International Summer Institutes

CANCELLED FOR 2011

MSU Faculty Led Short-Term Study Abroad Institutes Global Education Center Montclair State University 22 Normal Avenue Upper Montclair, NJ 07043

Tel: 973 655-4185 Fax: 973 655-7654 simonw@mail.montclair.edu

Montclair in Tel Aviv
Israel: Pathways Through Israel
May 18 – June 5 and June 11 – July 14

Program Location and Overview
The visitor to Israel walks through history everywhere: windswept crusader castles, ancient Roman and Phoenician ports, desert landscapes that were once home to camel caravans, the white domes of sheikhs’ tombs, silent monasteries and ancient synagogues decorated with colorful mosaics. The study abroad pre-session and summer institutes are based in the modern city of Tel Aviv, the country’s economic and cultural center. It is a lively, young city rich with numerous museums, concert halls, movie theaters, restaurants, cafes and night life.  Located directly on the Mediterranean Sea, Tel Aviv also offers a waterfront promenade and miles of public beaches.  The program is hosted by Kibbutzim College of Education, founded in 1939 as a source of educational leadership. The university currently serves more than 5000 full time students in education, theater arts, dance, environmental studies, communications and film, design and business administration, among others.

There will be two sessions offered, with courses taught by faculty from Montclair State University and Kibbutzim College of Education. Participants will have many opportunities to meet Israeli students and to explore Israel on their own as well as in field trips led by local faculty and specialists.

Academics:
The Summer Multidisciplinary Institute will bring together international and Israeli students in various fields of study, with an array of course options. Participants may do the Pre-session or the Summer session or both-- see Program Costs below.

Pre-Session  May 18 – June 5

GNHU 320/RELG 221 Selected Topics in Interdisciplinary Humanities/Religion and Culture: Pathways Through Israel
This course will focus on Israeli stories, sites and characters, examining how biblical, historical, and religious narratives are depicted in literature, art, architecture, and music. For example students will read about the city of Jerusalem and the story of David and Goliath, see the actual sites and analyze the historical and literary implications of narrative as depicted in art and song from an interdisciplinary perspective. Standing in a Roman tunnel below the foundations of the Wailing Wall, students will have a new understanding of what the sages might have meant when they wrote about the "rock of ages". Reflecting on how these messages and motifs play out in the contemporary world, the seminar format will allow students to collectively decide on three to four separate areas of inquiry. This course will include numerous field trips. As REL 221, this course meets Gen Ed 2002 requirement for Humanities, Philosophy, Religion.

HEBR 101 Beginning Hebrew I
This course is for students starting Hebrew language in college or students who have been placed at this level after taking the placement exam. The course is designed to develop the fundamental skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing Hebrew through classroom drill, video-cassettes, and laboratory work.

Summer Multidisciplinary Institute June 11 – July 14
Required Course: (except for students in Pre-Session program)

GNHU 320/RELG 221 Selected Topics in Interdisciplinary Humanities/Religion and Culture: Pathways Through Israel
This course will focus on Israeli stories, sites and characters, examining how biblical, historical, and religious narratives are depicted in literature, art, architecture, and music. For example students will read about the city of Jerusalem and the story of David and Goliath, see the actual sites and analyze the historical and literary implications of narrative as depicted in art and song from an interdisciplinary perspective. Standing in a Roman tunnel below the foundations of the Wailing Wall, students will have a new understanding of what the sages might have meant when they wrote about the "rock of ages". Reflecting on how these messages and motifs play out in the contemporary world, the seminar format will allow students to collectively decide on three to four separate areas of inquiry. This course will include numerous field trips. As REL 221, this course meets Gen Ed 2002 requirement for Humanities, Philosophy, Religion.

Participants may choose one additional course from the following. Students who have done the pre-session program choose two courses. Note the time schedule below to confirm that courses do not conflict.

THTR 432      The Holocaust on the European and American Stage and Screen
An exploration of plays and films that attempt to grapple with the tragedy and the legacy of Europe’s darkest hour in all its complexity. Students examine the changing representations of the Holocaust from the 1950’s to the present and the responsibilities of artists who engage the story of this 20th century genocide. The course texts embrace a range of perspectives from historical and political to personal and philosophical in plays such as The Diary of Anne Frank, Kindertransport, Singer, A Shayna Maidel, Bent, Good, and The Grey Zone and include selected critical and theoretical readings. Confessions of a Hitler Youth, One Survivor Remembers, Anne Frank Remembered, Sophie’s Choice, Cabaret, The Producers, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, The Shop on Main Street, Schindler's List, and Life is Beautiful are among the feature films and documentaries considered for the course.

ARFM 220      Documentary Film Making Israel Workshop
This course allows students to film and document their Israel experience by creating a broadcast-quality video short documentary about a wide variety of topics. The students will learn the art and craft of the documentary film and apply those skills to the creation of films.  Emphasis will be placed on production and post production concepts including directorial point of view, camera style, scene coverage, story construction, editing rhythm, appropriate technology and filmmaker- subject relationship. Students will work independently or in groups, and will focus on local issues, research projects and entertainment pieces. Note that significant out of class work is expected. Instruction and practice of filmmaking will be complimented by consideration of the history, traditions and ethics of Israeli films.

RELG 357/JAST 390-01     Jewish Identity – A Question of Time and Place
This course will deal with the question of Jewish identity through a number of major themes, taken from central texts on Jewish identity in the biblical world, the Talmudic era, and modern thought, and the relationship between Jewish identity within geographical space, time and history. Among the questions to be addressed are:  What is the role of the Sabbath? What is the role of the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in Jewish history? There will be two field trips, to the Israel Museum and to several sites and museums in Jerusalem.

