“Zionist and Israeli Political Leadership: Idealism, Realism and Pragmatism”
Ziv Rubinovitz, Undergraduate, Emory University, Spring 2015
This course discusses the political leadership of the State of Israel as an introduction into Israel’s political system. The course begins with the pre-state (Yishuv) era, then analyzes the leadership since 1948. The analysis highlights the ideational, realist and pragmatic aspects of Israel’s leadership throughout its existence.
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“Palestine 1948” Hillel Cohen, Graduate Students, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rothberg International School, Spring 2013 The war of 1948 has shaped the history of the modern Middle East more than any other single event. The…
“Jews and Judaism in Modern Times” Michael Berger, Undergraduate Lecture Course, Emory University, Fall 2013 The aim of this course in terms of content is to enable students to understand how Judaism in the modern…
“History, Politics, and Diplomacy of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1947-Present” Kenneth W. Stein, Junior/Senior Colloquium, Emory University, Spring 2013 Using monographs, memoirs, documents, texts, interviews, other primary sources and secondary readings, students come to define the…
“American Foreign Policy Towards the Arab-Israeli Conflict and Its Regional Context” Kenneth W. Stein, Junior/Senior Colloquium, Undergraduate or Graduate, Emory University, Spring 2014 This class focuses on American foreign policy in the Middle East over…
“History of Israeli Foreign Policy” Ziv Rubinovitz, Undergraduate, Emory University, Spring 2015 This course analyzes Israel’s foreign relations and examines the tension between Israel’s geographic location in the Middle East and its Western orientation. The…
“History, Politics, and Diplomacy of the Arab-Israeli Conflict” Kenneth W. Stein, Undergraduate, Emory University, Fall 2015 This course is an introductory survey of the history, politics and diplomacy of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Coverage includes introductions…
“History of Modern Israel” Kenneth W. Stein, Introductory Level (Seminar or General), Emory University, Spring 2016 This undergraduate lecture course focuses on the history, politics, society, economics and culture of modern Israel. It traces the…
“The Struggle for Israeli Identity” Nahum Karlinsky, Graduate Seminar, Ben-Gurion University, Spring 2016 We start by outlining the construction of Israel’s collective identity during the state’s formative years. We then discuss the shattering of that…
“The Inter-Arab System: Unity and Division From World War I to the ‘Arab Spring’” Bruce Maddy-Weitzman, Graduate Seminar, Tel Aviv University, Spring 2016 This course seeks to understand one of the most important factors shaping…
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