Catalog of Courses for Jewish Studies
This course provides a wide-ranging exploration of the culture and thought of German-speaking Jewry from 1750 to the present. It focuses on the Jewish response to modernity in Central Europe and lasting transformations in Jewish life. We read the works of such figures as Moses Mendelssohn, Rachel Varnhagen, Heinrich Heine, Karl Marx, Else Lasker-Schüler, Inge Deutschkrohn, and Katja Petrowskaja.
An introduction to the pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and writing system of modern Israeli Hebrew. By the end of this sequence students have mastered the core grammatical principles of Hebrew, along with a basic vocabulary of 1000 words, and they are able to read and understand simple texts and carry out simple conversation. Includes material on Israeli culture, history, and politics.
Continuation of the study of the fundamentals of grammar, with special attention to verb conjugation, noun declension, and syntactic structure, and their occurrence in texts which deal with modern Israeli culture and values. These texts, which include excerpts from newspapers and fiction, introduce 600 new words and expose the learner to political and other issues of modern Israel. Prerequisite: HEBR 1020 with grade of C or above, or instructor permission.
This course focuses on the conjugation of weak, or hollow verbs, and the passive of all conjugations. It also continues the study of subordinate clauses with special attention to adverbial clauses and their use. Texts for the course, which form the basis for class discussion in Hebrew and exercises in Hebrew composition, are drawn from various genres. Prerequisite: HEBR 2020 or equivalent, or instructor permission.
Jewish Studies Introductory Topics courses offer undergraduate students the opportunity to learn about one aspect of Jewish Studies through a lively, accessible, 1-credit course that requires no previous knowledge of Jewish Studies. Topics to be taught in small-classroom settings (about 15 students) could include Jewish Music, Memoirs of Jews from Arab Lands, Holocaust Testimonies, An Introduction to Yiddish Culture, Jewish Vienna before the Holocaust, Art and Judaism, American Jewish Life.
This upper-level course explores a central topic in the field of Jewish Studies, related to Jewish history, thought, culture, beliefs, and/or practices, through reading, studying, and discussing key texts.
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Jewish Studies.
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Jewish Studies.
This course offers students to conduct independent study in Jewish Studies under the supervision of a professor in Jewish Studies.
This interdisciplinary course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in Jewish Studies at the graduate level.
Studies the history, literature, and religion of ancient Israel in the light of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. Emphasizes methods of contemporary biblical criticism. Cross listed as RELJ 1210.
Studies the history, literature, and religion of ancient Israel in the light of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. Emphasizes methods of contemporary biblical criticism. Cross listed as RELC 1210.
First half of a year-long introduction to biblical Hebrew, using an innovative language-learning approach. Through communicative activities in an immersive environment, students acquire oral and aural capacities naturally, in Hebrew. These capacities enable students to internalize the language and thus achieve the overall course goal: read simple biblical Hebrew prose with immediate comprehension. No Prerequisites.
Readings in the prose narratives of the Hebrew Bible. Emphasizes grammar, vocabulary, and syntax. Attention to issues of translation and interpretation. Prerequisite: HEBR/RELJ 1420 or the equivalent.
This course offers an introduction into the major themes of Modern Jewish Thought.
How might we radically reimagine what Judaism is, was, and could be through queer theory? How does Judaism queer our understanding of what "religion" is? What if we approached Judaism as queer religion? In this course, students will be encouraged to play with these sorts of questions, to rearrange categories and reassemble them into new and unexpected configurations. Rather than focusing on a discrete region or time-period, students will explore Queer Judaism from a multiplicity of genres, media, times, peoples, and places - from Trans Talmud to the AIDS blood mezuzah of Albert J. Winn.
This course is organized around great works in the history of art whose thematic content and historical context intersect with the Jewish experience. Each session focuses on one representative artwork from antiquity to the present to reveal something about Jewish history. Textual sources (biblical, poetic, literary, scholarly) help interpret the artwork.