalem-based media outlets reviewed in this article: the Palestine Telegraphic Agency (PTA), a local subsidiary of the international Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA), headquartered in New York; and the Palestine Post newspaper. These two English-language news organizations catered to Palestine’s English readers (predominantly members of the Mandatory administration) and adhered perforce to the Anglo-American journalistic tradition to which their readers had been a...
Prof. Raanan Rein, a historian of Spain and Latin America, and Vice-President of Tel Aviv Univers... more Prof. Raanan Rein, a historian of Spain and Latin America, and Vice-President of Tel Aviv University, explores with host Gilad Halpern the tumultuous relationship between Israel and Spain before and after diplomatic relations were established, as late as 1986.
Dr. Avner Wishnitzer, senior lecturer in Middle Eastern and African History at Tel Aviv Universit... more Dr. Avner Wishnitzer, senior lecturer in Middle Eastern and African History at Tel Aviv University, is the author of the recently published "Reading Clocks Alla Turca: Time and Society in the Late Ottoman Empire." He analyzes the tension between tradition and modernity in 19th century Turkey through the introduction of the concepts of standardized time. Listen here: http://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/01/29/anti-clockwise-time-and-modernity-in-the-late-ottoman-empire/
Ofer Idels, a doctoral fellow at Tel Aviv University’s School of History, discusses the heated de... more Ofer Idels, a doctoral fellow at Tel Aviv University’s School of History, discusses the heated debate that swept the Jewish community in Palestine ahead of the 1936 Olympic Games, held in Nazi Berlin.
Nimrod Lin, a doctoral fellow in history at the University of Toronto, tracks back the emergence ... more Nimrod Lin, a doctoral fellow in history at the University of Toronto, tracks back the emergence of the demographic discourse in Zionism. He discusses with host Gilad Halpern how, at different stages in Zionist history, the leadership tried to cope with this ongoing challenge.
Meital Regev, a doctoral fellow at the archaeology and land of Israel studies department at Bar-I... more Meital Regev, a doctoral fellow at the archaeology and land of Israel studies department at Bar-Ilan University, discusses with host Gilad Halpern Israel’s sometimes ambivalent attitude towards the prospective immigration of Ethiopia’s centuries-old Jewish community, since the enactment of the Law of Return in 1950.
Prof. Michael Levin is a historian of architecture at Shenkar College for Engineering, Art and De... more Prof. Michael Levin is a historian of architecture at Shenkar College for Engineering, Art and Design, and co-editor of Richard Kaufmann and the Zionist Project. He discusses with host Gilad Halpern the life and works of the Jewish-German architect, who was hired in 1920 as the chief planner of the Zionist community and who single-handedly shaped the landscape of modern Israel.
Dr. Ori Goldberg, a scholar of political Islam and lecturer at the Interdisciplinary Center in He... more Dr. Ori Goldberg, a scholar of political Islam and lecturer at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, analyzes with host Gilad Halpern the novelty of the Islamic State group. Dr. Goldberg explains why IS poses new threats and offers new opportunities to the West.
Gabriel Mitchell, a doctoral fellow in government and international affairs at the University of ... more Gabriel Mitchell, a doctoral fellow in government and international affairs at the University of Virginia Tech, discusses with host Gilad Halpern how Israel balances security interests and economic opportunity, in light of the recent discovery of huge offshore gas fields.
After the fall of Communism, photographer Yuri Dojc returned to his native Slovakia to document t... more After the fall of Communism, photographer Yuri Dojc returned to his native Slovakia to document the country’s Jewish community, which remained intact in every respect except one: Its people. Dojc’s new exhibition, “Last Folio,” opens this week at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. It features photos of dilapidated books, abandoned synagogues and decrepit old people, symbolizing a once buzzing Jewish life. He and curator Katya Krausova join host Gilad Halpern.
Colin Shindler, professor emeritus of Israel Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studie... more 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.
Dr. Sara Shadmi-Wortman, chair of the community research and action programs at Oranim Academic C... more 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.
Prof. Mohammed Wattad, a legal scholar at the University of California at Irvine and Zefat Academ... more 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.
Dr. Merav Ben-Nun, a lecturer at Oranim Academic College of Education and the founding principal ... more 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.
Ilan Peleg, a professor of government, law and Israel Studies at Lafayette College, analyzes with... more 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.
Dr. Rachel Back, a poet, translator and lecturer in English literature at Oranim Academic College... more 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.
Zachary Smith, a doctoral fellow in political science at the University of Pennsylvania, analyzes... more 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.
Prof. William Miles, a political scientist at Northeastern University in Boston, discusses with h... more 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.
Adina Hoffman, an Israeli-American writer, critic and essayist, discusses with host Gilad Halpern... more 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.
Dr. Azriel Bermant, a historian and international relations professor at Tel Aviv University, dis... more 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.
