The Wild West (Bank): The Allegory That Keeps on Giving (Rerun)
Tel Aviv Review
English - May 30, 2022 16:25 - 29 minutes - 21.5 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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Israeli novelist Assaf Gavron discusses his book, “The Hilltop: A Novel,” and explains why a secular Tel Avivian chose to set the plot in a remote Jewish outpost in the West Bank. More broadly, where do the personal and the political overlap, and what is the role of literature in articulating the two?
This episode of the Tel Aviv Review was made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel.