Israel Education:
Syllabi for Israel Studies Courses

Listed Alphabetically, by Subject:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

• American Foreign Policy and the Middle East: The Case of the Israeli-Arab/Palestinian Conflict - Professor Ilai Saltzman
• The Arab-Israeli Confict - Professor Zeev Maoz
• The Arab-Israeli Conflict - Professor S.B. Lasensky
• The Arab-Israeli Conflict - Professor Guy Ben-Porat
• The Arab-Israeli Conflict - Kenneth W. Stein
• The Arab-Israeli Conflict - Professor Uri Bar-Joseph
• The Arab-Israeli Conflict - Professor Moshe Naor
• The Arab-Israeli Conflict - Professor Daphne Tsimhoni
• The Arab-Israeli Conflict - Professor Zach Levey
• The Arab-Israeli Conflict - Professor Daphne Tsimhoni
• The Arab-Israeli Conflict - Professor Muli Peleg
• The Arab-Israeli Conflict and the Peace Process - Professor Avi Ben-Zvi
• Arab-Israeli Conflict Through Cinema - Professor Sariel Birnbaum
• Arab-Israeli Relations - Professor Ian S. Lustick
• Arab-Israeli Relations: Past and Present - Professor Chanan Naveh
• Arab-Israeli Relations: Past and Present - Professor Oren Meyers
• Arab-(Jewish) Israel Conflict: 1939 to Present - Dr. David Tal
  

B

• Becoming Israel: War, Peace and the Politics of Israel's Identity - Professor Emanuel Adler
• Being Israeli and the Israeli Being - Professor Dana Blander
• "But the Bible Says...": Teaching Israel Studies in the Christian South - Dr. Sara Abosch
  

C

• Cinematic Representations of Jews and Israelis - Dr. Sariel Birnbaum
• Colonization and Nationalism: Jewish settlement in Palestine-Israel, 1882-1948 - Professor Hagit Lavsky
• Community and Identity in Modern Israel - Professor Muli Peleg
• Contemporary Israeli Intellectuals on Ethnicity, Society and Religion - Dr. Yossi Turner
• Creating the Zionist Narrative: Culture in the Service of Ideas - Dr. David Mendelsson
• Creation of a New National Culture in Jewish Palestine - Professor Anat Helma
• Cultural History of Modern Hebrew Poetry - Professor Hannan Hever
• Culture of Modern Israel - Professor Matthew Silver
• Cultures and History of the Middle East - Professor Naomi Gale
• Cultures of Israel -Professor Naomi Gale
  

D

• Debating Israel's History - Dr. Rhona Seidelman
• Democracy and Human Rights in Israel - Professor Nahshon Perez
• Democracy, Civil Liberties and National Security - Professor Menachem Hofnung
• Democracy in Theory and Israel in Practice - Professor Dana Blander
• Diplomacy and Conflict in the Middle East - Professor Alexander Bligh
  

E

• Ethnic and Religious Identities in Israel - Professor H. Goldberg
• Ethnic Conflicts in Comparative Perspective - Dr. Alexander Bligh
• Ethnicity in the Jewish people and in the State of Israel - Dr. Avi Picard

F

• Film, Fiction and the Israeli-Arab Conflict - Professor Lewis Glinert
• Forbidden Love: Negotiating Social Boundaries on Film - Dr. Miri Talmon
• The Formation of Modern Jewish Israeli Identity - Professor Ela Bauer
  

G

• Gender and Family in Israel - Professor Larissa Remennick
• Gender in the Middle East - Professor Naomi Gale
• Gender, Sexuality & 'Otherness' in Israel Visual Culture - Dr. Anat Gilboa
• Gender and Nation in New Israeli and Palestinian Cinema - Professor Rami Kimchi
• Government and Politics of Israel - Professor Donna Robinson Divine
• Government and Politics in Israel - Dr. Maoz Rosenthal
  

