Our society is more interconnected than ever and yet we are polarized. Too often we are unable to communicate effectively across divides of identity, belief, and geography. This is a hands-on, skill-building course. Students will learn how and why to improve as empathetic and curious communicators.
![Quote from the article: Bartov argues, accordingly, that "the focus on the functional reality of [Zionist] settlement in Palestine largely misses the ideological and emotional motivations of this [Zionist] movement, as well as the underlying self-perception of generations of Zionist activists and supporters." Within this narratives, the victims of Zionism—now in its genocidal phase—have erred by judging Zionism through their lived experience of its dispossession and violence; instead, they should have been sufficiently "attuned to the aspirations of Europe's Jewish refugees." This framing renders the Palestinian and Arab anti-colonial struggle—beginning with the Arab Revolt of 1936, or even earlier—a hostile act of aggression against Jewish settlers in Palestine, thereby creating a false equivalence between the colonized and the colonizer."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bzx7c3sng6pjmozieznlk6t7/bafkreicvsph63zak7h3vyivi5z6vsks5gfy4yj5b4xhco2ha6plcvx6wfu)
![An article in Y-Net News: “Why waiting to buy [property, illustrated with a picture of Tel Aviv] could cost you more than acting now.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bzx7c3sng6pjmozieznlk6t7/bafkreif3gfaw4pdsyp3ye2plir5dkdatbobb56is74yot5464rbuf35a6a)
