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The International Academic Unit at the Zefat Academic College (ZAC) is designed to engage in several areas that include initiating, developing, encouraging and promoting international ties with academic institutions around the world. These connections are intended to develop agreements regarding staff exchanges, student exchanges, joint projects and joint international studies.

For more information, please contact us: International@Zefat.ac.il

Academic Programs

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Courses offered in English during the summer semester

School of Law
Social Sciences
Health Sciences
Humanities and Arts
- Christian Sites in the Gallilea and beyond
- Music, Culture and Society – The Music in Israel

International Taxation

The course will introduce to the students basic concepts and rules of international taxation, developed in the national and international spheres, referring, among other things, to OECD rules, and critically examine the ways in which these norms and instruments are implemented in Israel. The course will examine the manners in which taxation may facilitate international trade, or rather impose barriers to it. It will explore the motivation behind the latter practice, introducing national, regional and multilateral legal instruments developed to prevent this result. The course will include 50% online components.

Lecturer

Prof. Nellie Munin
Duration

Spring 2023
Language

English

Introduction to Legal Systems

The course will refer to principal mixed jurisdictions (e.g., Scotland, Quebec, Israel) that combine elements of common and continental law. Mixed jurisdictions provide a laboratory to understand the harmonization process of legal systems happening today. Due to the intermingling of civil law and common law, on the one hand, and secular and religious law, on the other, the case of Israel will be of particular interest. The discussion about mixed jurisdictions involves seminal questions that will be discussed in the course: the idea of pluralism in law, the relationship between colonialism and modernization, and the idea of legal transplants. The first part of the course will analyze the idea of legal traditions, focusing upon the continental legal system, the common law legal system, and the religious legal system. Following this analysis, the second part of the course will develop the distinction of the mixed legal system in broad and narrow senses. The third part, discusses mixed legal systems based on common law and civil law, focusing on Louisiana, Quebec, South Africa, Puerto Rico, Scotland and Israel.

Lecturer

Dr. Pablo Lerner
Duration

Spring 2023
Language

English

Dispute Resolution Theory and Practice

This course is an introductory skill-building course in negotiation, dispute management and resolution. First, participants will learn to improve their own negotiation skills, helping them to act consciously and skillfully in tough situations. We will learn and practice techniques designed to help us negotiate successfully despite the other party’s lack of skill, trust or good intentions, and to help ourselves manage situations in which we ourselves are parties to conflict in a beneficial manner. This introduction will also help us understand how negotiations fall apart, and how conflict forms. Next, we will explore the spectrum of third-party intervention methods, showing how these processes are implemented and institutionalized on the inter-personal level as well as in the international sphere. We will dedicate time to understanding and experimenting with the process of mediation, in which a third-party, lacking decision-imposing power, uses his / her negotiation expertise, his / her creativity and his / her relationship with the parties, in order to aid them in reaching agreement and transforming their relationship. By understanding the design and management methods of the mediation process, participants will be able to bring their improved negotiation skills to bear in assisting others to negotiate and resolve conflicts peacefully.

Lecturer

Dr. Yael Efron
Duration

Spring 2022
Language

English

Comparative Constitutiona l Aspects of the Right to Free Expression

The course aims at providing the students with the conceptual and practical aspects of the constitutional right to free expression in leading constitutional legal systems, e.g., the USA, Canada, and Germany, as well as its influence on Israel's constitutional law. The course presents before the students the philosophical grounds for constitutional protection to the right to free expression. In addition, the course examines the scope and the limits of the right to free expression.

Lecturer

Prof. Mohammed Wattad
Duration

Summer 2022
Language

English

Public Internationa l Law – A Perspective from Israel

This course introduces the normative structure and theoretical foundations of Public International Law (PIL), while highlighting the interplay between PIL and international relations, legal philosophy and political science. A particular focus of the course is the relevance of PIL to the issues and challenges confronting the State of Israel. The course consists of three parts. The first part will deal with the history of PIL, its normative foundations and some of the main features of the international sphere. The second part of the course will present selected issues in PIL, that are of special relevance

Lecturer

Dr. Tal Mimran
Duration

Summer 2022
Language

English

International Criminal Law

The course on international criminal law focuses on the Rome Statute of 1998, which embodies norms of international individual responsibility for the most serious crimes, such as the crime of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression. The course examines the historical, the philosophical and the practical backgrounds of the Rome Statute; which is the ultimate conclusive development of the field of international criminal law. In addition, given the domestic national influence of comparative legal systems on the ultimate version of the Rome Statute, comparative theories of criminal law will be discussed.

