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3.00 Credits
Examines genocidal acts in the 20th century in a comparative framework. Cases include genocides of Armenians, Jews, Cambodians, Bosnians, and Rwandans. Topics include political and racial ideology, government institutions, perpetrator motivations, international responses, and genocide prevention.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on the infamous "Final Solution," with particular emphasis on the roots of Anti-Semitism, National Socialist policies and plans, ghetto and camp life, the Einsatzgruppen, resistance, the politics of rescue and the art and literature of the Holocaust.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
No course description available.
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to Kabbalah, or Jewish mysticism. It begins with an overview of the classic mystical text, the Zohar and the medieval-era Jewish mystic Isaac Luria. Its focus is Kabbalistic literature during the 18th century. Texts will be studied in the context of the rise of the pietistic Eastern European Jewish movement known as Hasidism. Key concepts of kabbalistic thought will be covered, including tzimtzum, the sefirot, the Jewish Sabbath, God and the Celestial Spheres.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the role of women in global Jewish history, culture and religion from ancient times to the present. Sources of study include primary religious texts about women and gender in Judaism; as well as interpretations, personal accounts and historical narratives of different periods of history. Topics to be addressed will include leadership roles and sources of authority, law and custom, family life, education, transmission and reform of religious law.
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3.00 Credits
This class surveys how food, kosher law, and cuisines from around the world have sustained the Jewish people for more than 3,000 years. It does so by exploring the many foods associated with Jews, as well as how kosher rules influenced the foods used in religious rituals and in daily home consumption. It will range widely over time and space, following the movement of Jews and changes in their foods from the ancient Middle East to modern America.
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3.00 Credits
Critical evaluation of the theological views of major branches of Judaism on such topics as: the significance of Israel, the status of Jewish law, the meaning of Jewish ritual and the mission of the Jewish people. PREREQ: PHIL208 recommended.
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3.00 Credits
Explore the history of antisemitism from the early Christian period to the present day. Focus on the changing nature of anti-Jewish hostility in various contexts, including depictions of Jews in the Gospels, myths and stereotypes of Jews in medieval Christian Europe, and modern forms of racial and social antisemitism in Europe, the Middle East, and the United States.
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3.00 Credits
Close study of film genres, major directors, and other topics. PREREQ: ENGL110. RESTRICTIONS: May be taken up to three times when topics vary.
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