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# Episode Title Description People Date
1 Giving compliments in Hebrew There are many ways to be polite. Hebrew manners are very different than English ones to say the least. In today's episode we will learn what is and isn't appropriate to say in different circumstances. Esther Yadgar, Alicia Vergara 19 Apr 2024
2 Creative Commons Zionism and the Jews of Iraq: A Personal Perspective Professor Avi Shlaim gives the George Antonius Memorial Lecture 2023, examining the Jewish exodus from Iraq in the aftermath of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, and arguing the Zionist movement played an active part in the uprooting of Iraqi Jews. Avi Shlaim, Eugene Rogan 19 Sep 2023
3 Creative Commons Chapter One: frayer -- פראייר In this chapter we will talk about the word that means "someone who was slightly conned". We'll talk about the origin of the word, how to use it and when. Esther Yadgar, Alicia Vergara 04 Jul 2022
4 Amnon Aran - Israeli foreign policy since the end of the Cold War Amnon Aran maps the development of Israeli foreign policy since the end of the Cold War Amnon Aran 18 Nov 2021
5 Michael Karayanni - Religion and State among the Palestinian-Arabs in Israel: A Multicultural Entrapment Michael Karayanni considers how the Israeli construction of religion and politics shapes the live Palestinian-Arabs in the state. Michael Karayanni 18 Nov 2021
6 Book at Lunchtime: Jews, Liberalism, Antisemitism Book at Lunchtime is a series of bite-sized book discussions held weekly during term-time, with commentators from a range of disciplines. The events are free to attend and open to all. Abigail Green, Simon Levis Sullam, Adam Sutcliffe, Kei Hiruta 23 Jul 2021
7 Creative Commons FMR 48 - Jewish roots of humanitarian assistance The act of assistance is an act of respect for the humanity of others and is not the preserve of any one faith. Ricardo Augman, Enrique Burbinski 03 Jun 2015
8 Creative Commons The Holocaust, Narrative and Remembrance - Part Two Part 2/2. Workshop with Prof Dan Stone (RHUL), Paul Salmons (the IOE's Centre for Holocaust Education) and Prof Mark Roseman (Indiana University). Dan Stone, Paul Salmons, Mark Roseman 19 Jun 2012
9 Creative Commons The Holocaust, Narrative and Remembrance - Part One Part 1/2. Workshop with with Prof Dan Stone (RHUL), Paul Salmons (the IOE's Centre for Holocaust Education) and Prof Mark Roseman (Indiana University). Dan Stone, Paul Salmons, Mark Roseman 19 Jun 2012
10 Creative Commons Saul Friedländer in conversation A discussion forum on writing Holocaust history with Prof Jane Caplan (St Antony's College, Oxford), Prof Mark Roseman (Indiana University) and Prof Nicholas Stargardt (Magdalen College, Oxford). Saul Friedländer, Jane Caplan, Mark Roseman, Nicholas Stargardt 19 Jun 2012
11 Creative Commons Saul Friedländer: Trends in the historiography of the Holocaust Professor Saul Friedländer delivers a lecture as the inaugural Humanitas Visiting Professor in Historiography. Saul Friedländer 19 Jun 2012
12 Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks: Symposium - Making Space (does the Judaic model make sense in Christianity and Islam?) Symposium following the lectures delivered by Chief Rabbi, Lord Sacks (Visiting Professor in Interfaith Studies 2011-2012) on the subject of 'Making Space: A Jewish Theology of the Other'. Jonathan Sacks, Janet Soskice, Abdou Filali-Ansari, Guy Stroumsa 24 Apr 2012
13 Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks: The face of the other - the curious nature of biblical narrative Third of three lectures delivered by Chief Rabbi, Lord Sacks (Visiting Professor in Interfaith Studies 2011-2012) on the subject of 'Making Space: A Jewish Theology of the Other'. Jonathan Sacks 24 Apr 2012
14 Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks: Truth and translatability Second of three lectures delivered by Chief Rabbi, Lord Sacks (Visiting Professor in Interfaith Studies 2011-2012) on the subject of 'Making Space: A Jewish Theology of the Other'. Jonathan Sacks 24 Apr 2012
15 Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks: After Babel - A Jewish theology of interfaith First of three lectures delivered by Chief Rabbi, Lord Sacks (Visiting Professor in Interfaith Studies 2011-2012) on the subject of 'Making Space: A Jewish Theology of the Other'. Jonathan Sacks 24 Apr 2012