Lecturer

Prof. Mohammed Wattad
Duration

Summer 2020 & 2021
Language

English

The Law of the European Union

The course aims to introduce to the students the legal system of the European Union. It will provide a general historical overview of the European integration process. The course will cover both the constitutional and the institutional architecture of the European Union. Attention will be given to the composition, powers, decision-making and functioning of the European political and legal institutions. The course will also deal with the protection of human rights in Europe and the relationship between the European Union and the European Convention of Human Rights. Additionally the course will discuss intra-trade issues (within the common market) and international trade issues (the relationship between the European Union and the WTO). The main aim of the course is to equip the students with the toolkit needed to understand the underlying principles and the normative structure of the European legal integration. It will familiarize the students with the legislation process and the court’s precedents, and will make the students feel comfortable dealing with European sources.

Lecturer

Prof. Iris Canor
Duration

Summer 2021
Language

English

Women and Politics in Israel

The course will focus on gender power relations in Israeli local and national politics and their connection to gender issues in Israel in general. It will discuss the background, processes and mechanisms of women's marginalization in political power centers and will examine various interpretations for this phenomenon. Historical processes and changes in women's political rights and status since the beginning of the 20 th century will be explored through critical lenses.

Lecturer

Prof. Esther Hertzog
Duration

Spring 2023
Language

English

Popular Culture and Society in Israel

Popular culture has always been part of human society and often plays a part in social processes. Today popular culture infused mainly by electronic media channels which turn it into an ever more influential element in the social way of life. In this course we will explore the role of popular culture in Israel. Among the subjects that will be presented are the contribution of popular culture to the formation of nationalism, its role in crafting collective memory, structuring myths and stereotypes regarding social segments within the society, staging the conflict between Jews and Arabs within Israel and the region, routinizing militaristic mindset, and appropriating global trends. Special attention will be given to the gradual erosion of the unifying social model of “melting pot” in Israeli society and the rise of alternative models. These subjects will be presented and discussed in reference to historical and modern textual documents, television and cinematic products, advertisements, popular music, radio broadcasts and literature.

Lecturer

Dr. Uri Dorchin
Duration

Spring 2023
Language

English

Democracy and Elections: Israel in a Comparative Perspective

This course will address central issues in Israeli politics in a comparative perspective. Specifically, we will deal with Israeli democracy and current politics; highlighting Israeli electoral system, parties and state institutions – and compare those essential institutions to other modern democracies. Students in this course will first be introduced to the basic concepts and approaches used by comparative politics scholars. Emphasis will be on the mapping and classification of modern democracies (about 15 countries), classification of electoral systems and the political consequences various methods, the advantages and weaknesses of each method, and the differences in the functioning and political behavior in several countries that will be under the study. Throughout the course, we will deal in a comparative perspective with the key political processes that led some countries to reform their electoral systems, the implications of these changes and the discussion surrounding the electoral reform in Israel that is still present in those days.‎

Lecturer

Dr. Nir Atmor
Duration

Summer 2020 & 2021
Language

English

Social Policy in Social & Behavioral Sciences

Different countries and different societies have different ranges of social policies – between Socialism and Capitalism. Those are influenced to a large extent, by the availability of social services at the community, the local authority, the regional, the national and the international levels. Those social services may be delivered by the public sector, by the voluntary and/or by the for-profit sectors. Social policies influence the financial, the physical, the mental and the emotional state of the citizens. Simply put, social policies may create mental tensions and stress on individuals, families, groups and communities that has an effect on our quality of life. For example: in cases of poverty; hunger; physical or mental disability; interpersonal and inter-group violence; war and political instability; natural disasters and other communal and/or environmental stressors. The course will introduce and discuss the history, the theories and the practices of Social Policy in Western countries and in Israel. It will emphasize topics such as poverty and wealth; the Welfare State; differences between Governmental and Non-Governmental social services; the privatization of services, and the importance of interorganizational and inter-disciplinary collaborations.

