Dr. Jonathan Goldstein
History
of Modern
Spring Semester 2005
MW
Pafford
206
[1] LEARNING OUTCOMES
The
State of Israel is the largest Jewish community ever created in history. By the end of this course you should become
familiar with the history of modern
[2] ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES AND GRADING
POLICIES There will be a research project, quizzes,
and mid-term and final examinations. These
exams will cover lecture material plus assigned readings. The exact scope and form of the exams will be
announced at the appropriate time.
Each
student must do a research project, details to be provided. Grades will be determined as follows:
Midterm
25
percent
Research
project: Due before class Wed. April
20 25 percent
Final
exam: Wed, May 4,
and other miscellaneous assignments averaged
together
25 percent
Attendance
at all announced examinations is required.
Except under very exceptional circumstances, make-up examinations will
not be allowed unless the professor has excused the student before the regular
exam time for legitimate reasons. Consistent
with University policies, graduating seniors can exempt out of the final exam
if they wish. In that case, the final
grade will consist of midterm 33 1/3%, research project 33 1/3%, and the
average of quizzes and other miscellaneous assignments 33 1/3%. Please notify the professor no later than May
2 if you are a graduating senior who wishes to exempt out of the final.
There
are no pre-requisites for this course, although a general acquaintance with Biblical
history and
with the Hebrew and/or Christian Bibles [“Old” and/or “New” Testaments] may
be helpful.
[3] COURSE ADMINISTRATION
Office hours:
Office hours will be held in TELC Room 3207 on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:20 to 5 PM; on Tuesdays from 8 to 9:40 PM; and by
appointment. Students who have questions
or concerns about their performance in class or on tests or who would like
simply to confer should take it upon themselves to see the professor. If you have any problems or questions please
do not hesitate to come by TELC Room 3207 or telephone at 678-839-6034
or 678-839-6508 (leave message).
Methods of Instruction:
The course will be taught through lecture, discussion, and a possible
outside speakers and film. I encourage
you to ask questions and raise issues.
We have flexibility in our schedule and can take time to discuss issues
you may raise.
[4] TEXTS AND REQUIRED
MATERIALS
The
texts required for this course are:
S.
Ilan Troen, IMAGINING
Arthur
Herzberg, THE ZIONIST IDEA, 2d ed [
There
also will be a number of xeroxed handouts distributed
during the course for which you will be responsible.
[5] ATTENDANCE POLICY
Attendance
will be taken. It is most important that everyone try to attend each class
session. Anything above three absences
in this seventeen week class will be considered grounds for dismissal. Leaving class early constitutes an absence,
and two latenesses are the equivalent of one
absence. It should be made very clear
that (a) students are responsible for all material presented in class; (b)
examinations will be based substantially on this materials; and (c) a positive
attitude shown by an absence of cuts and lateness can work to raise a student’s
letter grade in borderline grading situations.
[6] CELL PHONE ETIQUETTE
AND OTHER COURTESIES
Out
of courtesy to those students trying hard to concentrate, please refrain from
smoking, drinking, eating, nail polishing, and chewing gum during class. Please do not bring children to class. PLEASE DO NOT BRING CELL PHONES, AUDIBLE
PAGERS, OR ALARM WATCHES TO CLASS. It is
not sufficient to say “Oh, I’m sorry, I forgot to turn off.” The student in front of you, behind you, or
next to you may be on probation and must do well in this course. It is therefore
essential that we have a positive learning environment in the classroom.
[7] ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE.
A detailed assignment schedule will be passed out at the beginning of
the semester, including the dates on which specific pages of the basic texts
and handouts should be read. Other
general readings which may be helpful to you include:
Shlomo Dov Goitein, JEWS AND ARABS:
THEIR CONTACTS THROUGH THE AGES.
“Mandate
for
“Protocols of the Elders of
Jehuda Reinharz
and Itamar Rabinovitch, ed.
ISRAEL IN THE MIDDLE EAST [
Palestinian Liberation Organization
charter.
Aviezer Ravitsky,
MESSIANISM, ZIONISM, AND RELIGIOUS RADICALISM [
Gershon Shafi,
“Zionism and colonialism: a comparative approach,” in Ilan
Pappe, ed. THE ISRAEL/PALESTINE QUESTION: REWRITING
HISTORIES [
Aaronsohn, Ran.
“Settlement in Eretz
Shimon Peres, TOWARD A NEW MIDDLE EAST
[1993].
