Where are the classes in Christian and Jewish studies that will help Muslims embrace an interfaith society?
By then, the various associations had blended into the Center of Jewish Studies, headed by Pan Guang.
Another growth area of Jewish learning is the spread of Jewish studies programmes in universities, particularly in America.
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They pointed to Yale's Hebrew and Jewish studies courses as proof of the university's support for free inquiry on the topic.
Tamir wishes to replace Zionism and Jewish studies with "democratic citizenship" studies.
In 2000, when Tamir was serving as tourism minister, Shiran worked as a Jewish studies teacher at the Moriah national religious school in Haifa.
They had half a dozen associations, with ambitious names like the Center of Israel and Jewish Studies of the Chinese Institute For Peace and Development Studies.
Of some 350, 000 Jewish students on American campuses, says Mr Saxe, a quarter or more take Jewish studies courses at some point in their college careers.
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The Bulgarians were "heroic rescuers, cruel persecutors and brutal killers" all at once, said Michael Berenbaum, professor of Jewish studies at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles.
He had previously endowed professorships in Shakespearean Studies and Jewish Studies at the college, and is also currently funding through the Yale University Press a series of approximately 100 books on famous Jews throughout history.
Two surveys released last year by the American Jewish Committee and Brandeis University's Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies showed that three quarters of American Jews care deeply about Israel and that Israel is an important part of their Jewish identity.
As for young American Jews, according to a study published in August 2010 by Brandeis University's Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, the ratio of young American Jews who feel attached to Israel - while lower than that of older Jews -- has remained constant over the past twenty years.
He is a graduate of China's first Jewish-studies program, which was pioneering in every way.
Xu Xin, perhaps China's leading Judaic scholar, heads a Jewish-studies program in Nanjing.
Five other students joined the pilot program of Jewish and Hebrew studies launched by Peking University in the mid-1980s.
According to the report, and subsequent follow-ups, Tamir has decided to cut the number of Orthodox teenagers employed through National Service institutions as Jewish and Zionist studies teachers in elementary schools by 50%.
On Sunday, Yediot reported that as part of her plan to limit the materials and control the content of the lessons taught to students, Tamir is moving against Jewish and Zionist studies teachers who teach in the framework of their National Service.
In addition to rabbinic ordination, he has three masters degrees, in International Relations, Strategic Studies and National Security Affairs, and Rabbinics, and a doctorate from The Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
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