(Courses listed chronologically from ancient to modern) / Jewish Thought and Philosophy / Hebrew and Israel Studies / Holocaust
and
Genocide
Studies / Literature and the Arts
The Bible (RN101)
Religions of the World: Western (RN104)
The Hebrew Bible (RN201)
Judaism (RN216)
Holy City: Jerusalem in Time, Space, and the Imagination (RN220)
Moses (RN221/KHCRN101)
The Open Heaven: Apocalyptic Lit in Early Judaism and Christianity (RN308)
Midrash: Classic Rabbinic Biblical Interpretation (RN 319)
Wisdom Tradition in Ancient Israel and Judaism (RN321)
History of Judaism (RN322)
Introduction to Rabbinic Literature (RN324)
Dead Sea Scrolls (RN334)
Josephus and Ancient Judaism (RN335/CL315)
The Heretical Jew (RN336/XL356)
Readings in Classical Hebrew (LH320/RN320)
Jewish Music (MH441/RN304) / Archaeology in the Holy Land (AR342/RN390)
Josephus and Ancient Judaism (RN335/CL315)
Religion, Community, and Culture in Medieval Spain (RN410/710 HI410/710)
Jews in the Modern World (HI219)
History of Jews in Russia and Eastern Europe (HI275)
American Jewish Experiences (RN330)
Judaism in the Modern Period (RN328)
The Modern Jew (RN339)
Jewish Culture (HI276)
Foundations of Jewish Politics (HI388/RN332)
Gender and Judaism (RN337)
From Moses to Kevin Youkilis: Images of Jewish Masculinity in the West (WR150) / Morality and Ethics: Jewish Perspectives (RN116)
Classical Jewish Thought (RN323)
Maimonides (RN420/PH409/609)
Jewish Mysticism I: Formative Traditions (RN325)
Mysticism and Philosophy: Jewish and Islamic Perspectives (RN338)
Jewish Mystical Movements and Modernization, 1492-2000 (RN326)
Modern Jewish Thought (RN329)
After Auschwitz: The Search for Ethics in Post-Holocaust Thought (WR150) / Fundamentals of Modern Hebrew I (LH111)*
Fundamentals of Modern Hebrew II (LH112)*
Intensive First-Year Hebrew (LH139)*
Intermediate Modern Hebrew I (LH211)*
Intermediate Modern Hebrew II (LH212)
Masterpieces of Modern Hebrew Literature (LH 250)
Agnon and Oz: In Search of Modernity (LH 282)
Advanced Modern Hebrew: Voices in Israeli Society (LH311)
Sixth-Semester Hebrew (LH 312)
Israeli Popular Music (LH330)
Israeli Culture through Media (LH340)
Hebrew Narrative: Biblical and Modern (LH350)
Modern Hebrew Poetry (LH351)
Israel: History, Politics, Culture, Identity (HI 392)
Topics in the History of Israel (HI393)
Israeli Culture through Film (LH283/COM CI 270) / Anti-Semitism (RN333)
Jews in the Modern World (HI219)
The Holocaust (RN384)
Jewish Bioethics (RN439)
The Holocaust & Music (CFA MH 442)
Jews and Germans (HI443)
Representations of the Holocaust in Literature and Film (RN385/XL281)
Primo Levi Within Holocaust Literature (RN459/LI459/ XL459)
Seminaron the Holocaust (RN460)
After Auschwitz: The Search for Ethics in Post-Holocaust Thought (WR150) / Masterpieces of Modern Hebrew Literature (LH 250)
Agnon and Oz: In Search of Modernity (LH 282)
Israeli Culture through Film (LH283/COM CI 270)
Israeli Popular Music (LH330)
Modern Hebrew Poetry (LH351)
Representations of the Holocaust in Literature and Film (RN385/XL281)
Jewish Music (MH441/RN304)
The Holocaust & Music (CFA MH 442)
Primo Levi Within Holocaust Literature (RN459/LI459/ XL459)
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Jewish Studies Minor:
Six 4-credit courses are required for the minor, with a grade of C or higher:
•CAS RN 216 (Judaism) is required of all minors
The remaining five courses, chosen in consultation with an EWCJS advisor, may include:
•Up to one course at the 100 level
•Up to one course at the 200 level
•At least three courses at the 300 level or above
The study of Hebrew is strongly encouraged. Students may count up to two Hebrew language courses toward the minor, provided that those courses are taken at the CAS LH 212 level or higher.
The following topics courses count toward the JS minor:
Topics in Jewish History (CAS HI552)
Topics in the History of Israel (HI393)
Topics in Judaic Studies (CAS RN499/799).
Upcoming Fall 2015 (no prior approval required):
Topics in the History of Popular Culture (CAS HI 450): E.g., topic for Fall 2015: HI450B1: Ritual Murder and other Myths of Jewish Conspiracy (Rabinovitch)
Reading Modern Literature (CAS EN125): E.g. topic for Fall 2015: Modern Jewish Writers (Herzog), also offered as CAS RN 207.
The following topics courses may count toward the JS minor, depending on topic. Check with your advisor!
Topics in Religion & Evil (CAS RN241)
Topics in Ancient Christianity (CAS RN 498/798, STH TH830)
Topics in Religion and Literature (CAS RN524, CAS XL560)
Topics in Medieval Religious Culture (CAS RN470/770 CAS HI407/707)
Topics in Religious Thought (CAS RN452/752)
Seminar in Literature(EN220)
Topics in Latin America Literature and Culture (CAS LS 452)E.g., topic for Fall 2011: Leaving Home (Borinsky).
Document Version: Fall 2011. Update Mar 2012. Update Apr 12, 2012. Update Nov 21, 2013. Update MZ Feb 2014. Update ES Feb 24, ’14. Update SL March 18, 2015. Update May 12, 2015.