H

• History of Israel - Dr. Naomi Gale
• History of Israel - Professor Yoram Peri
• History of Israel - Dr. Rhona Seidelman
• History of Israel: Politics, Society and Foreign Relations - Dr. Joseph Nevo
• History of Modern Israel - Professor Guy Ben-Porat
• History of Modern Israel - Dr. Kenneth W. Stein
• History of Modern Israel - Jonathan Goldstein
• History of Modern Israel - Professor Ofer Ashkenazi
• History of Modern Israel - Professor Ela Bauer
• History, Politics and Diplomacy of the Arab-Israeli Conflict - Dr. Kenneth W. Stein
• History of the State of Israel from 1948 to the Present - Professor Hagit Lavsky
• History of the Yishuv and Israel, 1917-1948 - Professor Hagit Lavsky
• History of Zionism - Dr. Yaacov Yadgar
• History of Zionism - Dr. Shlomo Aronson
• History of Zionism and The Birth of Israel: Gateway Course - Professor Shlomo Aronson
  • Initial Ideas Regarding Contents of the Gateway Course - Professor Shlomo Aronson
• History of Zionism and the State of Israel - Dr. Avi Picard
• The Holocaust and Israel - Dr. Roni Stauber
• The Holocaust and Israeli Consciousness: A Cinematic Perspective - Professor Miri Talmon-Bohm
• The Holocaust and its Impact on the Israeli Society and Politics - Professor Shlomo Aronson
• The Holocaust in post-1945 European Culture - Professor Ofer Ashkenazi
• The Holocaust and Western Civilization - Professor Oren Meyers
  

I

• Identity, History and Culture in Israeli Cinema - Dr. Miri Talman-Bohm
• Images of Israel in Popular Culture - Professor Aviad Raz
• Immigration, Ethnicity and Ethnic Relations in Israel - Prof. Larissa Remennick
• Immigration in Israeli Society - Dr. Rakefet Zalashik
• Intractable Dispute: History of the Israel-Arab Conflict - Professor Matthew Silver
• Introduction to Israel Studies - Dr. Assaf Shelleg
• Introduction to Israel Studies: Israel and the World- Dr. Daniel Marom *(includes notes for teaching course)*
• Introduction to Jewish Cultures - Professor Naomi Gale
• Introduction to Jewish/Israeli Law - Professor Naomi Gale
• Introduction to Middle Eastern History - Professor Daphne Tsimhoni
• Islam and Nationalism in Saudi Arabia - Professor Joseph Nevo
• Israel and the 1967 June War - Professor Laurie Zittrain Eisenberg
• Israel: History and Politics - Dr. P. R. Kumaraswamy
• Israel, Its Neighbors and the Great Powers: War and Peace in the Middle East in a Comparative Perspective - Professor Benny Miller
• Israel-Jordan Relations: The Friendly Foes - Professor Joseph Nevo
• Israel: Politics and Society - Professor Joel S. Migdal 
• Israel: Politics and Society - Dr. Reuven Y. Hazan
• Israel: Politics and Society - Professor Scott B. Lasensky
• Israel Wars - Dr. Yoav Gelber
• Israeli and Palestinian Film - Professor Sarina Chen
• Israeli Contemporary Politics - Dr. Anat Maor
• Israeli Cinema in the 21st Century - Professor Igal Bursztyn
• Israeli Cultural History 1920-1970 - Prof. Assaf Shelleg
• Israeli Culture: A Survey - Professor Lewis Glinert
• Israeli Culture: From the Birth of Zionism to the 21st Century - Dr. Julia R. Lieberman
• Israeli Democracy: History, Politics, Institutions and Society - Professor Uri Bar-Joseph
• Israeli Democracy: Politics, Institutions and Society - Professor Menachem Hofnung
• Israeli Democracy: Politics, Institutions and Society - Dr. Daniel Marom *(includes notes for teaching course)*
• The Israeli Experience: Exploring the Identity of Israelis through Narrative research - Dr. Nurit Novis Deutsch
• Israeli Filmmakers: Cinema and Society - Professor Rivka Ribak
• Israeli Filmmakers: Israel in Documentary Film - Professor Rivka Ribak
• Israeli Fiction in Translation - Professor Miri Talmon-Bohm
• Israeli Foreign Policy - Dr. P. R. Kumaraswamy
• Israeli Historiography - Dr. Yoav Gelber
• Israeli History Through Film - Professor Miri Talmon-Bohm
• Israeli Identities - Professor Naomi Sokoloff
• Israeli Law and Legal System - Dr. Naomi Gale
• Israeli Law in Comparative Perspective - Professor Menachem Hofnung
• Israeli Legal History - Professor Assaf Likhovski
• Israeli Literature and Culture in Conflict - Professor Ken Frieden
• Israeli Media - Yaacov Yadgar
• Israeli Media Studies: Cultural Approaches - Professor Rivka Ribak
• Israeli National Security Strategy, Policy and Decision Making - Professor Chuck Freilich
• Israeli Political System: A Guide to the Perplexed - Professor Dana Blander
• Israeli Politics - Professor David Nachmias
• Israeli Politics - Professor Naomi Gale
• Israeli Politics - Professor Kenneth Wald 
• Israeli Politics - Professor Muli Peleg
• Israeli Politics and Society - Professor Dov Waxman
• Israeli Politics at a Crossroads - Professor Gabriel Sheffer
• Israeli Politics in Comparative Perspective - Professor Menachem Hofnung
• Israeli Politics in the Middle East - Gregory Mahler
• Israeli Politics: Israeli Democracy at 60 - Achievements and Challenges - Professor Yoram Peri
• Israeli Society - Professor Aziza Khazzoom
• Israeli Society - Professor Yoram Peri
• Israeli Society - Professor Chaim I.Waxman
• Israel's Changing Collective Identity - Professor Fred Lazin
• Israel's Self-Image Through Film - Professor Igal Bursztyn
• Issues in Israel Politics: A Comparative Perspective - Dr. Gideon Rahat
  

