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The History of Modern Israel – Part I: From an Idea to a State
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- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 3 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Subtitles in Arabic, Portuguese, Hebrew, Spanish
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Syllabus
- Week 1 - The Emergence of Zionism
This module will discuss the major reasons for the rise of the Zionist movement as the national movement of the Jewish people, as a modern, European phenomenon at the last third of the nineteenth century. It will focus on the main features of the movement as w... - Week 2 - The Jewish Community (Yishuv) in Palestine Under British Mandate, 1921-1939
Focusing on the first two decades of the British Mandate in Palestine, this module will explore the relationship between British authorities, Jews, and Arabs in the area. It will characterize the nature of the Zionist society that developed during this time by... - Week 3 - WWII, the Holocaust, the end of the Mandate and the Establishment of Israel
This module will explore the most tragic event of the Twenties century, namely the Second World War and the Holocaust. It will discuss the impact of this event on the Jewish Zionist society in Palestine. The module will continue by looking at the Zionist strug...
Prerequisite
None.
Instructors
Professor Eyal Naveh
General History
General History professor at Tel Aviv University and at the Kibbutzim College of Education
Professor Asher Susser
Senior Research Fellow
Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies
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Tel Aviv University (TAU) is Israel's largest institution of higher learning – with over 30,000 students and more than 125 schools and departments in nine faculties. Global in outlook and impact, it is consistently ranked among the world's top 100 universities, as well as the top 20 institutions in terms of scientific citations. A spirit of openness and innovation is evident in all of TAU's teaching and research activities, breaking down barriers between disciplines, and boldly striving to address the twenty-first century's most pressing challenges.
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