Israel Institute Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow at the Helen Diller Institute, UC Berkeley
Yifat Moas is a 2026–2027 Israel Institute Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow at the Helen Diller Institute. Professor Moas is a cultural sociologist specializing in social movements and political mobilization. She completed her PhD at Tel Aviv University, where she conducted a cultural analysis of the recent wave of Mizrahi protests in Israel. Her PhD research is currently being developed into a book, scheduled to be published next year. Between 2023 and 2025, she held a postdoctoral fellowship at Bar-Ilan University. Her current research focuses on polarization, examining the cultural dynamics of recent protests and the role of social movements in intensifying political divisions in Israeli society. Her work emphasizes how the intensification of emotions such as fear and anger motivates political mobilization.
Courses:
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Mizrahim in Israel: History and Culture
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Protest and Activism in Israeli Society: A Study of Social Movements
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Israeli Society and Culture
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Global Mizrahi Culture: Music, Art, and Cinema