Lecturer

Yossi Korazim-Kőrösy
Duration

Summer 2020 & 2021
Language

English

Domestic and intimate-relationships violence

The course will expand on learning about the problem of domestic violence and intimate relationships. Students will be exposed to existing knowledge in the field of violence at the individual, family and community levels. As part of the course, students will learn basic definitions of the problem of domestic violence, key theories in understanding the problem, deepen the understanding of the phenomenon occurring in different cultures in Israel, and learn about the emotional world of women affected by violence and the characteristics of men who use violence. We will also understand the cycle of violence and dynamics that take place between the couple, and the consequences of the violence. We will study a model for diagnosing and treating women who are victims of violence. We will also learn about the experiences of children exposed to domestic violence, and we will elaborate on the cases in which women use violence against their spouses.

Lecturer

Dror Netzer
Duration

Summer 2020 & 2021
Language

English

General Pathology

The course introduces to the students the fundamental concepts of human ailments. It teaches the basic laboratory procedures for preparation of samples for microscopic examination as well as the various methods of microscopy. Following this introduction, it travels systematically through the pathophysiological processes underlying the major categories of human pathology. Then it details the major specific pathological groups of diseases in the arena of human diseases.

Lecturer

Prof. Izhar Ben-Shlomo
Duration

Spring 2023
Language

English

Tobacco use: approaches to prevention and treatment

The course focuses on understanding tobacco product use and nicotine dependence as primary risk factors for cancer and chronic disease morbidity and mortality in the population. The course will expose the student to commonly used tobacco products (e.g., Cigarettes, Cigars, Nargila, E-cigarettes, and others) and to health, behavioral and cultural aspects related to tobacco use. Furthermore, the course will discuss approaches to prevention and treatment of nicotine dependence, including interventions at the individual and the population level to reduce tobacco use in Israel and worldwide.

Lecturer

Dr. Amira Osman
Duration

Summer 2022
Language

English

Beyond Biology- Crosslinks between Life Science and Social Science

This interdisciplinary course presents popular topics in life sciences such as genetic engineering, prenatal diagnosis, microbiome, personalized medicine and more while emphasizing the social aspects of these subjects including ethics, effects on society and related social conflicts. Why are people really against GMOs? What happens when religion meets prenatal testing? What does the general population know about the long-term effects of antibiotics? How has COVID-19 effected society up to now?

Lecturer

Dr. Hadar Neuman
Duration

Summer 2022
Language

English

Christian Sites in the Gallilea and beyond

The Galilea is a central and famous pilgrimage site for Christianity, as major Christian holy sites are located there. Three years of preaching by Jesus created a famous central pilgrim for Christianity, most located in Galilea. Our road trip starts with the famous church of Annunciation in Nazareth where Mary, Mother of Jesus received the annunciation from Angel Gabriel. Leading us to the most important churches for the Christendom located in Bethlehem & Jerusalem. With the 12 apostles wandering in the Galilee, Jesus left in the holy land great major pilgrim sites like Cana, Capernaum, Mount of Beatitude and more. All these sites refer to religious theological events which design not only the pilgrim road for pilgrims but also represent the face of history during the last 2000 years. The course will take the students on a tour through some of the major sites, and will include lectures on these sites along with articles.

Lecturer

Dr. Itamar Theodor
Duration

Summer 2023
Language

English

Christian Sites in the Gallilea and beyond

Music, Culture and Society – The Music in Israel

Music in Israel reflects cultural, sociological and national identities. Israel is a multicultural society that consists of different traditions, religions and groups. This multiculturalism creates a musical culture that is diverse and has many styles and genres. This course will describe the different musical cultures in Israel as part of national, historical, cultural and sociological processes. The course will present the following topics: (1) Music as national identity - Hebrew Israeli Folksongs; (2) Global influences - Israeli Pop and Rock music; (3) Music and social processes – Mediteranean Music (Muzika Mizrahit); (4) Music of the Arab minority in Israel.

Lecturer

Prof. Essica Marks
Duration

Summer 2022
Language

English

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