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Israel Studies Increasingly Popular in U.S.

(Ynet News) Yitzhak Benhorin - "There are some 1,300 courses on the State of Israel today in U.S. universities. That is three times as many as there were three years ago. This is a revolution," says Prof. Ilan Troen from Brandeis University. "Half the courses are from the humanities, like film and comparative literature. This has huge value when there is knowledge of the country beyond the headlines as part of the general education. The students learn about Israel not only in the context of the conflict." Israel studies departments exist today in every corner of the U.S., from New York University, Rutgers University, Maryland University, Emory University, University of Miami, through to Northwestern University, University of Texas in Dallas and Austin, and UCLA and California State University.
2010-10-08 09:47:52
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