Israeli History and Identity: syllabus
Week 2 Zionism: Vision of National Revival – Romantic Dreams and the Quest for a
Week 3 The Creation of a Zionist-Jewish Community in Palestine.
Week 4 The Construction of the Hebrew Cultural Identity in Palestine.
Week 5 Sabra: the Generation of 1948
Week 6 The Fifties and Sixties: Enlisted Collective Culture in a Diverse Society
Week 7 1967-1973: Victory, Power and Messianic Dreams.
Week 8 Disillusionment and Political Changes: Crisis of Identity.
Week 9 The Role of the Holocaust in the Israeli Identity
Week 10 Americanization and Privatization: The Cultural Dimension
Week 11 Other Voices: Toward and Multi-Cultural Society?
Week 12 Arabs Palestinians vs. Jewish Israelis: The Issue of Identity in a Violent
Week 13 The Challenge of Post-Zionism
Week 14 The Uproar over Israeli History Textbooks as a Manifestation of Identity