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Teaching Jewish Civilization: A Global Approach to Higher Education »

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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)

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Author Biography: Moshe Davis

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.

Book Synopsis

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.


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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)

Table of Contents

Introduction1
1The "Science of Judaism" and Its Transformation11
2Integration of Jewish Studies in the Humanities16
3Remembering the Answers: Jewish Studies in the Contemporary University28
4In Comparative Contexts40
The United States40
Canada46
Latin America49
Great Britain52
France59
Spain62
Poland65
Russia67
South Africa70
Australia72
5Jewish Studies in European Universities: Actual and Potential77
6Contemporary Hebrew Literature on the American Campus86
7Tanakh: A Shared Field96
8Teaching Jewish History on the American Campus104
9Jewish Philosophy in the Academy112
10ICUTJC: Design and Realization121
11Contemporary Jewish Civilization127
12Hebrew Language and Literature132
13Jewish Political Studies135
14Jewish History and Culture: Sephardic and Oriental Studies139
15Modern Hebrew Literature in English Translation142
16Jewish Civilization in Christian Academic Settings148
17Western Societies and the Holy Land152
18Jewish Philosophy155
19Reviving Jewish Studies in Eastern Europe160
20Jewish Art164
21BINAH: Studies in Jewish History and Jewish Thought (with The Open University of Israel)171
22Interuniversity Fellowship Program (with the Overseas Program of the Council for Higher Education)174
23A Jewish Civilization Curriculum (with The Jewish Theological Seminary of America)177
24The American Jewish Experience Curriculum (with Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion)181
25Jewish Studies Program at the Universidad Iberoamericana184
26World Register of University Studies in Jewish Civilization (with the Bibliographical Center of the Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry)187
27Teaching Jewish Law in Law Schools (in association with an International Collegium)190
28Reflections on the Role of Israeli Institutions in Jewish Civilization Studies197
29Academic Enrichment in Israel204
David Klatzker (United States)204
Reinier Munk (Holland)206
Ilia Rodov (Russia)207
Naomi B. Sokoloff (United States)209
Joseph Tedghi (France)210
30World Leadership215
Ephraim Katzir215
Philip M. Klutznick217
Yitzhak Navon219
Chaim Herzog221
31Regional Leadership223
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
32Facing the Future241
33World Register253
34Organizational Chart367
Contributors371

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