Maggie Anton, a Talmud scholar and historical fiction writer discusses her new book Fifty Shades of Talmud: What the First Rabbis Had to Say about You-Know-What.

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.

Zev Farber, a rabbi and Hebrew Bible scholar, discusses his latest book Halakhic Realities: Collected Essays on Brain Death and the forthcoming sequel Halakhic Realities: Collected Essays on Organ Donation, showcasing a textbook example of how Jewish law had to adapt to modern realities.

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.

Zev Farber, a rabbi and Hebrew Bible scholar, discusses his latest book Halakhic Realities: Collected Essays on Brain Death and the forthcoming sequel Halakhic Realities: Collected Essays on Organ Donation, showcasing a textbook example of how Jewish law had to adapt to modern realities.

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.

Daisy Abboudi, a historian of the Jewish community of Sudan, recounts the little known history of a small and short-lived Jewish presence in northeast Africa.

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.

Daisy Abboudi, a historian of the Jewish community of Sudan, recounts the little known history of a small and short-lived Jewish presence in northeast Africa.

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.

Rabbi Professor Art Green, the founder and current rector of the Hebrew College Rabbinical School in Boston, discusses the Hasidic sect that in the space of just several decades has become a major draw for many Jews around the world. 

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. 

Rabbi Professor Art Green, the founder and current rector of the Hebrew College Rabbinical School in Boston, discusses the Hasidic sect that in the space of just several decades has become a major draw for many Jews around the world. 

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. 

Ariela Migdal, a women's rights lawyer formerly with the American Civil Liberties Union, analyzes the status of women in the United States and within the Jewish community through some of the cases and campaigns that she led. 

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. 

Ariela Migdal, a women's rights lawyer formerly with the American Civil Liberties Union, analyzes the status of women in the United States and within the Jewish community through some of the cases and campaigns that she led. 

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. 

Dr. Amir Locker-Biletzky, a post-doctoral fellow at Concordia University's Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies, discusses how the Israeli Communist Party looked back on the participation of its members in the iconic battle against Fascism, and the cult-like culture that it instigated.

Song: Rotem Cohen - El Ha'Olam Shelach

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.