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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 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 Ben-Gurion and Jabotinsky (2017)
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
Essential Readings Arthur Hertzberg’s The Zionist Idea, David Ben-Gurion “The Imperatives of the Jewish Revolution” pp.605-619 Colin Shindler’s The Rise of the Israeli Right: From Odessa to Hebron. “An Army…
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 The Zionist Idea: Sources, Advocates, and Critics - David Ellenson (Fall 2017)
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
NEJS 160 B: The Zionist Idea: Sources, Advocates, and Critics Brandeis University Fall 2017 Professor David Ellenson Course Description The Zionist idea is an “old-new” one. On the one hand,…
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…