Eleanor Shapiro: The Intractable Middle East: Dual Narratives (Virtual on Zoom)
- Pacific Time Virtual Program
In partnership with Temple Isaiah, Congregation Beth El and the Oshman Family JCC – Palo Alto
The Middle East conflict often seems too complex and painful to contemplate. This multimedia history course introduces a perspective that offers an alternative to the despair that comes with hopeless headlines. All levels of learning are welcome.
7 Wednesdays: 10/12, 10/19, 10/26, 11/2, 11/9, 11/16 and 11/23
Class 1: Setting the Stage:
Late Ottoman Empire – end of WWI
Class 2: Mandate Palestine
(1922-1936)
Class 3: Mandate Palestine
Part II (1936 -1948)
Class 4: 1948 – 1967
Independence / Nakba
Class 5: From the Six-Day War to the
First Intifada (1968 – 1988)
Class 6: 1988-2008
From Oslo to Stalemate
Class 7: Breaking the Cycle