J

• Jerusalem: Vision and Reality - Professor Lewis Glinert
• Jewish-Arab Relations in the State of Israel - Professor Daphne Tsimhoni
• Jewish Culture in North Africa & Israel - Professor Harvey Goldberg
• Jewish Identity in Western Art Music - Dr. Assaf Shelleg
• Jewish Intellectuals and the Crisis of Modernity - Professor Arie Dubnov
• Jewish Life Cycle Through Israel Film - Professor Chen Bram
• Jewish Religion and Culture - Dr. Sarina Chen
• Jewish-Palestinian Vertigo: The Impact of the Conflict on the Israeli and Palestinian Societies - Professor Baruch Kimmerling
• From Jewish Tradition to Israeli Culture & Art - Dr. Anat Gilboa
• Jews, Muslims and Christians in Israel - Professor Daphne Tsimhoni
• Jewish-Muslim Relations Viewed From the Margins - Professor Chen Bram
• Jews and Art - Professor Alec Mishory
  

L

• Landmarks in Israeli Art - Professor Alec Mishory
• Leadership in the Jewish and Israeli Context - Professor Muli Peleg
• Leadership in Conflicts - Professor Nimrod Rosler
• Legislation and Politics in Israel - Dr. Anat Maor
• Life Cycle Celebrations in Judaism - Professor Harvey Goldberg
• Linking National/Local Elections - Dr. Maoz Rosenthal
  