Iyunim Multidisciplinary Studies in Israeli and Modern Jewish Society
Throughout the 19th century, a distinctive journalistic tradition emerged simultaneously in Brita... more Throughout the 19th century, a distinctive journalistic tradition emerged simultaneously in Britain and the United States, emphasizing norms and practices such as fact-based reporting, a clear separation between news and opinion, and objectivity. The Anglo-American tradition gradually spread to other locations including Continental Europe and Israel, becoming paradigmatic in the 1970s. However, the earliest manifestations of this were already noticeable in British-ruled Palestine in the 1920s and 1930s, mainly in the two Jerusalem-based media outlets reviewed in this article: the Palestine Telegraphic Agency (PTA), a local subsidiary of the international Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA), headquartered in New York; and the Palestine Post newspaper. These two English-language news organizations catered to Palestine’s English readers (predominantly members of the Mandatory administration) and adhered perforce to the Anglo-American journalistic tradition to which their readers had been a...
Prof. Raanan Rein, a historian of Spain and Latin America, and Vice-President of Tel Aviv Univers... more Prof. Raanan Rein, a historian of Spain and Latin America, and Vice-President of Tel Aviv University, explores with host Gilad Halpern the tumultuous relationship between Israel and Spain before and after diplomatic relations were established, as late as 1986.
Dr. Avner Wishnitzer, senior lecturer in Middle Eastern and African History at Tel Aviv Universit... more Dr. Avner Wishnitzer, senior lecturer in Middle Eastern and African History at Tel Aviv University, is the author of the recently published "Reading Clocks Alla Turca: Time and Society in the Late Ottoman Empire." He analyzes the tension between tradition and modernity in 19th century Turkey through the introduction of the concepts of standardized time. Listen here: http://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/01/29/anti-clockwise-time-and-modernity-in-the-late-ottoman-empire/
Ofer Idels, a doctoral fellow at Tel Aviv University’s School of History, discusses the heated de... more Ofer Idels, a doctoral fellow at Tel Aviv University’s School of History, discusses the heated debate that swept the Jewish community in Palestine ahead of the 1936 Olympic Games, held in Nazi Berlin.
Nimrod Lin, a doctoral fellow in history at the University of Toronto, tracks back the emergence ... more Nimrod Lin, a doctoral fellow in history at the University of Toronto, tracks back the emergence of the demographic discourse in Zionism. He discusses with host Gilad Halpern how, at different stages in Zionist history, the leadership tried to cope with this ongoing challenge.
Meital Regev, a doctoral fellow at the archaeology and land of Israel studies department at Bar-I... more Meital Regev, a doctoral fellow at the archaeology and land of Israel studies department at Bar-Ilan University, discusses with host Gilad Halpern Israel’s sometimes ambivalent attitude towards the prospective immigration of Ethiopia’s centuries-old Jewish community, since the enactment of the Law of Return in 1950.
Prof. Michael Levin is a historian of architecture at Shenkar College for Engineering, Art and De... more Prof. Michael Levin is a historian of architecture at Shenkar College for Engineering, Art and Design, and co-editor of Richard Kaufmann and the Zionist Project. He discusses with host Gilad Halpern the life and works of the Jewish-German architect, who was hired in 1920 as the chief planner of the Zionist community and who single-handedly shaped the landscape of modern Israel.
Dr. Ori Goldberg, a scholar of political Islam and lecturer at the Interdisciplinary Center in He... more Dr. Ori Goldberg, a scholar of political Islam and lecturer at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, analyzes with host Gilad Halpern the novelty of the Islamic State group. Dr. Goldberg explains why IS poses new threats and offers new opportunities to the West.
Gabriel Mitchell, a doctoral fellow in government and international affairs at the University of ... more Gabriel Mitchell, a doctoral fellow in government and international affairs at the University of Virginia Tech, discusses with host Gilad Halpern how Israel balances security interests and economic opportunity, in light of the recent discovery of huge offshore gas fields.
After the fall of Communism, photographer Yuri Dojc returned to his native Slovakia to document t... more After the fall of Communism, photographer Yuri Dojc returned to his native Slovakia to document the country’s Jewish community, which remained intact in every respect except one: Its people. Dojc’s new exhibition, “Last Folio,” opens this week at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. It features photos of dilapidated books, abandoned synagogues and decrepit old people, symbolizing a once buzzing Jewish life. He and curator Katya Krausova join host Gilad Halpern.
Colin Shindler, professor emeritus of Israel Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studie... more 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.
Dr. Sara Shadmi-Wortman, chair of the community research and action programs at Oranim Academic C... more 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.
Prof. Mohammed Wattad, a legal scholar at the University of California at Irvine and Zefat Academ... more 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.
Dr. Merav Ben-Nun, a lecturer at Oranim Academic College of Education and the founding principal ... more 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.
Ilan Peleg, a professor of government, law and Israel Studies at Lafayette College, analyzes with... more 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.
Dr. Rachel Back, a poet, translator and lecturer in English literature at Oranim Academic College... more 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.
Zachary Smith, a doctoral fellow in political science at the University of Pennsylvania, analyzes... more 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.
