JPPI Podcast: Shmuel Rosner and Ksenia Svetlova discuss her book – On high heels in the Middle East, her unique experiences as a journalist and a former Knesset member, and her views on the future of the middle east.
Ksenia Svetlova is a seasoned expert and analyst on Middle Eastern issues, with unique academic and practical experience. She had covered the Middle East extensively and visited many countries in the region, including Lebanon, Syria and Libya, interviewed Palestinian leaders Yasser Arafat and Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, and many high-profile politicians in Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Jordan. She speaks English, Hebrew, Russian and Arabic.
Svetlova served as a member in a committee for foreign affairs and defense during her term as Parliament member. Currently she is serving as a senior analyst at the IPS (Institute for Strategy and Policy) at the Interdisciplinary Center at Herzliya. She is also leading the department for research of ties between Israel and the Middle East at “Mitvim” think-tank for regional foreign policy.
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- Season 1
- Dr. Shlomo Fischer: The Real Reasons why Israeli Haredis don’t serve in the IDF
- Dan Feferman: The Rise of Reform and Conservative Judaism in Israel
- Einat Wilf and Adi Schwartz: Is UNRWA damaging the Palestinians?
- Yaacov Lozowick: Is America getting more anti-Semitic?
- Dr. Nachman Shai: What needs to change in the diaspora Israeli relations
- Nir Hasson: What will the future of Jerusalem look like?
- Moshe Koppel: The key for keeping Jewish tradition alive
- Dan Ben-David: Are Israelis having too many children?
- Uzi Leibner: Is Hanukkah a religious holiday or a national one?
- Hana Bendcowsky: Who are the Israeli Christians?
- Avi Gil: Concluding 2018
- Special Crossover Episode – Two Nice Jewish Boys
- Dennis Ross: Geo-Political Predictions for 2019
- Yaron Dekel: Understanding the Israeli Elections
- Noah Slepkov: Who are the Jewish Israelis?
- Avi Buskila: Is there a future for the Israeli Left?
- Dana Weiss: How Will We Remember Benjamin Netanyahu
- Jonathan de Shalit: Israeli Spy Turned Mystery Author
- Dr. Shalom Salomon Wald: Is There Such a Thing As a Jewish Gene?
- Brigadier General (Res.) Michael Herzog: Israel’s upcoming security challenges
- Dr. Yizhar Hess: The future of the Conservative Judaism movement in Israel
- Special Election Panel: Knesset member Ayelet Nahmias-Verbin and Professor Yossi Shain
- Rabbi Mishael Zion: A Special Purim Episode
- Special Election Panel: Knesset Member Meirav Ben-Ari and Amnon Lord
- Special Election Panel 3: Knesset Member Avraham Neguise and Gil Hoffman
- Ambassador Avi Gil and Dr. Shlomo Fischer: Israeli Elections Aftermath
- Nir Braudo: A Secular Passover
- Dr. Amir Teicher: The scientific darkness behind The Holocaust
- Dr. Joel Rappel: Is the Israeli Independence day a religious holiday?
- Daniel Dunkelman: Celebrating Eurovision in Israel
- Roberta R. Kwall: Can you “remix” Judaism?
- Yaakov Katz: The story behind Israel’s 2007 attack on Syria’s nuclear reactor
- Dr. Gila Vachman: Celebrating Shavuot
- Colonel (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman: Is Israel a part of the Mediterranean region?
- Dr. Liran Harsgor: Understanding the Israeli voting system
- Amos Harel: A defense analyst’s look at Israel’s current situation
- Noya Rimalt: Gender based segregation in Haredi higher education
- Historian Avi Shilon: What it takes to be a good Israeli leader
- Arieh Eldad: Is Israel fulfilling its promise?
- Ze’ev Orenstein: Commemorating Tisha B’av
- Ronia Victor: Celebrating Tu B’Av
- Sammy Smooha: Understanding the Ashkenazi and Mizrahi divide
- Dana Weiss: Who will form the new Israeli government?
- Yaron Dekel: Understanding the upcoming elections results
- Dr. Ido Baum: Understanding the cases against Netanyahu
- Danny Ayalon: The future of the relationship between Israel and American Jewry
- Irina Nevzlin: The importance of identity
- Season 2
- Special Crossover episode – Makom Israel Teachers Lounge
- Eyal Zisser: The Middle East without America
- Zvika Klein: Should we care about the World Zionist Organization elections?
- Yair Ettinger and Shlomo Fischer: The unraveling of the national religious society
- Uri Bar-Joseph: How to prepare for a surprise war with Iran
- Meital Lehavi: Israel’s bussing revolution
- Amos Gilad: Israel’s Military and Political Challenges
- Uri Keider: The fight for Israel’s freedom
- Joel Kotkin: Why American Jews Are Looking to Israel
- Menachem Lazar: A pollster’s view on the upcoming Israeli elections
- Boris Dolin: The secret war between Israel and the Soviet Union
- Simcha Rothman: How Israel became a legalocracy
- Dana Weiss: Will anything change in Israel’s third elections?
