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College Syllabus: “Israeli Society and Politics”
“Israeli Society and Politics” Yaron Ayalon, Junior/Senior Lecture, Emory University, Spring 2012 The State of Israel was founded in 1948. For Jews, it was the fulfillment of a 2,000-year-long dream to return to their ancestral…
College Syllabus: “The History of the Modern State of Israel”
“The History of the Modern State of Israel” David Mendelsson, Undergraduate Course, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Spring 2012 This course begins with an examination of the Zionist idea, its common denominators and its variegated factions….
College Syllabus: “Arabs in a Jewish State: The Arab Minority in Israel — Between Integration and Alienation”
“Arabs in a Jewish State: The Arab Minority in Israel — Between Integration and Alienation” Eli Rekhess, Undergraduate Seminar, Northwestern University, Fall 2012 This seminar focuses on minority-majority relations in Israel, with special emphasis on…
College Syllabus: “Sephardic Jews in the Diaspora and Israel”
“Sephardic Jews in the Diaspora and Israel” Yaron Ayalon, Undergraduate Lecture Course, Emory University, Spring 2013 Aiming to survey the history of Sephardic Jews, this course begins with a brief discussion of the formative Middle…
College Syllabus: “Palestine 1948”
“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…
College Syllabus: “Jews and Judaism in Modern Times”
“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…
College Syllabus: “History, Politics, and Diplomacy of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1947-Present”
“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…
College Syllabus: “American Foreign Policy Towards the Arab-Israeli Conflict and Its Regional Context”
“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…
College Syllabus: “Zionist and Israeli Political Leadership: Idealism, Realism and Pragmatism”
“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…
