HISTORY 30533 - Ashkenazi Roots:East European Jewish History

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Gratz College

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ONLINE ONLY This is a one-semester survey of the unique civilization that Jews built in the lands of Eastern Europe, a civilization from which nearly all American and European Jews and half of all Israeli Jews are descended. The course will begin with the first Jewish settlements in Eastern Europe during the Middle Ages and end on the eve of the Holocaust. It will examine traditional Jewish life-ways, Jewish-Gentile relations and the rise of Hasidism, the Jewish Enlightenment, the development of modern Jewish societies, political movements, and literature. ( Not open to students who completed History 30534 and/or 30535) Division: College Division Department: History

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.gratz.edu/

Phone Number:

(215) 635-7300 ext 185

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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