Jeff Shainline is the Interactive Media Researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Tel Aviv, Israel. He has a Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University, and his research focuses on Israeli security assessments and the implications of technological change on18th and 19th century IR theory. In this episode, Dr. Shainline discusses renderings of Israelis in popular media, and how inhabiting these depictions affects Israel-Diaspora relations.