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The main historical stages, personalities, texts, ethical doctrines, social teachings, and metaphysical doctrines from rabbinic to modern times. Instructor: Bland
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Modern Jewish thought from Mendelssohn to the present, with particular reference to the dynamics of emancipation, antisemitism, religious reform, Zionism, the rise of natural religion with its emphasis on the supremacy of ethics, and feminism. Instructor: Bland or E. Meyers
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The material culture of ancient Palestine as it relates to the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and early Judaism. Instructor: Meyers
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Survey of Jewish ethics from antiquity to modern times, with focus on both general methods and specific case studies. How different traditional Jewish sources and communities respond to ethical challenges such as the death penalty, abortion, cloning, the environment, and economic justice, especially in the U.S. Responses from a variety of Jewish perspectives (Reform, Orthodox, and Conservative.) Instructor: Lieber
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How women have understood, experienced, and shaped Judaism from the Greco-Roman period to the present day. Discussion topics include: women's traditional religious roles and status; the ways in which women themselves have understood and expressed their Jewish self-identity and religious experiences over the centuries; and the transformation of Jewish women's roles, expectations, and opportunities in the modern world, especially in the U.S. Instructor: Lieber
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Introduction to modern Hebrew literature and Israeli culture. Emphasis on critical reading of literary and cultural texts, including prose, poetry, drama, and film. Conducted in Hebrew. Consent of instructor required. Prerequisite: Hebrew 64 or equivalent. Instructor: Ginsburg
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Continuation of Hebrew 125S. Consent of instructor required. Prerequisite: Hebrew 125S or equivalent. Instructor: Ginsburg
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Issues of representing the Holocaust in Israel through various cultural media, such as literature, film, criticism, historiography, legal documents, and music. The limits of representation: the historical and ideological deployment of Holocaust representation in different cultural contexts. Instructor: Ginsburg
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Readings and other material, including films, television, and radio broadcasts. Exercises in composition. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Ginsburg
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A cultural study of the collapse of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and failure of Israeli and Palestinian doves to transform their respective communities and to change conditions on the ground. Focus on self-criticism as manifested in Israeli and Palestinian literature and cinema and on its limits. Instructor: Cooke and Ginsburg
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