Course

JS 101   Introduction to Jewish Studies

Professor

Cecile Kuznitz

CRN

18207

 

Schedule

Mon Wed       3:00 -4:20 pm        PRE 128

Distribution

Humanities/ Rethinking Difference

Cross-listed: History, Religion

This interdisciplinary course will introduce students to major themes in the field of Jewish Studies. The primary focus will be on the history of the Jewish people and on Judaism as a religion, but we will also examine topics in Jewish literature, society, and politics. The course will treat selected themes from the Biblical period to the present, but with a greater emphasis on the medieval and especially the modern period. Among the issues to be explored: What role has the Land of Israel played in Jewish life, and how have Jews responded to their nearly 2,000-year experience of exile and Diaspora? How have they negotiated both the “push” of antisemitism and the “pull” of assimilation to maintain distinct forms of community and identity? What role have various types of texts played in Jewish culture, and what is their relationship to lived Jewish experience? Finally, what are the implications of such momentous recent events as the Holocaust, the establishment  of the State of Israel, and the rise of the American Jewish community?  On-line registration

 

(Descriptions of courses cross-listed in Jewish Studies can be found in the primary section.)

Course

HEB 102   Elementary Hebrew II

Professor

Hezi Brosh

CRN

18062

 

Schedule

Tu Wed Th      1:00 -2:20 pm        Olin L.C. 206

Distribution

Foreign Language, Literature, and Culture

 

Course

HIST 2627   Diaspora and Homeland

Professor

Cecile Kuznitz

CRN

18208

 

Schedule

Mon Wed       10:30 - 11:50 am    Olin 306

Distribution

History/ Rethinking Difference

 

Course

REL 285   Golden Rule in the Religions of the World

Professor

Bruce Chilton / Jacob Neusner

CRN

18252

 

Schedule

Tues  1:00 – 2:20 pm  RKC 101

Distribution

Humanities

 

Course

SOC / HIST 315.   The Blending of American Peoples: Intermarriage: Assimilation and Group Continuity

Professor

Joel Perlmann

CRN

18502

 

Schedule

Th                   4:00 -6:20 pm        Olin 310

Distribution

History/ Rethinking Difference

 

Course

SOC 244   Current Issues in Israeli Society, Politics and Culture

Professor

Yuval Elmelech

CRN

18219

 

Schedule

TuTh               10:30 - 11:50 am    Olin 308

Distribution

Social Science

 

Course

SOC / HIST 315.   The Blending of American Peoples: Intermarriage: Assimilation and Group Continuity

Professor

Joel Perlmann

CRN

18502

 

Schedule

Th                   4:00 -6:20 pm        Olin 310

Distribution

Social Science / Rethinking Difference

 

Course

THEO / REL 212   Archaeology of the Bible

Professor

Bruce Chilton

CRN

18247

 

Schedule

TuTh               10:30 - 11:50 am    OlinLC 120

Distribution

History