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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
History of Jewish People & Contemporary Jewry
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
English
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof. Uzi Rebhun
Coordinator Office Hours:
Wednesday 10:00-11:00
Teaching Staff:
Prof Uzi Rebhun
Course/Module description:
Since the establishment of the state of Israel to present its population increased from some 800 thousand to slightly more than nine million today. This growth is attributed to the large waves of immigration and positive natural increase, but concurrently some moderation of this increase due to emigration to other countries. These patterns are not consistent; rather they fluctuated over time. Likewise, they differ between Jews and non-Jews and among the former by ethnicity and religiosity. The Israeli society has also experienced trends in social and economic stratification, family patterns, dispersion and concentration, and group identification. This course will review and analyze these characteristics and trends over the 70 years of statehood. We will mainly focus on the Jewish population with some comparisons to non-Jewish sub-groups.
Course/Module aims:
To provide insights and understanding of major demographic, sociological, geographical, cultural and identificational processes among the population of Israel.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
To read, analyze, understand and interpret data and quantitative and qualitative materials on present-day Israeli society.
Attendance requirements(%):
100%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lectures and discussion
Course/Module Content:
Zionism and the history of the Jewish settlement in pre-statehood Palestine; immigration and population growth; internal migration and dispersion; ethnic stratification; the Israeli family; Jewish and Israeli identity; Haredim and religious Jews in Israel; leaving the promised land.
Required Reading:
Reading list will be distributed in the first class. For each of the above topics there will be one or two reading item of a total of up to 50 pages.
Additional Reading Material:
None
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 80 %
Assignments 20 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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