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Folge 5 – „Israel-deutsche Projektionen ”

A few months ago, we recorded a conversation with Ghilad Shenhav from the Center for Israel Studies at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. The discussion centered on a conference he organized in Munich, titled “Israel–Deutsche Projektionen.” In the wake of the Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023, and the subsequent war in Gaza, public discourse in Germany surrounding Israel and Palestine has become more tense and polarized than ever. One of the driving ideas behind the conference – responding to both societal and academic developments – is that this polarization is closely tied to longstanding projections and perceptions of Israel within the German context. We spoke about the current state of debate in Germany, the historical roots of these projections, and the role Christian Zionism plays in shaping them.
Here is a link for the conference publication
Ghilad H. Shenhav

Ghilad H. Shenhav

Dr. Ghilad H. Shenhav is a scholar of religious studies, modern Jewish intellectual history, and Israel-Studies, with a specialization in gender studies, postcolonial theory, and political theology. He currently works on his first book about language, tradition, and gender in the writings of Gershom Scholem. Shenhav has written several articles in the fields of modern Jewish thought, literature, and intellectual history among them: „Jacques Derrida and the ‚Desertification‘ of the Messianic“ (Jewish Studies Quarterly, 2022), and „Gershom Scholem’s ‚Laments Project‘ and the Question of Gender“ (Journal of Jewish Studies, 2023). He is also developing his second book project about the reception of the Babylonian Talmud in early Zionism.