Jewish Studies 245: Introduction to Israeli Culture

David Ben Gurion

 

Fall 2025: Introduction to Israeli Culture

Jewish Studies (JEWISHST) 245/ Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (AMES) 144
TuTh 3:05PM - 4:20PM

Professor Reut Ben Yaakov

This course surveys Israeli culture from the late 1940s to present day. It examines Israeli fiction, cinema, popular music, food, and visual culture and explores the major themes that preoccupy cultural workers, including ethnicity, the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, gender, class, the Jewish Holocaust, religion and secularism.

Class Attributes: CCI, SB, ALP, CZ