The Birth of a Nation: The Diplomatic Backstory of Israel’s Establishment
Tel Aviv Review
English - November 28, 2022 08:05 - 40 minutes - 38.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsJudaism Religion & Spirituality Society & Culture interview israel radio academic debate jewish longform scholars Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Jeffrey Herf, Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Maryland, discusses his new book Israel's Moment: International Support and Opposition to Establishing the Jewish State, 1945-1949, analyzing how Israeli independence benefited from the changing international landscape in the "twilight" period between the Second World War and the Cold War.
This episode is part of a series co-sponsored by UCLA’s Younes & Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, and co-hosted by its director, Prof. Dov Waxman.