Courses
The Berkeley Institute supports and coordinates undergraduate and graduate courses in Jewish and Israel studies in a range of disciplines accross the university.
2012 - 2013 Courses:
Modern Jewish Thought (Jewish Studies 120)
Leon Wiener Dow, Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation Post-Doctoral Lecturer; Post-Doctoral Fellow in Jewish Law, Robbins Collection for Civil and Religious Law, Berkeley Law
History of Zionism (History 100.006)
Yaacov Yadgar, Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund Visiting Israeli Professor
Undergraduate Seminar: Israeli Political Culture (PS 149Y)
Yaacov Yadgar, Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund Visiting Israeli Professor
Jewish Liturgy (Music 179.3)
Francesco Spagnolo, Curator, Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, UC Berkeley
Comparative Constitutional Law: Through the Israeli Lens (Legal Studies 190)
Barak Medina, Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Visiting Professor
Israeli Society through Cinema (Jewish Studies 120)
Leon Wiener Dow, Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation Post-Doctoral Lecturer; Post-Doctoral Fellow in Jewish Law, Robbins Collection for Civil and Religious Law, Berkeley Law
Religion and Politics in Israel (Political Science 149F)
Yaacov Yadgar, Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund Visiting Israeli Professor
Advanced Seminar: Religion and Politics (Political Science 223)
Yaacov Yadgar, Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund Visiting Israeli Professor
2011-2012 Courses:
History of Israel (History 100.2)
Prof. John Efron, Department of History
The Israeli Experience – Explorations in Psychology of Identity (Psychology 168)
Prof. Nurit Novis-Deutsch, Goldman Visiting Israeli Professor, Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israeli Law, Economy and Society
Jewish Collective Identity and Memory (Jewish Studies 39E)
Prof. Nurit Novis-Deutsch, Goldman Visiting Israeli Professor, Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israeli Law, Economy and Society
Comparative Constitutional Law: The Case of Israel (Legal Studies 190)
Dr. Daniella Beinisch, Gilbert Foundation Lecturer in Israeli Law and Society
The Music of Israel (Music 190)
Dr. Francesco Spagnolo, Curator, Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
Psychology of Religion (Psychology 192)
Prof. Nurit Novis-Deutsch, Goldman Visiting Israeli Professor, Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israeli Law, Economy and Society
Jewish Law in Comparative Perspective (Law 265.4)
Prof. Kenneth A. Bamberger, School of Law
2010-2011 Courses:
Jewish Law in Comparative Perspective: Comparative Visions of the Legal Enterprise (Law 265.4)
Prof. Kenneth A. Bamberger and David Kasher, School of Law
Democracy, Civil Liberties and National Security: Israel in Comparative Perspective (Legal Studies 190.7/Political Science 123H)
Prof. Menachem Hofnung, Herbert Samuel Professor of Political Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Inaugural Visiting Professor, Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israeli Law, Economy and Society