ENLT 250/JAST 390-02   Jewish American and Israeli Fiction
This course will focus on Jewish American writers, examining the complicated experience of being a Jew in contemporary America. Students will read works by Philip Roth, Bernard Malamud, Grace Paley, and Nathan Englander, reflecting a range of experiences of Jewish-American men and women. Students will also discuss the more humorous side of the Jewish experience through two movies by Woody Allen. The course will compare these works to selected Israeli fiction in translation, examining the similarities and the differences between the Jewish American culture and Jewish Israeli culture. The selected literary works will also offer a way of relating to the experiences shared by anyone trying to reconcile the many aspects of his or her identity.         

NUFD 110            Israeli Culinary Culture: Food Gastronomy and Identity
This course considers the ideological roots and the major changes that have shaped contemporary Israeli culinary culture and scene. Students will explore the ascetic origins of Israeli gastronomic culture of both Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel. The course looks into major culinary trends which have influenced Israeli culinary culture and the social agents who are changing the gastronomic scene. Lectures elaborate on the diverse ethnic social make up of Israeli society and point to the particular contributions of certain ethnicities to Israeli culinary culture and to the rejection and hostility toward foods of other ethnicities. Finally, students will look into contemporary food trends, identify the Israeli food culture milestones and compare it to food cultures all over the western world. The course includes four field trips to major culinary settings, including a whole day trip to a Palestinian village in the Galilee. In addition, two meetings with leading Israeli chefs will be held. Although approached from a sociological perspective, the course is open to all interested students. No previous knowledge in either the social sciences or in food studies is required.

HEBR 101, 112, 121, 132 Beginning Hebrew I and II, Intermediate Hebrew I and II
Designed to develop the fundamental skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing through classroom drill, video-cassettes, and laboratory work. Meets the World Languages and Cultures Requirement - World Languages.

ENVR 109             The Human Environment: Challenges for Environmentalism in Israel
This course will survey the historical relationship between nature, Zionism and modern statehood as they relate to environmental problems and cultural and political environmental movements. Students will look at the dialectical effect of globalization and consumer culture, and will question how they have been both productive and problematic for the growth of a more environmentally-friendly Israeli culture today. The course will examine how issues are refracted through the lenses of varied perspectives and interest groups: religious, Arab Palestinians minorities, government bodies, outlying areas and urban centers. Students will discuss case studies of current environmental conflict and dilemmas in Israel. The course will contain a "hands-on" component in the field, meeting with activists, citizens and community groups and public officials. Meets GenEd K3 Social Science requirement.

Faculty
Susan Kerner (MSU Faculty Director) is an Associate Professor in the Theater and Dance Department at Montclair State University. She has directed London theater programs for Montclair State University, New York University, Drew University and Rutgers University. A professional stage director, Ms. Kerner has directed in New York, London, and major regional theaters, including productions of And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank, A Shayna Maidel, and The Diary of Anne Frank. She also directed a bi-lingual co-production of A. R Gurney’s The Dining Room for Shanghai Theatre Academy (China) and Montclair State University.

All other courses are taught by faculty of Kibbutzim College of Education.

Accommodations and Meals
Students will be housed in fully furnished air-conditioned two-bedroom apartments, with two students per bedroom. Single bedrooms would be an additional $600 for Session I and an additional $900 for Session II. Participants may prepare meals or use the inexpensive university cafeteria.

Program Costs
Pre-Session only: $3,300 plus tuition and fees for 6 credits
Summer Session only: $3,500 plus tuition and fees for 6 credits
Pre-Session and Summer Sessions; $4,700 plus tuition and fees for 12 credits
This includes:

• Roundtrip airfare from New York
• Airport transfer
• Housing in double bedrooms in furnished apartments
• Guided field trips
• Orientation luncheon and farewell dinner
• Library and computer facilities
• Pre-departure orientation at MSU

Program prices are based on 15 participants and current exchange rates and are subject to change.

Payment Schedule:
Non-refundable deposit:             $100
By February 1, 2011:                   30% of total cost
By March 1, 2011:                        30% of total cost
By April 1, 2011:                          balance of total cost

Make checks payable to “Montclair State University”. A limited number of partial scholarships are available for MSU students- contact the Global Education Center for information. Non-MSU Students: Send a reference form and transcript from home institution plus $100 non-MSU administrative fee.

Pre-Enrollment Form

Short-Term Faculty Led Study Abroad Institutes Forms

Further Information:
Contact the Global Education Center at 973-655-4185 or email simonW@mail.montclair.edu

Pre-Session Institute Tentative Daily Schedule of Courses

	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1:00 – 8:00	Hebrew	Hebrew	Hebrew	Hebrew	Pathways Through Israel field trips	varies	No classes
7:00 – 4:00	Pathways Through Israel	Pathways Through Israel	Pathways Through Israel	Pathways Through Israel	Pathways Through Israel field trips	varies	No classes

Summer Institute Tentative Daily Schedule of Courses

	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
8:30 – 11:00	No classes Field Trips for  Various Courses	Documentary Filmmaking Jewish/Israeli Fiction Jewish Identity	Pathways through Israel Field Trips	Documentary Filmmaking Jewish/Israeli Fiction Jewish Identity	Documentary Filmmaking Jewish/Israeli Fiction Jewish Identity	No classes	No classes
11:30 – 2:00		Holocaust on Stage & Screen Culinary Culture Challenges for Environmentalism		Holocaust on Stage & Screen Culinary Culture Challenges for Environmentalism	Holocaust on Stage & Screen Culinary Culture Challenges for Environmentalism
2:30 – 5:00		Pathways though Israel		Hebrew	Pathways through Israel
5:30 – 8:00		Hebrew			Hebrew