Prof. William Miles, a political scientist at Northeastern University in Boston, discusses with h... more 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.
Adina Hoffman, an Israeli-American writer, critic and essayist, discusses with host Gilad Halpern... more 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.
Dr. Azriel Bermant, a historian and international relations professor at Tel Aviv University, dis... more 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.
Prof. Rebeca Raijman, a sociologist at the University of Haifa, discusses with host Gilad Halpern... more Prof. Rebeca Raijman, a sociologist at the University of Haifa, discusses with host Gilad Halpern her book "South African Jews in Israel: Assimilation in Multigenerational Perspective," highlighting the distinctive characteristics of one of the English speaking world’s largest Jewish communities, before and after their mass aliya.
Dr. Leah Gilula, a theater studies scholar, discusses with host Gilad Halpern the limits of satir... more Dr. Leah Gilula, a theater studies scholar, discusses with host Gilad Halpern the limits of satirical plays during the British Mandate period, and their contribution to the creation of a homegrown Israeli culture.
Dr. Guy Ziv, an assistant professor of international relations at the American University in Wash... more Dr. Guy Ziv, an assistant professor of international relations at the American University in Washington, DC, discusses with host Gilad Halpern the evolution of peacemaking policies among Israel’s political and military circles, which are sometimes at odds with each other.
Geoffrey Levin, a doctoral student in the Departments of History and Hebrew and Judaic Studies at... more Geoffrey Levin, a doctoral student in the Departments of History and Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University, discusses with host Gilad Halpern how Jewish Americans viewed Israel’s treatment of its largest ethnic minority in the 1950s and 60s, when they were subjected to military rule.
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Papers by Gilad Halpern
Listen here: http://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/01/29/anti-clockwise-time-and-modernity-in-the-late-ottoman-empire/
Listen here: http://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/01/25/higher-faster-stronger-hitlers-olympiad-and-the-yishuv/
Other by Gilad Halpern
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/09/28/when-israels-demographic-time-bomb-started-ticking/
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/09/26/members-of-a-tribe-the-evolution-of-israels-jewish-ethiopian-immigration-policy/
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/09/23/edifying-zionism-richard-kaufman-a-pioneering-architect/
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/09/19/isis-the-old-new-face-of-radical-islam/
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/09/16/the-cost-of-energetic-independence-israels-natural-gas-challenges/
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/09/12/welcome-to-slovakias-jewish-pompeii/
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/09/09/left-out-the-rise-of-the-israeli-right/
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/09/05/no-place-like-home-israels-pioneering-community-research/
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/08/29/shalomsalam-on-the-benefits-and-limitations-of-bilingual-education/
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/08/26/yad-vashem-with-an-air-force-hegemonic-victimhood-in-israel/
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/08/22/verses-of-coexistence-teaching-poetry-in-a-region-of-conflict/
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/08/19/east-is-east-cosmopolitanism-and-levantinism-in-mizrahi-thought/
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/08/15/druze-and-donts-the-integration-of-an-indigenous-community-in-modern-israel/
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/08/12/empire-state-builders-architects-of-modern-jerusalem/
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/08/08/the-iron-lady-of-the-orient/
Listen here: http://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/01/29/anti-clockwise-time-and-modernity-in-the-late-ottoman-empire/
Listen here: http://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/01/25/higher-faster-stronger-hitlers-olympiad-and-the-yishuv/
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/09/28/when-israels-demographic-time-bomb-started-ticking/
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/09/26/members-of-a-tribe-the-evolution-of-israels-jewish-ethiopian-immigration-policy/
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/09/23/edifying-zionism-richard-kaufman-a-pioneering-architect/
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/09/19/isis-the-old-new-face-of-radical-islam/
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/09/16/the-cost-of-energetic-independence-israels-natural-gas-challenges/
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/09/12/welcome-to-slovakias-jewish-pompeii/
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/09/09/left-out-the-rise-of-the-israeli-right/
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/09/05/no-place-like-home-israels-pioneering-community-research/
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/08/29/shalomsalam-on-the-benefits-and-limitations-of-bilingual-education/
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/08/26/yad-vashem-with-an-air-force-hegemonic-victimhood-in-israel/
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/08/22/verses-of-coexistence-teaching-poetry-in-a-region-of-conflict/
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/08/19/east-is-east-cosmopolitanism-and-levantinism-in-mizrahi-thought/
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/08/15/druze-and-donts-the-integration-of-an-indigenous-community-in-modern-israel/
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/08/12/empire-state-builders-architects-of-modern-jerusalem/
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/08/08/the-iron-lady-of-the-orient/
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/08/05/joburg-on-the-mediterranean-south-african-migration-to-israel/
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/08/01/the-burden-of-spoof-satire-in-pre-state-israel/
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/07/29/continuation-of-policy-by-other-means-israel-and-the-two-state-solution/
http://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2016/07/25/liberty-justice-for-most-american-views-on-treatment-of-israeli-arabs/