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THINK: Pinchas Of Peace & Power, Kana’ut & Kehuna 59:48

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The story of Pinchas and his zealotry is rich and multi-layered - and it is full of ideas deeply relevant to our own moment. An act of violence to forcefully stop a desecration of God's name brings an end to the plague and clearly receives God's praise and gratitude. Yet below the surface there is more that meets the eye with much to say about the …

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Time and Space in the Thousand-Year Reich 27:26

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Guy Miron, professor of modern European Jewish history at the Open University of Israel, and the director of the Center for the Study of the Holocaust in Germany at Yad Vashem and a board member of the Leo Baeck Institute in Jerusalem, discusses his most recent book, Space and Time Under Persecution: The German-Jewish Experience in the Third Reich.…

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THINK Balak: Was Bilam Actually A Good Guy? (No, he wasn't but...) 54:39

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In our parsha Balak, the king of Mo'av, hires the services of the pagan prophet Bilam. What are Bilam's motives? Does he really want to curse Israel, is he in it for the money or is he actually an obedient servant of God? Source sheet hereOleh THINK at JLIC TLV

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Patron Exclusive: Syria at a Crossroads 8:06

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Dr Ido Yahel, a postdoctoral fellow at Tel Aviv University's Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, is a historian of modern Syria. An ethnic hodgepodge, was the decades-long stability provided by the brutal Assad regime an exception rather than the rule? Can Syria reinvent itself under the leadership of a reformed (at least par…

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THINK Hukkat: The Midbar As Romance 1:01:24

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In honour of the sheva brachot of our dear community members, Sam Simons and Leah Seiff, we take inspiration from Yirmiyahu's description of the desert as the setting of God and Israel's early romance to explore themes of love and relationship in the parsha Source sheet hereOleh THINK at JLIC TLV

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THINK: Beha'alotcha - Moshe's Crisis 1:06:16

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In this week's class on Parshat Beha'alotcha we begin by looking at one of the turning points in the book of Bamidbar - the move from the dream and vision to the harsh reality of the journey to the Promised Land We then turn to Moshe's apparent breakdown as he says that leading the people after their complaints is a burden too great to carry. The c…

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Twentieth-Century Russia, a Microcosm of Jewish History 34:48

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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 m…

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THINK: The Omer & R' Akiva's Students Pt IV - Bringing The Parts Together 58:43

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Our final instalment in the series examining the death of Rabbi Akiva's students during the omer for not honouring one another. In this class we look at Rabbi Eliezer's life after the oven of Akhnai and suggest that within the brilliantly creative approaches of Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Yehoshua to Torah study are contained the seeds for potential conf…

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How Do You Say Orientalism in Hebrew? 43:46

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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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THINK: The Omer & R'Akiva's Students Pt III. Triumph or Tragedy? The Two Sides Of The Oven Of Akhnai 56:21

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Is the story of the oven of Akhnai the greatest triumph or a terrible tragedy? Last week we read the first half of the story and it's trumphal line of lo bashamayim hi - the Torah is not in heaven and its depiction of God laughing. This week we read the second half of the story which pushes in a very different direction. The text of the Akhnai stor…

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The Specter of a Judicial Coup Is Still Haunting Israel (Preview) 8:52

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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 …

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THINK: The Omer & R' Akiva's Students Pt II - Akhnai & The Clash Of Two Different Understandings Of Torah 55:33

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In our first class we contrasted the approach to Torah study of Rabbi Eliezer with that of Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Yehoshua - asking whether Torah story is an exercise of creative insight or a focus on tradition and that which has been said by our teachers before us. Today we see how these two different approaches collide in perhaps the most famous o…

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Wikipedia and the Politics of Knowledge 44:30

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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. This episode is part of a series in partnership with the Institute of Advanced Israel Studies at Brandeis University.…

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THINK: The Omer & The Death Of R' Akiva's Students Pt I - Methodologies of Learning 1:02:39

