Authors: Moshe Davis, Moshe Davis
ISBN-13: 9780814718674, ISBN-10: 0814718671
Format: Paperback
Publisher: New York University Press
Date Published: June 1995
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Moshe Davis is Chairman, Governing Council, The International Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization and Founding Head, Institute of Contemporary Jewry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Recent years have witnessed an unprecedented growth in the study of Jewish civilization throughout the world. Globally, over 1,300 universities and colleges offer courses on some aspect of Jewish civilization. Some universities in areas which had little contact with Jewish heritage, such as the former Soviet Union, the Pacific Rim, and Africa, are increasingly introducing such studies into their course offerings.
This volume addresses the challenge of developing courses of study about Jewish civilizations appropriate for different peoples in many parts of the world at the same time. The more than 60 selections cover a broad range of conceptual, historical, thematic, pedagogic, and administrative areas and address the basic issues which confront university Jewish civilization studies. Such concerns as the incorporation of Jewish studies into general disciplines, the re-introduction of Jewish civilization studies into non- Western organizational university structures, and the place of Israeli universities in serving an ever-increasing number of universities abroad are addressed as the contributors elucidate the objectives, progress, achievements, and still unfulfilled goals of these programs. Of special utility is a world register of Jewish studies programs which provides a comprehensive global profile of institutions engaged in teaching Jewish history and civilization.
Examines the development of the International Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization against the backdrop of university Jewish studies in different parts of the world, and provides a world register of university studies on Jewish civilization, listing institutions around the world in which Jewish civilization is taught or researched. Essays offer a historical perspective on issues confronting university Jewish studies, and look at specific projects and the Israel experience. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Introduction | 1 | |
1 | The "Science of Judaism" and Its Transformation | 11 |
2 | Integration of Jewish Studies in the Humanities | 16 |
3 | Remembering the Answers: Jewish Studies in the Contemporary University | 28 |
4 | In Comparative Contexts | 40 |
The United States | 40 | |
Canada | 46 | |
Latin America | 49 | |
Great Britain | 52 | |
France | 59 | |
Spain | 62 | |
Poland | 65 | |
Russia | 67 | |
South Africa | 70 | |
Australia | 72 | |
5 | Jewish Studies in European Universities: Actual and Potential | 77 |
6 | Contemporary Hebrew Literature on the American Campus | 86 |
7 | Tanakh: A Shared Field | 96 |
8 | Teaching Jewish History on the American Campus | 104 |
9 | Jewish Philosophy in the Academy | 112 |
10 | ICUTJC: Design and Realization | 121 |
11 | Contemporary Jewish Civilization | 127 |
12 | Hebrew Language and Literature | 132 |
13 | Jewish Political Studies | 135 |
14 | Jewish History and Culture: Sephardic and Oriental Studies | 139 |
15 | Modern Hebrew Literature in English Translation | 142 |
16 | Jewish Civilization in Christian Academic Settings | 148 |
17 | Western Societies and the Holy Land | 152 |
18 | Jewish Philosophy | 155 |
19 | Reviving Jewish Studies in Eastern Europe | 160 |
20 | Jewish Art | 164 |
21 | BINAH: Studies in Jewish History and Jewish Thought (with The Open University of Israel) | 171 |
22 | Interuniversity Fellowship Program (with the Overseas Program of the Council for Higher Education) | 174 |
23 | A Jewish Civilization Curriculum (with The Jewish Theological Seminary of America) | 177 |
24 | The American Jewish Experience Curriculum (with Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion) | 181 |
25 | Jewish Studies Program at the Universidad Iberoamericana | 184 |
26 | World Register of University Studies in Jewish Civilization (with the Bibliographical Center of the Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry) | 187 |
27 | Teaching Jewish Law in Law Schools (in association with an International Collegium) | 190 |
28 | Reflections on the Role of Israeli Institutions in Jewish Civilization Studies | 197 |
29 | Academic Enrichment in Israel | 204 |
David Klatzker (United States) | 204 | |
Reinier Munk (Holland) | 206 | |
Ilia Rodov (Russia) | 207 | |
Naomi B. Sokoloff (United States) | 209 | |
Joseph Tedghi (France) | 210 | |
30 | World Leadership | 215 |
Ephraim Katzir | 215 | |
Philip M. Klutznick | 217 | |
Yitzhak Navon | 219 | |
Chaim Herzog | 221 | |
31 | Regional Leadership | 223 |
Philip I. and Muriel M. Berman (United States) | 223 | |
Jaime Constantiner (Mexico) | 225 | |
Israel Finestein (Great Britain) | 227 | |
Ralph I. Goldman (United States) | 229 | |
Nicole Goldmann (France) | 231 | |
Mendel Kaplan (South Africa) | 232 | |
Jerome S. Katzin (United States) | 233 | |
Herbert Neuman (United States) | 235 | |
Richard J. Scheuer (United States) | 237 | |
32 | Facing the Future | 241 |
33 | World Register | 253 |
34 | Organizational Chart | 367 |
Contributors | 371 |