- Dr. Thamar Eilam Gindin: The history of the Book of Esther
- Noah Slepkov: Data analysis the election results
- Professor Laura Rosen: How Israel is handling the Coronavirus crisis
- Amotz Asa-El: The Jewish March of Folly
- Prof. Yair Zakovitch and Prof. Avigdor Shinan: The Song of Songs Scroll
- Dr. Shlomo Fischer and Dr. John Ruskay: JPPI’s 2019 dialogue
- Hizky Shoham: How Israel celebrates
- Dr. Einat Wilf and Adi Shwartz – The War for the Palestinian Right of Return.
- Tal Schneider: Israel’s New Government
- Akiva Bigman: The Netanyahu Doctrine
- Yossi Shain: The Israeli Century
- Michael Herzog: Will Israel annex the west bank this summer?
- Matti Friedman: Israel’s forgotten war
- Moav Vardi: Israel and the world
- Yoav Gelber: Is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict insolvable?
- Emi Palmor: On the Ethiopian Israeli’s struggle for equality
- Oded Revivi: Why would a settler oppose the annexation?
- Jonathan Rynhold: US-Israel relations in the age of Trump
- Alon Aranya: Introducing the show “Tehran”
- Sharren Haskel: On the Israeli Lobby to Promote Relations With Christian Communities Worldwide
- Gil Samsonov: Who are the Israeli princes?
- Shlomo Fischer: On The Jerusalem ProtestsShlomo Fischer: On The Jerusalem Protests
- Jacob Poushter: On The Global God Divide
- John Ruskay and Irwin J. Mansdorf: What does it mean to be pro Israel?
- Michael Herzog: Israel’s Treaty With the United Arab Emirates
- Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy: ‘Never Alone’
- John Ruskay and Irwin J. Mansdorf: What does it mean to be Anti Israel?
- A guide to Social change in Israel
- Rabbi Uri Regev: The 2020 Israeli State and Religion Index
- Aviram Halevi: On the IDF’s Top Secret Unit
- Jacob Dayan: Will Biden be good for Israel?
- Chuck Freilich: The future of the US Israel connection
- Dr. Nurit Cohen-Levinovsky: The Rabin Legacy
- Professor Eytan Gilboa: The American Public and Israel in the Twenty-First Century
- Dan Ornstein: Cain v. Abel
- David L. Graizbord: The New Zionists
- Emmanuel Navon: A Diplomatic History of Israel
- Avi Gil: An Insider’s Look on the Life of Shimon Peres
- Jeremy England: Every Life Is on Fire
- Ohad Hemo: The future of the Palestinian’s struggle
- Ephraim Shoham-Steiner: Jews and Crime in Medieval Europe
- Ksenia Svetlova: On high heels in the Middle East
- Yedidia Z. Stern: A battle for the soul of Israel
- Nadav Eyal: The Worldwide Uprising Against Globalization
- Leon Kass: Reading Exodus
- Gershom Gorenberg: War of Shadows
- Marc Rosenstein: Contested Utopia
- Natan Slifkin: Rationalist Judaism
- Dr. Rabbi Wayne Allen: Thinking about Good and Evil
- Rabbi Ilay Ofran: The Torah – A Psychic Turn
- Gayil Talshir: Understanding Israel’s Fourth Election Results
- Gadi Taub: Global Elites and National Citizens
- Einat Nathan: My Everything
- Ryan P. Burge: The Nones
- Daniel Levin: Proof of Life
- Hanan Amiur: Guide to Manipulate Public Opinion
- Season 3
- Discussing the Gaza Dilemma with Military Expert Michael Herzog
- Dr. Shlomo Fischer: Discussing the 2020 Pew Report
- Sergio Della Pergola: A Demographer’s Take on the 2020 Pew Research
- Adam Kirsch: Israeli Book week Special
- Tal Shalev: Israel’s New Government
- Ofer Kenig: Understanding Israel’s New Government
- Michael Caspe and Nathaniel Deutsch: A fortress in Brooklyn
- Noam Gidron: Exploring the Differences Between the Israeli and American Political Systems
- Joel Kotkin: Why American Jews Are Looking to Israel
- Andrew Porwancher: The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton
- Uri Zvi Shachar: A Pious Belligerence
- Rabbi Joseph Meszler: A Special Rosh Hashana Episode
- Donald M. Lewis: A Short History of Christian Zionism
- Shaul Magid: Inside the life on Meir Kahane
- Andrew Pessin: Nevergreen
- Sarah Stroumsa: Maimonides in His World
- James Traub: On Judah Benjamin
- David Sorkin: Jewish Emancipation
- Peter Fritzsche: Hitler’s First Hundred Days
- Mark Oppenheimer: Squirrel Hill
- Maya Sarfaty: Love It Was Not
- Eliezer Tauber: The Massacre That Never Was
- Andrew Lawler: Under Jerusalem
- Hal Taussig and Brandon Scott: After Jesus Before Christianity
- Julian E. Zelizer: Abraham Joshua Heschel
- Leah and Menachem Gottesman: Not At Risk
- Ori Z. Soltes: Growing Up Jewish in India
- Prof. Abraham Sion: To Whom Was The Promised Land Promised?
- Carolina Lopez-Ruiz: Phoenicians and the Making of the Mediterranean
- Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg: The Book of Leviticus
- Jeffrey Bloom and Rabbi Gil Student: Orthodox Judaism and Modern Questions of Faith
- Ohad Leslau: Operation Defensive Shield
- Maren Niehoff: Philo of Alexandria
- Sarah Ifft Decker: Jewish Women in the Medieval World
- Catherine Wolff: Beyond
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