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1 Syllabus Research in Contemporary Jewry Last update HU Credits: 2 Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master) Responsible Department: history of jewish people & contemporary jewry Academic year: 0 Semester: 2nd Semester Teaching Languages: Hebrew Campus: Mt. Scopus Course/Module Coordinator: Uzi Rebhun Coordinator uzi.rebhun@mail.huji.ac.il Coordinator Office Hours: Wednesday 10:30-11:30 Teaching Staff: Prof Uzi Rebhun page 1 / 5

2 Course/Module description: The course will discuss selected issues of present-day Jewish life. Course/Module aims: Expose students to the major social, cultural, and political processes among world Jewry over the past 120 years. Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to: To define, describe, analyze and explain major processes among world Jewry today. Attendance requirements(%): 100 Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Lectures Course/Module Content: 1. Jews and Modernity 2. Ideological Denominations 3. Jewish Demograpgy 4. The Jewish International Migration System 5. Sephardic Jews-Ashkenazic Jews 6. The Jewish Family 7. Social and Economic Stratification 8. Jewish identification 9. Jewish Education 10. Antisemitism 11. Jewish Politics 12. Israel-Diaspora Relations Required Reading: Reading List (most items in Hebrew listed below are also available in English). א) יהודים והמודרנה 1. אייזנשטדט, שמואל נח הציוויליזציה היהודית: הניסיון ההסיטורי היהודי בפרספקטיבה השוואתית וגילוייו בחברה הישראלית. שדה בוקר: המרכז למורשת בן-גוריון, הוצאת הספרים של page 2 / 5

3 אוניברסיטת בן-גוריון בנגב, עע' כ"ץ, יעקב. תשמ"ג. לאומיות יהודית: מסות ומחקרים. ירושלים: הספריה הציונית על-יד ההסתדרות הציונית העולמית, עע' ב) זרמים אידיאולוגיים ביהדות 1. ורטהיימר, ג'ק "בחיפוש אחר האופוזיציה של הוד מלכותו: עמדתה של היהדות הקונסרבטיבית אל מול היהדות הרפורמית". בתוך: אבינועם רוזנק (עורך), היהדות הרפורמית: הגות, תרבות, חברה. תל-אביב: מכון ון-ליר בירושלים והקיבוץ המאוחד, עע' סרנה, יונתן "היהדות הרפורמית בת זמננו: ניתוח היסטורי". בתוך: אבינועם רוזנק (עורך), היהדות הרפורמית: הגות, תרבות, חברה. תל-אביב: מכון ון-ליר בירושלים והקיבוץ המאוחד, עע' ג) דמוגרפיה של היהודים 1.DellaPergola, Sergio "Jewish Demography: Fundamentals of the Research Field". In: Uzi Rebhun (eds.), The Social Scientific Study of Jewry: Sources, Approaches, Debates (Studies in Contemporary Jewry: An Annual XXVII). New York: Oxford University Press, pp ד) מערך ההגירה היהודית הבינלאומי 1. DellaPergola, Sergio "International Migration of Jews". In: Eliezer Ben- Rafael and Yitzhak Sternberg (eds). Transnationalism: Diasporas and the Advent of a New (dis)order. Leiden and Boston: Brill, pp הורוביץ, תמר ולשם, אלעזר "יוצאי ברית המועצות במרחב התרבותי הישראלי". בתוך:משה סיקרון ואלעזר לשם (עורכים), דיוקנה של עלייה: תהליכי קליטתם של עולי ברית-המועצות לשעבר ירושלים: הוצאת מאגנס, עע' ה) יהודים ספרדים-יהודים אשכנזים 1. שפירא, אניטה ככל עם ועם: ישראל ירושלים: מרכז זלמן שזר לתולדות ישראל, עע' Smooha, Summy "Jewish Ethnicity in Israel: Symbolic or Real?" In: Uzi Rebhun and Chaim I. Waxman (eds.) Jews in Israel: Contemporary Social and Cultural Patterns. Hanover and London: Brandeis University Press, pp ו) המשפחה היהודית בימינו 1. הזה, רבקה ובנימין, אורלי "ואז הייתי צריכה ללכת לרבנות: מיפוי זהויות חילוניות ומגדריות במשפחות ישראליות בקוהביטציה". סוציולוגיה ישראלית י"ב (2) עע' Dencik, Lars "Kosher and the Christmas Tree: On Marriages between Jews and Non-Jews in Sweden, Finland, and Norway". In: Shulamit Reinharz and Sergio DellaPergola (eds.), Jewish Intermarriage around the World. New Brunswick and London: Transaction Publishers, pp ז) ריבוד חברתי 1. Chiswick, Carmel U Judaism in Transition: How Economic Choices Shape page 3 / 5

4 Religious Tradition. Stanford: Stanford University Press, pp Kosmin, Barry A. and Keysar, Ariela Religion in a Free Market: Religious and Non-Religious Americans. Ithaca, NY: Paramount Market Publishing, pp ח) הזדהות יהודית 1. מכון לתכנון מדיניות עם יהודי הערכה שנתית ירושלים: המכון למדיניות עם יהודי, עע' ("חיים יהודיים לטינו-אמריקאיים במאה ה- 21 : הפרדוקס של קהילות מתכווצות מול התרחבות ותחייה של החיים היהודיים"). 2. מכון לתכנון מדיניות עם יהודי מצב העם היהודי: הערכה שנתית ירושלים: המכון למדיניות עם יהודי, עע' ("עולמות נפרדים: מערכות זהות יהודית בישראל ובתפוצות"). ט) חינוך יהודי 1. Charme, Stuart and Tali, Zelkowicz "Jewish Identities: Educating for Multiple and Moving targets". In: Helena Miller, Lisa D. Grant, and Alex Pomson (eds.), International Handbook of Jewish Education. Dordrecht: Springer, pp Horenczyk, Gabriel and Hacohen Wolf, Hagit "Jewish identity and Jewish Education: The Jewish Identity Space and Its Contribution to Research and Practice". In: Helena Miller, Lisa D. Grant and Alex Pomson (eds.), International Handbook of Jewish Education. Dordrecht: Springer, pp י) אנטישמיות בת-זמננו 1.Wistrich, Robert A Lethal Obsession: Anti-Semitism from Antiquity to the Global Jihad. New York: Random House, pp י"א) פוליטיקה יהודית 1. Feingold, Henry L American Jewish Political Culture and the Liberal Persuasion. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, pp י"ב) יחסי ישראל-תפוצה 1. Graham, David and Boyd, Jonathan Committed, Concerned and Conciliatory: The attitudes of Jews in Britain towards Israel. London: Institute for Jewish Policy Research, pp Cohen, Steven and Kelman, Ari Y "Thinking about Distancing from Israel". Contemporary Jewry 30(2): Additional Reading Material: No. Course/Module evaluation: page 4 / 5

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