Engaged Academia in a Conflict Zone? Palestinian and Jewish Students in Israel

2019 ◽  
pp. 15-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daphna Golan ◽  
Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Zone ◽  
Jewish Students

The Early Years of the Jewish Presence at the University of Illinois

1992 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-245
Author(s):  
Winton U. Solberg
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Characteristic Form ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
American Higher Education ◽  
Jewish Students ◽  
The University ◽  
The Church

For over two centuries, the College was the characteristic form of higher education in the United States, and the College was closely allied to the church in a predominantly Protestant land. The university became the characteristic form of American higher education starting in the late nineteenth Century, and universities long continued to reflect the nation's Protestant culture. By about 1900, however, Catholics and Jews began to enter universities in increasing numbers. What was the experience of Jewish students in these institutions, and how did authorities respond to their appearance? These questions will be addressed in this article by focusing on the Jewish presence at the University of Illinois in the early twentieth Century. Religion, like a red thread, is interwoven throughout the entire fabric of this story.

Reflections from a contact / conflict zone

Elore ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Latvala
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Zone

"Greasy Grinds” and “Quasi-Robots”: Rhetoric of Exclusions against Jewish and Asian American Students in American Universities

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-82
Author(s):  
Jillian Liesemeyer
Keyword(s):  
Asian American ◽  
Historical Trends ◽  
Historical Discourse ◽  
American Universities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Historical Comparison ◽  
Asian American Students ◽  
American Students ◽  
Current Controversy ◽  
Jewish Students

This study examines the historical comparison between exclusionary quotas against Jewish students in American universities and the recent similarities with the controversy over Asian American enrollment. Through an analysis of historical discourse from within the administration, in the public realm, and from students, parallels are seen between the two incidents. With a more complete understanding of the historical trends in exclusionary practices in universities, policymakers can recognize the current controversy with Asian American enrollment and take on the problem at the source.

Recognition and zoning optimization of geographical spatial conflict in Wuhan metropolitan area based on multi-functional perspective

2020 ◽  
pp. 002072092098354
Author(s):  
Junfeng Zhang ◽  
Jinyuan Tao ◽  
Lei Xu ◽  
Xiong Zhang ◽  
Yuteng Sun
Keyword(s):  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Dabie Mountains ◽  
Jianghan Plain ◽  
Functional Perspective ◽  
Urban Construction ◽  
Ecological Protection ◽  
Conflict Zone ◽  
Wuhan Metropolitan Area ◽  
Geographical Space

Identifying geographical spatial conflicts and optimizing development patterns are important prerequisites for eliminating the conflicts of geographical spatial conflict. The paper takes the Wuhan Metropolitan Area as an example. Using grid-scale data, we construct a multi-functional suitability evaluation index system for geographical space, starting from three dimensions: ecological protection, agricultural production and urban construction. The multi-index comprehensive evaluation method is used to measure the geographical spatial suitability level and identify the characteristics of geographical spatial conflict patterns. Three-dimensional Rubik's cube model is used to divide the space conflict types and optimize the partition. We found that the areas with suitable ecological protection functions and more suitable areas are mainly distributed near the waters and the Dabie Mountains and Mufu Mountains with relatively high altitude in Wuhan Metropolitan Area. Suitable areas for agricultural production functions are concentrated in the Jianghan Plain. Suitable areas for urban construction functions are concentrated around urban areas, established towns, and major transportation routes. Regions with high intensity of land and space conflicts are mainly located in the central and northwestern parts of the Wuhan Metropolitan Area. Regions with low levels of conflict are concentrated in the west, northeast, and southeast regions of the Wuhan Metropolitan Area. The degree of geographical spatial conflict in Wuhan Metropolitan Area can be divided into three primary zones and 12 secondary zones, which are intense conflict zone, general conflict zone, and weak conflict zone. Based on multi-functional perspective, identifying and analyzing the types of geographical spatial conflict will help locate the development direction of different conflict areas and provide theoretical and technical support for the optimization of geographical space.

scholarly journals Brief materials and programmes for children and families who have experienced conflict and displacement

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
R Calam ◽  
A El-Khani
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Parenting Skills ◽  
Conflict Zones ◽  
Conflict Zone ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Recovery Techniques ◽  
Post Traumatic

