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JEWISH STUDIES

JWST-296
Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)

Course Level: Undergraduate

Topics vary by section, may be repeated for credit with different topic.

JWST-296
001
JEWISH STUDIES
SPRING 2013

Course Level: Undergraduate

Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)

Modern Jewish Civilization

Surveys Jewish responses to the challenges of modernity. Examines the creation of new Jewish communities in America and Israel, shifts in Jewish political status, and innovations in Jewish religious and intellectual history such as Zionism and Hasidism. Meets with HIST-245 001.

JWST-296
002
JEWISH STUDIES
SPRING 2013

Course Level: Undergraduate

Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)

Divided Cities in Twenty-first Century

Divided cities embody complex consequences of nationalism, war, migration and economic disparities in the last century. Focusing on salient cases like Jerusalem, Beirut, Berlin, and Dubai, this course studies historical, cultural, and geographic accounts of the impact of divisions on residents' daily lives and their sense of local identity. Meets with HIST-296 003.

JWST-296
001
JEWISH STUDIES
FALL 2013

Course Level: Undergraduate

Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)

Judaism

This survey covers biblical, rabbinic, and modern Judaism.


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