Imperial Capital: The capture of Jerusalem in WWI Dr.
Moshe Lavee, a Talmud scholar at the University of Haifa, tells us about the Cairo Genizah – this trove of hundreds of thousands of Jewish texts, religious as well as non-religious, that was found inside a synagogue in the Egyptian capital and documents ten centuries of Jewish life there, most of which has been marginalized by the course of history. Tel Aviv Review is also supported by the Public Discourse Grant from the Israel Institute, which is dedicated to strengthening the field of Israel Studies in order to promote knowledge and enhance understanding of modern Israel.īottomless pit: The Cairo Geniza and the untold history of Medieval Jewry Dr. This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel. Thrall discusses why he has reached that conclusion and its implications for reaching a peace accord someday. He claims that only force – either tough diplomatic pressure or actual physical violence – has ever generated real concessions. Nathan Thrall of the International Crisis Group argues in his book, “The Only Language they Understand: Forcing Compromise in Israel and Palestine,” that nice negotiations and incentives will never be enough for the stiff-necked people on either side of the Green Line. It is difficult to think of anything that has failed as often as the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Tel Aviv Review is also supported by the Public Discourse Grant from the Israel Institute, which is dedicated to strengthening the field of Israel Studies in order to promote knowledge and enhance understanding of modern Israel. Of her migration policy, Chancellor Angel Merkel said, "We can do it" Michel's book about his experience is called, "We Are Doing It." This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel. He became an organizer and spokesperson, learning remarkable things about the refugees - and about Germany. In short order, he found himself organizing a makeshift shelter for over 1000 refugees in an abandoned municipal building in Berlin for nearly two years. Holger Michel, a young German, decided to drop by a shelter and volunteer for a few hours. When throngs of refugees poured into Europe in 2015, people wanted to help, but didn't know how.