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4.00 Credits
Ironically, the mummies, tombs, and pyramids that furnish most of our evidence for life in ancient Egypt can be understood only in the context of the Egyptians' beliefs about death. The course surveys these beliefs and their evolution, examining translations of their mortuary texts and the art, artifacts, and architecture they created to deal with death. This interdisciplinary approach is then applied to the study of ancient Egyptian life and society.
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4.00 Credits
Surveys the history of the Land of Israel with special attention to its various inhabitants and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Archaeological findings receive thorough attention.
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4.00 Credits
For course description, see under Religious Studies in this Bulletin.
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4.00 Credits
Study of the major events and personalities in American Jewish history since colonial times: the waves of Jewish immigration and development of the American Jewish community.
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4.00 Credits
Examines the relations between the Jewish community in Israel (including Palestine before the establishment of the state) and the American Jewish community from 1914 to 1992. Considers ideological issues (especially different views of Jewish collectivity), as well as political and diplomatic developments in the relations between Israel and the American Jewish community in the generation prior to the Six-Day War of 1967. Concludes with an examination of the internal Israeli political debates that have invoked the greatest concern among American Jews: the Law of Return, the peace process, and "who is a Jew?"
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4.00 Credits
Explores international migration as a shaping force in modern Jewish history. Since the 17th century, Jews have been involved in an ongoing process of shifting residences en masse from and within Europe, as well as from the Islamic lands. They have relocated to North and South America, South Africa, and Australia, as well as to Israel. This course explores many of the issues raised by the prominence of migration as a feature of modern Jewish migrations, including the similarities and differences between Jewish and non-Jewish migrations of the same time, the causes and structures of the migrations, and the impact of migration on the various aspects of integration in the receiving societies.
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4.00 Credits
Examines the interactions and relationships between the various Jewish ethnic groups in Israel: communities from the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe. The roots of ethnic identity are discussed, and the influences of modernization and nationalism are examined. Issues studied include the Zionist movement's attitudes toward "negation of the diaspora," the "melting-pot" approach to immigrant absorption during the 1950s and 1960s, the Sephardic protest, the identity struggle, ethnic politics and the emergence of the Shas Party, and the Russian and Ethiopian immigrations.
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4.00 Credits
The history of Jewish nationalism in 19th-century Europe, the growth of the Jewish National Home in Palestine, and the role of political Zionism in the creation of the State of Israel.
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2.00 Credits
In-depth study of the Hebrew-Aramaic text of a selected chapter of the Talmud. Traditional and modern commentaries are employed to discuss legal and historical issues raised by the text.
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4.00 Credits
Explores the history of Jewish women in America. It asks how their experiences differed from those of Jewish women in Europe, from those of Jewish men in America, and from other American women. It examines the economic, religious, educational, and cultural patterns of Jewish women from the earliest settlement of Jews in America in the 17th century through recent decades.
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