Jewish Studies Program

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The Jewish Studies Program, an interdisciplinary program in the School of Arts and Sciences, offers courses and academic programs devoted to the exploration of Jewish history, culture, religion, thought, and literary and artistic expression. Faculty is drawn from the departments of Religious Studies, Anthropology, English, French and Italian Languages and Literatures, German, History, and Political Science.

Programs

• Jewish Studies Certificate

Courses

• HEBREW 0101 - ELEMENTARY HEBREW 1
• HEBREW 0102 - ELEMENTARY HEBREW 2
• HEBREW 0103 - INTERMEDIATE HEBREW 3
• HEBREW 0104 - INTERMEDIATE HEBREW 4
• HEBREW 0105 - ADVANCED HEBREW 5
• HEBREW 0106 - BIBLICAL HEBREW
• HEBREW 0111 - ELEMENTARY HEBREW 1
• HEBREW 0112 - ELEMENTARY HEBREW 2
• HEBREW 1065 - BIBLICAL HEBREW
• HEBREW 1259 - ISRAELI FILM AND TELEVISION
• HEBREW 1902 - DIRECTED STUDY - UNDERGRADUATE
• HEBREW 1905 - UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT
• HEBREW 1906 - HEBREW LANGUAGE ADD-ON

• JS 0011 - ELEMENTARY HEBREW 1
• JS 0012 - ELEMENTARY HEBREW 2
• JS 0013 - ELEMENTARY HEBREW 1
• JS 0014 - ELEMENTARY HEBREW 2
• JS 0025 - INTERMEDIATE HEBREW 3
• JS 0026 - INTERMEDIATE HEBREW 4
• JS 0037 - ADVANCED HEBREW 5
• JS 0040 - INTRODUCTION YIDDISH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
• JS 0090 - MYTHOLOGY IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST
• JS 0115 - BIBLE AS LITERATURE
• JS 0205 - INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM
• JS 0283 - US AND THE HOLOCAUST
• JS 0625 - DETECTIVE FICTION
• JS 0710 - SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION
• JS 1048 - THE HOLOCAUST IN CONTEXT
• JS 1065 - BIBLICAL HEBREW
• JS 1100 - ISRAEL IN THE BIBLICAL AGE
• JS 1102 - THE HISTORY OF GOD
• JS 1108 - COMPARATIVE EUROPEAN HISTORY
• JS 1111 - SPECIAL TOPICS MINI COURSE
• JS 1160 - JERUSALEM: HISTORY AND IMAGINATION
• JS 1170 - ARCHAEOLOGY OF ISRAEL-PALESTINE
• JS 1210 - JEWS AND JUDAISM IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
• JS 1220 - JEWS AND JUDAISM IN THE MEDIEVAL WORLD
• JS 1227 - MEDIEVAL SPAIN
• JS 1232 - MODERN EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWRY
• JS 1240 - JEWS AND THE CITY
• JS 1241 - GENDER AND JEWISH HISTORY
• JS 1250 - JEWS AND JUDAISM IN THE MODERN WORLD
• JS 1252 - HOLOCAUST HISTORY AND MEMORY
• JS 1253 - INTRODUCTION TO HOLOCAUST LITERATURE
• JS 1254 - HOLOCAUST LITERATURE AND FILM
• JS 1256 - MODERN ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
• JS 1258 - ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN LITERATURE
• JS 1259 - ISRAELI FILM AND TELEVISION
• JS 1260 - AMERICAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE
• JS 1270 - GERMANY TODAY
• JS 1272 - VIENNA
• JS 1280 - MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY JEWISH THOUGHT
• JS 1295 - JEWS AND THE AMERICAN CINEMA
• JS 1383 - POLITICS OF CONTEMPORY MIDDLE EAST
• JS 1475 - RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY
• JS 1622 - BODY SIZE AROUND THE GLOBE
• JS 1644 - CHRISTIAN MUSLIMS JEWS IN THE MIDDLE AGES: CONNECTION & CONFLICT
• JS 1645 - THE HISTORICAL JESUS
• JS 1649 - ANTISEMITISM THEN AND NOW
• JS 1650 - APPROACHES TO ANTISEMITISM
• JS 1652 - ANTISEMITISM, RACE AND GENDER
• JS 1680 - HISTORY AND MEMORY IN THE JEWISH TRADITION
• JS 1681 - INVENTING ISRAEL: ZIONISM, ANTI-ZIONISM, AND POST-ZIONISM
• JS 1715 - FEEDING THE SOUL: FOOD, GENDER AND RELIGION
• JS 1762 - THE GUIDE TO THE PERPLEXED
• JS 1800 - SPECIAL TOPICS
• JS 1900 - INTERNSHIP
• JS 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
• JS 1902 - DIRECTED STUDY-UNDERGRADUATE
• JS 1903 - DIRECTED RESEARCH-UNDERGRADUATE
• JS 1904 - UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIP
• JS 1905 - UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT

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