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For the next few weeks we will do a deep dive into the world of Rabbi Akiva and his students. Many are familiar with the teaching that it is the death of thousands of Rabbi Akiva’s students during this period that initially lent the omer an element of mourning (in addition to one of joy). The reason for their death? Because they didn’t treat one an…

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Resistance by Entrepreneurship 44:48

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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 …

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THINK: Yom HaShoah The Lives & Torah of Two Giants Of Vilna: Rav Haim Ozer and Rav Gustman 1:16:55

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In this Yom HaShoah class we enter the world and learn the stories of two of the great rabbinic giants of Vilna - Rav Haim Ozer Grodzinski and Rav Yisrael Zev Gustman. The first was the last great leader of Vilna Jewry and we read the piece describing his funeral 'The Day Vilna Died'. The latter was the youngest Dayan of Vilna whose story is one of…

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Writing - The Remedy? 10:26

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Hear this Patron-Exclusive Episode on Patreon William Kolbrener and Ronit Eitan, literary scholars at Bar Ilan University, are the founders of Writing on the Wall, an online platform for an open and diverse conversation, and co-editors of Balagan, a magazine of Art, Poetry and Perspective that launched earlier this year. What is the power of litera…

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1948: Open Wounds 37:40

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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. In this episode, she talks about the interplay between history, memory a…

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A Guide To When Erev Pesach Falls On Shabbat 27:56

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This year the eve of Pesach falls on Shabbat which presents us with some unique challenges. This shiur discusses how and when the search, annulment and destruction of chametz works in a year such as this, as well as the fast of the firstborn and how best to do the shabbat meals. Source sheet and summary guide here…

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THINK: Rabbi Sacks, Isaiah Berlin, & Two Concepts of Freedom at Seder Night 59:01

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In this shiur we examine how at famous distinction between two concepts of liberty made by Sir Isaiah Berlin, one of Rabbi Sacks' teachers, finds expression in some of the fundamental texts and ideas of seder night, as well as how Rabbi Sacks himself understood this distinction Source sheet hereOleh THINK at JLIC TLV

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Between Diplomacy and Commemoration: The Origins of the Study of Antisemitism 32:30

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Tom Eshed, postdoctoral fellow at the Hebrew University’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. This episode is made possible by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Jacob Robinson Institute for the Histor…

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On Censorship 40:29

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Adam Shinar, Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law, at 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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THINK: Looking back on COVID through the lens of Purim, Pahad Yitzchak, Hanan Ben Ari & Yishai Ribo 1:06:50

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There's a lot going on here. Using a mash up of two great Israeli songs and a powerful piece of Rav Yitzchak Hutner's Pahad Yitzchak to look back the start of the pandemic five years ago, what we learnt from it and what it can mean for us today in the midst of a very different crisis. It might be advisable to listen to the songs (linked below) and …

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The Purpose Of Mishloach Manot 24:07

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Today we look at two beautiful teshuvot - from the Seridei Eish (19th C.) and the Hatam Sofer (18th C) - that can transorm our understadning ofthe mitzva of mishloach manot - giving gifts to our friends on Purim. Source sheet here. Given at Vine Venture's Sarona Unity Center, March 12th, 2025Oleh THINK at JLIC TLV

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Matanot L'Evyonim: Between Tzedaka & Mishloach Manot 27:13

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In advance of Purim we explore some of the fundamental texts and ideas behind the beautiful mitzvah of matanot l'evyonim (gifts to those in need). Spoiler: it's all about simcha! Source sheet available hereOleh THINK at JLIC TLV

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THINK: Achashverosh As Hero Of The Megilla 1:05:11

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The wonderful thing about teaching Megillat Esther is that everyone knows the story. The terrible thing about teaching Megillat Esther is that everyone knows the story. In this week's THINK we try to question an assumption that almost all have - is Achashverosh a gross unthinking buffoon throughout, or is there some progress and development that he…

