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Syllabus Defining Status in the Modern State: Citizens, Nationals and Refugees — Maham Ayaz (Spring 2021)
Maham Ayaz
Maham Ayaz
Defining Status in the Modern State: Citizens, Nationals and Refugees (NEJS 85a) Instructor: Maham Ayaz Essential Readings for the course: Castes, Stephen and Mark J. Miller. The Age of Migration.…
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 Religion and Society (2018)
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
Required Reading Yehudah Mirsky, "A Tale of Two Judaisms," Daily Beast, June 1, 2012 Yehudah Mirsky, "History's Most Powerful Rabbi," First Things, December 2013 Recommended Reading "The State of Israel," The…
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 Israeli Music (2018)
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 Reading 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 Jewish and Democratic: Religion, State, and Cultural Duality (2018)
Yedidia Stern, Vice President of Research at the Israel Democracy Institute and Professor of Law at Bar-Ilan University
Yedidia Stern, Vice President of Research at the Israel Democracy Institute and Professor of Law at Bar-Ilan University
This SIIS faculty syllabus provides a comprehensive introduction to the relationship between state and religion in Israel, as well as the cultural products of this complex issue. Essential Reading…
Syllabus Introducing Israeli Cinema (2018)
Rachel Harris, Assistant Professor of Israeli Literature and Culture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Rachel Harris, Assistant Professor of Israeli Literature and Culture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Essential Reading Rachel S. Harris “Through the Lens of Israeli Cinema: A Review” Jewish Film & New Media: An International Journal, Volume 3, Number 2, Fall 2015, pp. 220-231 ---…
Syllabus Israeli Art and Visual Culture (2018)
Gannit Ankori, Professor of Fine Arts and Chair in Israeli Art, Department of Fine Arts and Schusterman Center for Israel Studies
Gannit Ankori, Professor of Fine Arts and Chair in Israeli Art, Department of Fine Arts and Schusterman Center for Israel Studies
Contemporary Art by Israeli and Palestinian Artists During the session on campus, we will view, analyze and interpret visual culture from Israel, with emphasis on contemporary art. Given our limited…
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 Arabs in a Jewish State – Dilemmas of National Identity (2018)
Elie Rekhess, Visiting Crown Chair in Middle East Studies, Northwestern University; Senior Research Fellow, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University
Elie Rekhess, Visiting Crown Chair in Middle East Studies, Northwestern University; Senior Research Fellow, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University
This SIIS faculty syllabus provides a comprehensive list of materials on Arab and Palestinian identity in Israel, collective identity, law and Israeli democracy, and more. Presentation Powerpoint View in…
Syllabus Gender in Israel (2018)
Shayna Weiss, Distinguished Visiting Scholar of Israel Studies, United States Naval Academy
Shayna Weiss, Distinguished Visiting Scholar of Israel Studies, United States Naval Academy
Presentation Powerpoint View in PDF format. The study of gender in Israel is closely linked to an examination of its founding ideology, Zionism. Zionism, the movement for collective settlement…
Syllabus Israel's Economy (2019)
Amotz Asa-el
Amotz Asa-el
Benjamin Netanyahu, A Place Among the Nations, (Bantam, 1993) ISBN-10: 0553089749 Shimon Peres, "A Changing World," in Battling for Peace (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1995), pp. 313-325 David Rosenberg, "The Enterprise as…
Syllabus Israeli National Security and the Conflict (2019)
Michael Eisenstadt
Michael Eisenstadt
Charles D. Freilich, "National Security Decision-Making in Israel: Processes, Pathologies, and Strengths," Middle East Journal, Vol. 60, No. 4, Autumn 2006, pp. 635-663. Col. Alon Paz, Transforming Israel's Security…
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 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 Israel and the Middle East (2019)
Asher Susser, Professor of History and Senior Fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Tel Aviv University
Asher Susser, Professor of History and Senior Fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Tel Aviv University
This SIIS faculty syllabus explores the relationship between Israel and the Middle East in terms of the Arab-Israeli conflict and political developments in the Middle East. Essential Reading Asher…
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 Gender in Israel (2019)
Shayna Weiss, Distinguished Visiting Scholar of Israel Studies, United States Naval Academy
Shayna Weiss, Distinguished Visiting Scholar of Israel Studies, United States Naval Academy
Presentation Powerpoint View in PDF format. The study of gender in Israel is closely linked to an examination of its founding ideology, Zionism. Zionism, the movement for collective settlement…
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 Introducing Israeli Cinema (2019)
Rachel Harris, Assistant Professor of Israeli Literature and Culture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Rachel Harris, Assistant Professor of Israeli Literature and Culture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Essential Reading Rachel S. Harris “Through the Lens of Israeli Cinema: A Review” Jewish Film & New Media: An International Journal, Volume 3, Number 2, Fall 2015, pp. 220-231 ---…
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 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…