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4.00 Credits
Readings (in translation) and analysis of representative selections from the writings of the major Jewish philosophers of the Middle Ages. Emphasizes the Kuzari of Yehuda Halevi and the Guide of the Perplexed of Moses Maimonides. Special attention is paid to the cultural context in which these works were produced.
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to the history of the Kabbalah and Hasidism, emphasizing the impact of these ideas on the history of Judaism.
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6.00 Credits
Completes the equivalent of a full year of elementary Hebrew in one semester. For description, see Elementary Hebrew I (HBRJD-UA 1). Advanced Language Courses The prerequisite for all advanced language courses is Intermediate Hebrew II (HBRJD-UA 4) or the equivalent.
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4.00 Credits
Close readings of American Jewish fiction by writers including Abe Cahan, Ludwig Lewisohn, Saul Bellow, Philip Roth, Cynthia Ozick, and Bernard Malamud, as well as a number of less conventionally studied texts. Attention is devoted to fictions that test the limits of the so-called "Jewish American novel," including texts composed in Yiddish, Hebrew, and German (all of which are made available in English translations); fiction written by non-Jews about American Jews; and graphic novels.
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4.00 Credits
Explores seminal debates about Judaism and Jewishness from the 18th century to today. Topics discussed include the existence of God, the authority of Jewish law, and Jewish chosenness. Special attention is paid to the impact of major historical and ideological developments, including Enlightenment and Emancipation, the Holocaust, the founding of the State of Israel, and feminism.
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4.00 Credits
Approaches Jewish women's history from the perspective of social history. Considers the normative role of women in Judaism. Surveys the roles of Jewish women in the Middle Ages and early modern Europe, using memoir sources and secondary literature. Most of the course focuses on Jewish women in modern Europe, analyzing their history in a variety of countries from the French Revolution through the period of Emancipation, the bourgeois 19th century, World War I, the interwar years, the Nazi era, and postwar Europe.
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4.00 Credits
Explores the interactions of Jews and other Germans during the Weimar Republic, noting the extraordinary successes of the Jews, as well as the increase in anti-Semitism between 1918 and 1933. Examines the rise of Nazism, popular support for an opposition to the regime, the persecution of the Jews, the role of bystanders, and the ways in which the Jewish victims reacted inside Germany.
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4.00 Credits
Explores Jewish life in 19th-century Germany, looking particularly at the ways in which Jews and Germans interacted. Describes the Jews' quest for emancipation, their economic profile, and their social lives. Changes within the Jewish community; debates over religious reform, integration, and identity; and the growing problem of anti-Semitism are discussed.
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4.00 Credits
Examines Jewish life in the former Soviet Union, focusing on the cultural and ideological transformation of Russian Jews in the 20th century from pious Yiddish-speaking shtetl-dwellers to secular Russian-speaking urbanites. Students learn about the campaigns for Jewish republics in the Crimea and Birobidzhan in the pre-Holocaust Soviet Union. They analyze how Soviet social engineering affected traditional shtetl communities. The contemporary Russian Jewish diaspora is treated. Readings (in English) include memoirs and other works originally written in Yiddish, Russian, Hebrew, German, and English by Soviet and non-Soviet authors.
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to the literary and cultural activity of modern Yiddish-speaking Jewish communities in Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, and the United States from 1890 to 1950. Focuses on the distinct role that Yiddish played in modern Jewish culture Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies during the first half of the 20th century, when the language was the vernacular of the majority of world Jewry. Examines how "Yiddish modernism" took shape in different places and spheres of activity during a period of extraordinary upheaval.
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