Abstract This presentation will provide an overview of a set of materials and programmes designed for families who are living through or have escaped conflict and displacement. Delivery formats include i) brief leaflets giving parenting advice for caregivers; ii) a more extensive booklet and format for a Conversation Group, and iii) a programme designed to address post-traumatic stress in children, Teaching Recovery Techniques (TRT), to which a caregiver and parenting skills module was added, to form TRT+Parenting. Each intervention has been tested or trialled with families living in challenged contexts. The leaflet was distributed to 3000 families via bakeries in conflict zones in Syria. The Conversation Group was trialled for feasibility in Palestine. TRT+Parenting was piloted with Syrian families living on the Turkey-Syria border, and then trialled with 120 families in Lebanon, with teachers and social care workers trained as facilitators. In Syria, 59.5% of 3000 parents returned questionnaires and reported satisfaction with the leaflet despite the study being conducted in a conflict zone and in the context of humanitarian intervention. The Conversation Group proved feasible and acceptable, and caregivers in Palestine gave positive feedback. Children and caregivers showed significant improvements across measures of trauma and mental health, with higher levels of improvement seen in the TRT+Parenting group compared to TRT alone or waitlist. Caregivers who took part in the Plus Parenting component also reported improvement in their own mental health. The results demonstrated valuable improvements across all interventions, and indicate that brief programs can and should be widely used as components of preventive strategies.

Anti-Semitism on Campus is Alive And Well

Contexts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-68
Author(s):  
Kevin Singer ◽  
Ashley Staples ◽  
Matthew J. Mayhew ◽  
Alyssa N. Rockenbach
Keyword(s):  
Hate Crimes ◽  
College Campuses ◽  
Longitudinal Survey ◽  
Diversity Experiences ◽  
Anti Semitism ◽  
Jewish Students

Hate crimes against Jews in America are on the rise, including on college campuses. In this article, the authors share details about their recent study, The Interfaith Diversity Experiences and Attitudes Longitudinal Survey (IDEALS), which surveyed thousands of students at over 120 schools. The findings show that Jewish students are the least likely among their peers to view their campus environments as welcoming to people of diverse faiths.

From theory to practice: Jewish and Arabs students in academia practice multicultural education

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Asmahan Masry-Herzallah ◽  
Meital Amzalag
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Older Students ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Global Era ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Jewish Students ◽  
Arab Students ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Faculty Of Education

PurposeThe research examined factors of academic studies as perceived by Jewish and Arab students in Israel, and changes in their implementation of activities in a multicultural context in the field of education, comparing between undergraduates studying for a BA in education and graduate students for MA in education and attending a course titled “Multiculturalism in the Global Era”.Design/methodology/approachThe findings are derived from a questionnaire distributed to Arab and Jewish students (N = 434), studying together in the Faculty of Education of one academic college in Israel. In total, 251 of them were graduate students, and 183 who were undergraduates.FindingsIt was found that insofar as the students from either programme acquired knowledge and tools regarding multiculturalism, they reported (1) more positive attitudes regarding the “Other” group and regarding multiculturalism, (2) implementation of a larger number of activities relating to multiculturalism in the field of education, (3) Arab students performed more activities in multicultural contexts and (4) older students performed a larger number of activities in multicultural contexts. The research findings also indicated a direct relation between participation in the course and activities conducted in the field of education. In addition, students' acquiring of knowledge on multiculturalism mediated the relation between participation in the course and implementation of multicultural activities in the field of education.Originality/valueThe research stresses the importance of higher education institutions in promoting knowledge and practice of multiculturalism in Israeli society.

Kazania dla młodzieży żydowskiej w Galicji

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicja Maślak-Maciejewska
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Jewish Students ◽  
Jewish Youth ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Selection Of

The book contains a selection of eighty eight sermons (so-called exhortations) for the Jewish youth, which were written in Galicia at the end of the 19th century and in the first decades of the 20th century. They constituted part of religious education of Jewish students who attended secular primary and secondary schools. The authors of the sermons were teachers such as Natan Szyper, Arnold Friedman or Samuel Wolf Guttman who was the preacher of the progressive synagogue in Lviv.

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