Benjamin
Netanyahu, PLACE AMONG THE NATIONS [1993].
Other
references:
Hammond,
ATLAS OF THE MIDDLE EAST.
ISRAEL
STUDIES website: www.aisisraelstudies.org; see also index to
journal ISRAEL STUDIES, 1996-2004.
ENCYCLOPEDIA JUDAICA [
[8] MAJOR TOPICS TO BE
COVERED ON A WEEKLY BASIS: Assignments are due and should be read for
the first day of the week for which they are assigned.
Jan. 10: Introduction to course and research
project; Historiography and historical geography of the
Jan. 17:
NO CLASS IN HONOR OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING’S BIRTHDAY.
Jan. 19:
Historical geography of the
Slide
lecture.
Jan.
24: Jewish history pre-Herzl and the Zionist
forerunners. Troen, Herzberg,
Reinharz; excerpts from Mendele
Mokher Sforim, “Shem and Japeth on the Train,” [1890], in Robert Alter, MODERN
HEBREW LITERATURE [New York, 1975], pp. 19-38, on German and Russian anti-Semitism;
Chaim Nachman Bialik, “City of Slaughter” [1904]; Adam M.Garfinkle,
“On the Origin, Meaning, Use, and Abuse of a Phrase,” MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES
27: 4 [October 1991], 539-50; Garfinkle, POLITICS AND
SOCIETY IN MODERN ISRAEL.
Feb. 7:
Review Jan. 24 assignment.
Feb.
14: The ALIYOT and the YISHUV up to 1939 Troen, Herzberg, Reinharz; handouts of excerpts from Garfinkle,
POLITICS and Ehud Ben Ezer HA-MOSHAVA
SHELI.
Feb.
21: The Holocaust, the recollectivization of the Jewish people, Partition and the rebirth of the
Jewish State. Troen,
Herzberg, Reinharz; Handouts
of excerpts from Garfinkle, POLITICS; Frank, THE DEED; Slater, THE PLEDGE; Kurzman GENESIS 1948; Dan Diner; and Arthur Koestler, PROMISE AND FULFILLMENT: PALESTINE, 1917-49.
Feb.
28: War of
Mar. 7:
Review Feb. 28 assignment; MIDTERM EXAM.
Mar. 14:
Immediate aftermath of War of Independence. Review Feb. 28 assignment.
Mar. 21-25: NO CLASSES—ENJOY SPRING BREAK.
Mar.
28: The Land and the People; Palestinian Arabs and
other minorities Troen, Herzberg, Reinharz. Handouts
from Adam Garfinkle, POLITICS; Bettelheim,
CHILDREN OF THE DREAM; Eisenstadt, ISRAELI SOCIETY; Spiro, KIBBUTZ; assigned readings from Troen, Herzberg, and Reinharz;
Movies: “Sallah
Shabbati” [Ephraim Kishon]
and “Every Bastard a King.”
April
4: Foreign Relations up through the Sinai
Campaign. Troen,
Herzberg, Reinharz. Selections from
April
11: Foreign Relations: The Six Day War
and Its Aftermath. Troen,
Herzberg, Reinharz,
plus excerpts from Randolph Churchill, THE SIX DAY WAR and
Michael Oren, SIX DAYS OF WAR
April
18:
April
25: Foreign Relations/ The Yom Kippur War, Syrian Disengagement Agreement
[1974], Camp David Accords [1977], Iranian Revolution[1979]; First [1987-92] and Second [1990-] Infitadas; Hamas and Islamic Jihad; Negotiating with the Palestinians,
Madrid [1991] and Oslo [1992] Conferences/Arrangements; September 11; impact of Afghanistan and Iraq
wars, Mombasa, and the War on Terror [World War lV]. Troen, Herzberg, Reinharz, plus excerpts from Aaron Klieman,
ISRAEL AND THE WORLD AFTER FORTY YEARS; Chaim Herzog, WAR OF ATONEMENT; M. S. Arnoni,
RIGHTS AND WRONGS OF THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT;
Maxime Rodinson,
ISRAEL AND THE ARABS; Friedman, END OF
THE JEWISH PEOPLE; and some contemporary readings.
May
2: The Peace Process/
FINAL
EXAM AT THE TIME SPECIFIED IN THE SPRING SEMESTER BULLETIN: Wednesday, May 4, from