The NCJW Women and Gender Studies Program at
Tel Aviv University

The NCJW Women and Gender Studies Program at Tel Aviv University is the first bachelor's degree-granting program of its kind in the Middle East. Using an interdisciplinary approach to teaching and research through over a hundred courses from the faculties of Law, Humanities, Art, and the Social Sciences, the program stresses critical analysis of the role of women and other minorities in institutions of all kinds, public and private. Ninety students, including three men, have enrolled in the degree program to date, and the first degrees were granted Summer 2004.

NCJW's work with Tel Aviv University continues its commitment to assisting Israel in building a vibrant democratic society through education. Prior to the opening of this program in October of 2001, NCJW supported projects that promote the education of at-risk and disadvantaged children and families through the Research Institute for Innovation in Education (RIFIE) at Hebrew University.

From April 1, 2004 through June 1, 2004, the faculty of the Women and Gender Studies Program collaborated with Dartmouth College to teach in tandem a co-operative, interactive course: "Gender and Generation: Holocaust and Memory in Israel and the United States." The Dartmouth and Tel Aviv classes interacted through email, the web, and videoconferencing to achieve cross-cultural insights.

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