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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
Department of Romance and Latin American Studies
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Leonardo Senkman
Coordinator Office Hours:
Thursday 15:00-16:00, room 3111, Rabin Building
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Leonardo Senkman
Course/Module description:
Institutional, Cultural, Religious, Transnational and Intellectual Networks of Latin American Jews: a Comparative Perspective.
Course/Module aims:
A discussion in a comparative perspective of multi-disciplinary approaches to Jews in diverse regions, which correspond with contemporary Jewish history, international relations, demography, literary studies, communication, political science and sociology.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Attendance requirements(%):
100%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Frontal Lecture
Course/Module Content:
March 12: Opening session of the Researcher’s Seminar:
Prof. Gabriel Horenczyk and Dr. Marcelo Dorfsman-
Intentions and Concerns of a Threatened Minority: the Case of Introducing Christianity in the Jewish Museum in Chile
Comments: Dr. Yosi Goldstein
Lecture will be held in Hebrew
March 19: MA Florinda F. Goldberg-
Extraña pareja: la paridad identitaria entre judío y cubano en la narrativa cubana y cubano-norteamericana reciente
Comments: Prof. Ruth Fine
Lecture will be held in Spanish
April 16: Jonathan Grossman (doctoral student, Liwerant Center and Davis Institute)-
Who gave the order? Brazil and the Endorsement of the 3379 Anti-Zionist Decision in the UN General Assembly, November 1975
Comments: Prof. Arie Kacowicz
Lecture will be held in Hebrew
April 30: Dr. Margalit Bejarano-
Analysis of a Transnational Zionist and ethnic Sephardi Institution: the development trajectory of FESELA
Comments: Prof. (Emeritus) Sergio DellaPergola
Lecture will be held in Hebrew
May 14: Dr. Silvia Schencolewski-Kroll-
Non-Formal Jewish Education in Community Centers in Uruguay and Chile- a Comparative Perspective
Comments: Prof. Gabriel Horenczyk
Lecture will be held in Hebrew
May 28: Dr. Batia Siebzener-
Adoption and institutionalization of religious trends: Towards a comparative framework between Judaism and Islam in Argentina
Lecture will be held in Hebrew
June 4: Dr. Martina Weisz (Vidal Sassoon, International Center for the Study of Antisemitism)-
Splitting the Soul: Spanish Conservatives, Anti-Secularism and the “Enemizing” of Islam, (1997-2006)
Comments: Dr. Silvina Shammah Gesser
Lecture will be held in English
June 11: Dr. Efraim Zadoff-
Involvement of Latin American consuls in saving Jews during the Holocaust: The Case of Paraguay consul
Dr. Yosi Goldstein-
Between personal and collective memory: Holocaust Survivors in Argentina and Uruguay- comparative analysis of memoirs
Comments: Dr. Avraham Milgram (Yad Vashem)
Lecture will be held in Hebrew
June 18: Prof. Marta Topel (USP Brazil)-
The Brazilian Jewish Communities: Globalization and Glocalization
Comments: Prof. Dov Shinar
Lecture will be held in English
June 25: International Colloquium on the subject-
Latin American Intellectuals Looking at themselves, the Middle East and the State of Israel
The colloquium will be attended by university-professors and researchers at the Hebrew University, and guest lecturers from other Israeli Universities.
Required Reading:
Relevant required reading material will be sent a week prior to every lecture.
Additional Reading Material:
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Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 40 %
Project work 60 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
Additional information:
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