e-TiM: Online Program
e-TiM: Israel: The First Decade
Israel: The First Decade
After the trauma and triumph of the War Of Independence, the State of Israel began the real work of securing borders, housing immigrants and creating an identity. This course will look at those formative first years.
1. After the Dust Settled: Israel after the War of Independence
2. The Great Aliya: Absorbing thousands of immigrants
4. Infrastructure and Economy: rationing and the black market, national projects
5. Knesset Yisrael: Who are the leaders and who is in the opposition
6. Religion and Holy Sites: The Judaism of the Jewish State
7. Culture and Counter Culture: music and army entertainment, Canaanite movement, writers