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Chronicles of Destruction 53:23

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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. How did a Byzantine historian come to meticulously collect evidence about the atrocities of the current war, still ongoing? The episode is…

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Hostage Deals In Halacha & Jewish History V: Rav Goren & Iskat jibril (1985) 30:10

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L'ilui nishmat Oded Lifshitz who is laid to rest on the afternoon on which the shiur was given. In 1985 the Israel government under Shimon Peres released 1,150 security prisoners in return for three captive soldiers Yosef Grof, Nissim Salem, and Hezi Shai in the deal known as Isskat Jibril. In this shiur we learn the contribution of Rav Shlomo Gore…

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THINK: Terumah & Adar: The Hope Hardwired Into Our Tradition 1:05:12

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Given on February 24th 2025, in loving memory of Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas and Oded Lifschitz. The shiur focuses on Parshat Teruma and the month of Adar as prompts to one of Judaism's deepest themes, the consistent push to help us overcome the darkness and approach the future with hope - no matter how hard that is Source sheet available at this l…

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“It Is the Crown Jewel of My Career in Public Service” 41:13

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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, attorney general, chargé d’affaires in Israel’s embassy in Washington, and deputy chief justice until his retirement in 2017. He is the only living Israeli who has taken part in…

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THINK Yitro: When Moshe Went Up On High 1:10:19

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The revelation at Sinai contains so many different and contrary themes. We explore one of these themes and in particular we do a deep dive on a celebrated gemara in Menachot 29b which describes a conversation between Moshe and God on Sinai - a piece which raises questions of how the Torah can evolve over the generations while maintaining its authen…

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Hostage Deals In Halacha & Jewish History Part IV: Rav Ovadia & Entebbe 31:11

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Today we know the story of Entebbe as one of the great crowning moments of Israeli history. But before the daring Sayeret Matkal operation, Prime Minister Yitchak Rabin asked then sefardi chief rabbi, Rav Ovadia Yosef to share his opinion about the permissibility of acceding to the hostage takers demands of releasing 40 terrorists in exchange for r…

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THINK Beshalach: Hamushim - Four Fifths Didn't Want To Leave... 1:00:31

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THINK Beshalach: Hamushim - Four Fifths Didn't Want To Leave... Download the source sheetOleh THINK at JLIC TLV

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Hostage Deals In Halacha & Jewish History Part III 24:54

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Hostage Deals In Halacha & Jewish History Part III: What bracha should be said upon the release of hostages? Download the source sheet. Given at the Vine Ventures Sarona Unity Center, Feb 4th 2025Oleh THINK at JLIC TLV

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The ‘Big Data’ of Hebrew Literature 38:27

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Dr. Yael Dekel, a literary scholar at the Open University and Ben Gurion University of the Negev and a lead fellow at Brandeis University's Institute of Advanced Israel Studies, talks about the Literary Laboratory: how can digital methods be used to study the canon of Hebrew literature - and redefine it, along the way? This episode is part of a ser…

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Hostage Deal In Halacha and Jewish History Part II - Letter Of The Law & Spirit Of The People 27:46

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Last week we looked at the obligation to redeem captives but also the limitations that the mishnah puts on the prices that can be paid. Today we look at the rise of piracy in the Black Sea and Mediterranean in the 16th century which saw Turkish Jewish communities frequently ransoming Jews from other communities, and two great rabbis of the period -…

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THINK Va'era : On Speech Impediments & Being Like God, Jan 2025 23:10

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In this week's THINK we explore the meaning and significance of Moshe's claim that he cannot lead Israel free from slavery due to his challenges with speech Download the source sheetOleh THINK at JLIC TLV

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Hostage Deals In Halacha & Jewish History, Part I 30:55

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The first instalment in a series on Hostage Deals In Halacha & Jewish History at the Vine Ventures Sarona Unity Center (on the third day of the deal to release hostages from Hamas Captivity). Download the source sheetOleh THINK at JLIC TLV

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Where Water Is Scarce and History Is Rich 33:07

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Prof Nir Arielli, Professor of International History at the University of Leeds (UK), discusses his book The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History.

