Course · Live cohort
The Jewish State
Israeli History from Mandate to October 7
Eight 90-minute live sessions, Sundays from August 2 to October 18, 2026, pausing for the High Holidays. A chronological account of how a people returned to sovereignty, what they built, what challenged them, and what gave way when the long pause ended — from the British Mandate to the morning of October 7. The reading list is drawn from the Mitzpe Press catalog.
Session schedule
- 1Sun Aug 2The British Mandate & Zionism
- 2Sun Aug 91948: War of Independence
- 3Sun Aug 161967: The Six-Day War
- 4Sun Aug 23Oslo & the Failure of Peace
- 5Sun Aug 30The Second Intifada
- 6Sun Sep 6Gaza Disengagement
- —Sep 13 – Oct 4High Holiday break — no sessions
- 7Sun Oct 11The Decade of Containment
- 8Sun Oct 18October 7 & the Return of History
Sessions are recorded and available to everyone enrolled.