In the shadow of Zion: Promised lands before Israel
Tel Aviv Review
English - September 04, 2015 16:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MB - ★★★★★ - 141 ratingsJudaism Religion & Spirituality Society & Culture interview jewish academic debate israel longform radio scholars Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Dr. Adam Rovner, an Associate Professor of English and Jewish Literature at the University of Denver in the United States, recently had his book In the Shadow of Zion: Promised Lands before Israel published by New York University Press. Dr. Rovner speaks to host Gilad Halpern about the step-siblings of Zionism – six different attempts to establish a Jewish political entity in the 19th and 20th centuries – and why they all failed.
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