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And Aharon rejoiced in his heart 22:26

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A short lunch and learn given at Vine Venture's Unity Bet Midrash considering Moshe and Aharon's relationship as a model and Tikkun for sibling relationships in Tanakh Download the source sheetOleh THINK at JLIC TLV

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THINK - Parshat Shemot - When Hashem Sought To Kill Moshe 40:01

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Shemot 4:24-26 are arguably some of the strangest verses in the whole of the Bible. So strange in fact that many people skip right over it. After Mosheh has finally agreed to return to Egypt to redeem Israel and has gotten on the way with his family, God tries to kill him! Things only get stranger when Tziporah saves him by circumcising their son. …

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Think Vayehi Jan 2025 42:16

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THINK Vayehi: Thoughts on סיבתיות הכפולה / Double Causation In Bereishit, In The Story Of Yosef And His Brothers, In Our Lives We are blown forward into history facing backwards Download the source sheet.Oleh THINK-tlv

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Israel’s Legal Quagmire: An Appraisal 42:34

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Dr. (Col. res.) Eran Shamir-Borer, Director of the Center for National Security and Democracy at the Israel Democracy Institute and formerly the head of the International Law Department of the IDF’s Military Advocate General, analyzes Israel’s legal standing in relation to the Gaza War and the occupation of the Palestinian Territories. This episode…

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Elias Khoury: In Memoriam 46:20

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Yehuda Shenhav Shaharabani, Professor Emeritus of sociology at Tel Aviv University and the editor in chief of Maktoob books, a series of Hebrew translations of Arabic literature, discusses the life and writing of Elias Khoury, the great Lebanese novelist who died in September, aged 76. Shenhav Shaharabani single-handedly translated ten of Khoury’s …

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Whither the Abraham Accords? 36:54

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Dr Brandon Friedman, a research fellow at Tel Aviv University's Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies specializing in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries, discusses the future of Middle Eastern geopolitics in the wake of October 7th and ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration. This episode is made possible by the Israel office of K…

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Crisis: The Climate and National Security 32:56

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The climate crisis is a global issue with very concrete strategic consequences: on food security, energy and more. Galit Cohen, Director of the Program on Climate Change at Tel Aviv University’s Institute for National Security Studies and the former Director General of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, discusses the implications of the clim…

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Keep Antisemitism Off Our Pitches 36:49

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Daniel Lörcher, the founding director of What Matters, an organization that tackles racism, antisemitism and discrimination on the soccer field and elsewhere, discusses his work on reducing antisemitism among soccer fans and how sports culture can – and does – help create an atmosphere that promotes tolerance and pluralism. This episode is made pos…

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‘I Am Happy That She Lived Her Short Life to the Fullest’ 28:44

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Ricarda Louk, the mother of Shani, a tattoo artist who became one of the most iconic victims of the Nova festival massacre, talks to us upon the one-year anniversary of the October 7 attack. This episode is made possible by the Israel office of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, which promotes peace, freedom, and justice through political education.…

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The Importance of Being Formally Educated 43:30

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Dr Tammy Hoffman, a research fellow and the Head of the Education Policy Program at the Israel Democracy Institute and a lecturer at Hakibbutzim College of Education, explains how public education can tackle the erosion of democratic norms and the adverse effects of social media on society. This episode is made possible by the Israel office of Konr…

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Jewish and Demographic 44:02

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Historian Dr Nimrod Lin, Managing Editor of the Journal of Israeli History, discusses his forthcoming book People Who Count: Zionism, Demography and Democracy in Mandate Palestine. This interview is part of the "Democracy and Its Alternatives: The Origins of Israel's Current Crisis" conference, held at Brandeis University and organized in partnersh…

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