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EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Courses and Certificate Fees

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INR 2436yesCoursera

The Syllabus

Videos
  • Course Trailer
  • Introduction
  • The Israeli Political System
  • The First Years - A Political review
  • Security Threats and Military Operations
  • Economic Difficulties and Economic Growth
  • Facing mass Immigration and the Challenge of Absorption - Part 1
  • Facing mass Immigration and the Challenge of Absorption - Part 2
  • The Eichmann Trial
  • International Relations and Domestic Policy
  • A Man & A Symbol: Ben Gurion's Leadership – An interview with Prof. Zeev Tsachor (In Hebrew - Please use subtitles)
  • Popular Culture and Common Life in the fifties and Sixties - An interview with Prof. Orit Rozin
  • Summary
Readings
  • The Armistice - Moshe Sharett
  • The Kfar Qasim massacre court trial
Practice Exercise
  • Evaluate your knowledge

Videos
  • Opening
  • The Six-Day War
  • The Impact of the War on Israeli society: Geography, demography, economy, politics, defense, culture, the issue of the territories
  • The Yom Kippur war
  • The Impact of the war on the Israeli society: political impact, economic, shattering of Israeli identity
  • Non-Parliamentary political organization - Settlement movement
  • Non-Parliamentary political organization - Peace Now
  • Peace with Egypt
  • The relations with Egypt - Interview with Shimon Shamir
Readings
  • The path towards the Six-Day War - Political view
  • The path towards the Six-Day War - Civilian view
Practice Exercise
  • quiz

Videos
  • Opening
  • The political turnover and the rise of the "National traditional block"
  • Economic transformation
  • The 1st Lebanon war
  • The Palestinian uprising (1st Intifada)
  • Immigration
  • Towards negotiations with the Palestinians
  • The Oslo accords
  • Peace with Jordan
  • Rabin's Assassination
Readings
  • Sephardi discrimination feelings
Practice Exercise
  • quiz

Videos
  • Opening
  • Americanization and Globalization: Politics and Culture
  • The Jewish context: Israel-Diaspora relationship
  • Towards a Multi-Cultural Society
  • Zionism, Post-Zionism & Religious Zionism
  • The Memory of the Holocaust as a Basis for Collective Identity
  • The Memory of the Holocaust and the IDF (Israeli army) - An interview with Dr. Tammy Hoffman
Readings
  • President Reuven Rivlin address regarding the fragmentation of the Israeli society
  • Author Amos Oz arguing for cultural diversity
  • Author Aharon Appelfeld, a Holocaust survivor, testifies:
Practice Exercise
  • quiz

Videos
  • Opening
  • Economic growth and Transformation - The Start-Up nation
  • Israeli society Probes, Challenges, The social protest and its results
  • Israeli Democracy Political Fragmentation and Discontent
  • The 2nd intifada, Gaza withdrawal and wars
  • The Transformation of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (State Actors and non-State Players)
  • Jewish and Democratic: Challenges and tensions
  • Jewish and Democratic or Jewish vs Democratic? - An interview panel (In Hebrew - Please use subtitles)
Practice Exercise
  • quiz

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