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| 0677-2112-01 | From Community to Statehood: The Annals of Yemenite Jewry 1858-1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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University credit hours: 4.0
Course description
From Community to Statehood: The Annals of Yemenite Jewry 1858-1982
How did Jews from Muslim lands integrate into Palestine's Jewish community, both before and after the onset of Zionism? What socio-economic functions did they fulfill in the new Jewish state and were these predetermined by the movement's predisposed notions concerning non-European Jews? In order to answer these questions and more, this survey course will concentrate on Yemen's Jewish community and chart its often torturous path to becoming part of the Israeli polity. We will focus on the special role assumed by Jews and Jewesses of Yemenite stock in Modern Hebrew culture; a unique and century old phenomena. From a different angle we will discover how religious-secular strife, as well as political opposition in Israeli history has often been structured with the aid of Yemenite pawns. This trend will be complemented by a sincere attempt to tease out Yemenite agency as an important factor in the annals of ethnic strife in Israeli history.
How did Jews from Muslim lands integrate into Palestine's Jewish community, both before and after the onset of Zionism? What socio-economic functions did they fulfill in the new Jewish state and were these predetermined by the movement's predisposed notions concerning non-European Jews? In order to answer these questions and more, this survey course will concentrate on Yemen's Jewish community and chart its often torturous path to becoming part of the Israeli polity. We will focus on the special role assumed by Jews and Jewesses of Yemenite stock in Modern Hebrew culture; a unique and century old phenomena. From a different angle we will discover how religious-secular strife, as well as political opposition in Israeli history has often been structured with the aid of Yemenite pawns. This trend will be complemented by a sincere attempt to tease out Yemenite agency as an important factor in the annals of ethnic strife in Israeli history.