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Syllabus Ethnic Minorities in the Modern State of Israel – Rima Farah (Spring 2021)
Rima Farah
Rima Farah
Ethnic Minorities in the Modern State of Israel (HBRW 152b) Instructor: Rima Farah Course Narrative: Israel was established as a Jewish nation-state. However, the state is characterized by its…
Syllabus History of the State of Israel - Alexander Kaye (Fall 2019)
Alexander Kaye
Alexander Kaye
History of the State of Israel (NEJS 145a) Instructor: Alexander Kaye Course Description This course is a survey of the political, social and cultural history of the State of Israel.…
Syllabus Hebrew Literature: Narrating the Nation (2018)
Ilana Szobel, Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Assistant Professor of Modern Hebrew Literature, Brandeis University
Ilana Szobel, Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Assistant Professor of Modern Hebrew Literature, Brandeis University
This SIIS faculty syllabus provides an illustrative selection of modern Hebrew literature through which one can better understand Israeli history, society, and culture. The session utilizes a variety of literature,…
Syllabus Israeli Society (2018)
Steven M. Cohen, Research Professor of Jewish Policy at HUC-JIR and Director of the Berman Jewish Policy Archive at Stanford University
Steven M. Cohen, Research Professor of Jewish Policy at HUC-JIR and Director of the Berman Jewish Policy Archive at Stanford University
Essential Reading “Israel’s Religiously Divided Society,” Pew Research Center, March 8, 2016 "Together and Apart: Israeli Jews’ Views on their Relationship to American Jews and Religious Pluralism," Findings from the Survey of Israeli Jews…
Syllabus The Multiplicities of Zionism (2018)
Rachel Fish, Associate Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, Brandeis University
Rachel Fish, Associate Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, Brandeis University
Required Reading Arthur Hertzberg, The Zionist Idea : A Historical Analysis and Reader, (Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1997), ISBN/ISSN: 0827606222 – Introduction: pp. 15-100 – Theodor Herzl:…
Syllabus Zionist Settlement – Colonialism or Colonization? (2018)
Ilan Troen, Stoll Family Chair in Israel Studies, Brandeis University
Ilan Troen, Stoll Family Chair in Israel Studies, Brandeis University
This SIIS faculty syllabus provides a comprehensive list of essential readings related to Zionism and the settling of land in Palestine/Israel. The syllabus also includes material on important debates related to…
Syllabus Israeli Society (2018)
David Ellenson, Director, Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, and Visiting Professor, Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University
David Ellenson, Director, Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, and Visiting Professor, Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University
Essential Readings: David Ellenson,The Rock from Which They Were Cleft, Jewish Review of Books, Winter 2012 Donna Robinson Divine, Citizenship and Democracy in Israel in: S. I. Troen & R. Fish (eds.), Essential Israel…
Syllabus Walker Robins - American Evangelicals and Israel
Walker Robins
Walker Robins
Presentation Powerpoint View in PDF format. Essential Readings: Shalom Goldman, "Introduction: the Two Zionisms," from Zeal for Zion (UNC, 2014) Richard Cogley, "The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Restoration…
Syllabus U.S. Jews and Israel (2019)
Steven Bayme, Director of the Contemporary Jewish Life Department of the American Jewish Committee and of the Koppelman Institute on American Jewish-Israeli Relations
Steven Bayme, Director of the Contemporary Jewish Life Department of the American Jewish Committee and of the Koppelman Institute on American Jewish-Israeli Relations
Essential Reading Steven Bayme, “American Jewry and the State of Israel: How Intense the Bonds of Peoplehood?”, Jewish Political Studies Review, vol. 20 nos. 1-2 (Spring 2008), 7-21. Peter Beinart,…
Syllabus The Multiplicities of Zionism (2019)
Rachel Fish, Associate Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, Brandeis University
Rachel Fish, Associate Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, Brandeis University
Required Reading Arthur Hertzberg, The Zionist Idea : A Historical Analysis and Reader, (Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1997), ISBN/ISSN: 0827606222 – Introduction: pp. 15-100 – Theodor Herzl:…
Syllabus Music in Israeli Life and Culture (2019)
