Program Overview

Program Overview

The Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life offers various programs and courses, including online learning opportunities. One of the courses available is the History of Zionism, taught by Professor Roni Stauber.

Course Description

The History of Zionism course examines the Zionist idea and its implementation from the precursors of Zionism to the founders of the State of Israel. The lectures explore the origins of the Zionist ideology and inquire into the historical conditions as well as the political strategies that made its success possible.

Course Topics

The course covers various topics, including:

• The impact of antisemitism on the genesis of Jewish nationalism
• The theses of Theodor Herzl, Ahad Ha'am, and other ideologues of the Zionist movement
• The synthesis between political Zionism and practical Zionism
• Ideological confrontations between the Zionist and anti-Zionist Jews
• The Jewish organized community in Palestine during the mandate era
• The origins of the Israeli Palestinian conflict

Instructor

The course is taught by Professor Roni Stauber, a member of the Faculty of Humanities at Tel Aviv University and senior research fellow and the director of the Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of contemporary Racism and Anti-Semitism. Professor Stauber served for two years as a visiting faculty member at the Bildner Center.

Copyright

All materials produced by the faculty member are copyrighted according to the policies set forth by Rutgers University.