ISRAEL AND THE NON-JEWISH COMMUNITIES IT INHERITED (REMOTE)

Israel is known as the Jewish state, but its diverse non-Jewish communities comprise 20% of the country’s citizens. Who are these people, and how have they fit into the fabric of Israeli society? This course will give an overview of these groups and survey their evolving relationships with the Israeli state. Focusing on people residing in Israel at the time of its founding in 1948, we will cover Israeli Arabs, Bedouin, Druze, Circassians and Armenians. We will strive to attain a deeper understanding of their experiences in Israel, their diverse identities and what their relationships with the state say about Israeli society.