Mark Kligman, Professor of Ethnomusicology and Musicology at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Mark Kligman, Professor of Ethnomusicology and Musicology at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Essential Readings: Philip V. Bohlman, "Afterword Shireh ‘Am, Shireh Medinah (Folk Song, National Song)" in Hans Nathan, ed. Israeli Folk Music: Songs of the Early Pioneers (Madison, WI: A-R Editions, 1994), pp.…
Syllabus Israel: Jewish and Democratic? (2019)
Alexander Kaye
Alexander Kaye
Gavison, Ruth. “Jewish and Democratic? A Rejoinder to the ‘Ethnic Democracy’ Debate.” Israel Studies, vol. 4, no. 1, 1999, pp. 44–72. Smooha, Sammy. “Ethnic Democracy: Israel as an Archetype.” Israel…
Syllabus Hebrew Literature: Narrating the Nation (2019)
Ilana Szobel, Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Assistant Professor of Modern Hebrew Literature, Brandeis University
Ilana Szobel, Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Assistant Professor of Modern Hebrew Literature, Brandeis University
This SIIS faculty syllabus provides an illustrative selection of modern Hebrew literature through which one can better understand Israeli history, society, and culture. The session utilizes a variety of literature,…
Syllabus Mizrachi Jews in Israel (2019)
Bryan Roby
Bryan Roby
Required Readings: Khazzoom, Aziza. “Mizrahim, Mizrachiut, and the Future of Israeli Studies.” Israel Studies Forum 17, no. 2 (2002): 94–106. Lubin, Alex. “Black Panther Palestine.” Studies in American Jewish Literature…
Syllabus Americans in Israel: From the 19th Century to the Present (2019)
Jonathan Sarna, University Professor and the Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History; Chair of the Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program; and Incoming Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University
Jonathan Sarna, University Professor and the Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History; Chair of the Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program; and Incoming Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University
Presenation Powerpoint View in PDF format. Essential Reading Michael B. Oren, Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present, W.W. Norton, 2011, pp. 3-7,…
Syllabus Americans in Israel: From the 19th Century to the Present (2018)
Jonathan Sarna, University Professor and the Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History; Chair of the Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program; and Incoming Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University
Jonathan Sarna, University Professor and the Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History; Chair of the Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program; and Incoming Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University
Presenation Powerpoint View in PDF format. Essential Reading Michael B. Oren, Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present, W.W. Norton, 2011, pp. 3-7,…
Syllabus Legal Controversies in Israeli History - Alexander Kaye (Spring 2019)
Alexander Kaye
Alexander Kaye
NEJS 160 - Legal Controversies in Israeli History Spring 2019 Instructor: Alexander Kaye (NEJS) Course Description This course will explore key issues in the politics, culture and society of…
Syllabus Zionist Settlement (2019)
Liora Halperin
Liora Halperin
Prof. Liora Halperin (University of Washington) Essential Reading Shafir, Gershon. Land, Labor and the Origins of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 1882-1914. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. Yuval Ben-Bassat &…
Syllabus The Impact of the Shoah on Israeli Society (2019)
Laura Jockusch
Laura Jockusch
Required Reading: Dalia Ofer, “The Past that Does Not Pass: Israelis and Holocaust Memory,” Israel Studies 14,1 (2009), 1-35. Yehiam Weitz, “The Holocaust on Trial: The Impact of…
Syllabus Israel and the Environment (2019)
Shay Rabineau, Assistant Professor of Israel Studies; Associate Director, Center for Israel Studies, Binghamton University
Shay Rabineau, Assistant Professor of Israel Studies; Associate Director, Center for Israel Studies, Binghamton University
Summary: Outside Israel, discussions of “Israel and the environment” often focus on Israeli technological innovations, such as drip irrigation and large-scale desalination, that have proven useful in sustaining human populations…
Syllabus Religion and Society (2019)
Yehudah Mirsky, Associate Professor of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, and the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, Brandeis University
Yehudah Mirsky, Associate Professor of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, and the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, Brandeis University
Dear All, I'm greatly looking forward to seeing you in a few weeks. In our meeting we'll be talking about "religion and society," a cast topic in any situation and…