M

• Major Controversies about the Character of the Israeli State and Society - Professor Baruch Kimmerling
• Major Debates in Israeli Historiography - Professor Assaf Likhovski
• Mediation in International Conflict - Professor Avi Ben-Zvi
• Messianism & Israel - Dr. Motti Inbari
• Middle Eastern Societies in Cinematic Transitions: Israel and Egypt - Dr. Sariel Birnbaum
• Modern Israel - Professor Gayil Talshir
• Modern Israel - Professor Shlomo Aronson
• Modern Israel - Dr. Sarina Chen
• Modern Israel (Second Syllabus) - Dr. Sarina Chen
• Modern Israel (Second Syllabus) - Professor Shlomo Aronson
• Modern Jewish Thought - Dr. Yossi Turner
• Multi-ethnicity and ‘Jewishness’ in Contemporary Israeli Society - Professor Maina Singh
  

N

• Negotiating Middle East Peace - Dr. Arie M. Kacowicz
  

O

• Origins of the Arab-Jewish Conflict in Palestine - Dr. Yoav Gelber
• Origins of the State of Israel - Professor Moshe Naor
  

P

• The Palestine Mandate: 1920-1948 - Dr. Kenneth W. Stein
• The Palestinian-Jewish/Israel Conflict: 1900s-Present - David Tal
• The Palestinians Between the Arab States and Israel - Dr. Joseph Nevo
• Peace and Conflict in the Middle East - Mira Sucharov
• Political Strategy in Israel - Maoz Rosenthal
• Politics and Conflict - Professor Chanan Naveh
• Politics and Society in Israel - Dr. Azi Lev-On
• Politics and Society in Israel - Professor Zvi Gitelman
• Power and Powerlessness in Jewish History, Politics & Government - Professor Sam Lehman-Wilzig
• Public Administration and Policy in Israel - Dr. Maoz Rosenthal
  

R

• Radical Islam in Comparative Perspective - Professor Alexander Bligh
• Reading Documents in Israeli Society - Dr. Avi Picard
• The Rebirth of Spoken Hebrew - Professor Lewis Glinert
• The Reel Israel: Studying Israel Through Film - Professor Miri Talmon-Bohm and Nava Dushi
• Religion and Politics in Israel - Professor Yaacov Yadgar
• Religion, Culture and Identities in Israel - Professor Harvey Goldberg
• Religion and Politics in the Middle East - Professor Laurie Zittrain Eisenberg
• The Religious Roots of Modern Zionism - Dr. Meir Seidler
• The Roots of the Arab-Israeli Conflict - Dr. Daniel Zisenwine
  

S

• Selected Issues: Israel's National Security, 1948 to the Present - Dr. David Tal
• Selected Issues: History of Zionism and the State of Israel - Dr. David Mendelsson
• The Shaping of Israeli Society - Dr. Yoav Gelber
• The Socio-economic Aspects of Welfare State Policy in Israel - Roby Nathanson
• Sociology of the Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation - Gordon Fellman
• The State of Israel: The First Decade, 1948-1958 - Professor Anat Helman
• Studying Conflict via Cultural Texts: The Israeli Case - Yuval Benziman, Ph.D.
  

T

• Theories of International Relations and Realities in the Middle East - Dr. Arie M. Kacowicz 
• Topics in International Cinema: Israeli Film - Professor Sarina Chen
  

U

• The United States and the Middle East - Professor Avi Ben-Zvi
• US-Israeli Comparative Law - Professor Naomi Gale
• US-Israel Relations - Dr. Guy Ziv
  

W

• Women and Social Change in the Middle East - Professor Daphne Tsimhoni
• Women and Gender in Israeli Society - Dr. Michel Frenkel
• Women in Israel - Achievements and Dilemmas - Dr. Anat Maor
• Women in Israeli Society - Prof. Rakefet Zalashik

Z

• Zionism and Contemporary Society - Dr. Yossi Turner
• Zionism, Anti-Zionism and Post-Zionism: Israel - Past, Present, Future - Professor Sam Lehman-Wilzig
• Zionism and Peace in Israeli Cinema - Professor Rami Kimchi
• Zionism in Thought, Culture, and Literature: From Inception to the State - Professor Rachel Feldhay Brenner
• Zionism, Israel and the Modern World - Dr. David Mendelsson