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Sharp Rise in Study of Israel in U.S. Schools
(Jerusalem Post) Haviv Rettig Gur - The past three years have seen a huge jump in the number and variety of courses about Israel taught in America's top universities, according to a study commissioned by the Schusterman Family Foundation and made public Wednesday. 316 of the top U.S. colleges and universities surveyed in 2009 offered a total of 1,400 courses that include Israel studies in some way. 572 focused specifically on Israel. Most of the new courses focused on Israeli cinema, literature and other aspects of culture and society, while many of the students were alumni of birthright israel programs.