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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Introductory courses on focused topics in the history of Jewish people from ancient to modern times. Course topics explore the development of religion, culture, politics, and demography of Jews throughout the Diaspora and in modern Israel.
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3.00 Credits
To die or not to die (for your country)? This course studies fascinating topics in Israeli film, such as the construction and deconstruction of the heroes Israeli Sabra, ethic groups in Israel, and decades of dynamic change and development in Israeli society. Discussion intensive.
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3.00 Credits
Through analysis of leading literary works from Israel, we explore the aesthetic expression of its complex dynamics from before the foundation of the state to the present. The experience of the Israeli Kibbutz (communal living) during its initial decades, when fervent ideals clashed with reality (BETWEEN FRIENDS); Arab-Israeli citizens' perspectives on citizenship in a Jewish state (SECOND PERSON SINGULAR); and inter-generational conflicts stemming from divergent religious beliefs and the trauma of the Holocaust (Stories from APPLES FROM THE DESERT).
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3.00 Credits
Many factors contribute to a diverse and intriguing Israeli society. Topics include the roots of Zionism, the concept of the Israeli Sabra, the effects of the Holocaust, ethnic groups and the Arab-Israeli conflict, through history, film, literature and music.
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3.00 Credits
Lectures and discussions of outstanding contemporary Jewish American novelists, short story writers, and others. PREREQ: ENGL110
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3.00 Credits
Examines the central texts which form the basis of Jewish thought, religion and culture--the Torah, or Hebrew Bible (in translation) and the interpretive traditions which have evolved to understand it (e.g., Midrash, Rashi, contemporary theology) as sources of uniquely Jewish meanings.
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3.00 Credits
Focus on Jewish writers, stories, and/or culture from around the world. Course content will address issues, concepts, or problems such as: anti-Semitism, passing, secularism, Jewish-Christian and Jewish-Muslim relations, Diaspora, homeland, nation, race, ethnicity, and/or the Holocaust. RESTRICTIONS: May be taken up to three times when topics vary.
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3.00 Credits
Sociological analysis of religious practices and beliefs that are practiced in the contemporary United States, including changes in religious affiliation and the effect of religion on social change, political behavior, gender roles, sexuality, racial inequality, and cultural membership.
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3.00 Credits
The course surveys the global history of Jews from the mid-seventeenth century to the present. The main focus is to explore the variety of paths that Jews took as individuals and communities in the modern age. Jewish history is considered in relation to the social, economic, political, cultural and religious contexts in which it unfolded. Major topics include: the process of political emancipation in Europe; political movements for Jewish autonomy; trends of assimilation and acculturation, and conversely, of religious revivalism and orthodoxy; the experience of emigration and dislocation; and Jewish responses to persecution and inequality.
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3.00 Credits
Particular areas or writers to be announced. PREREQ: ENGL110. RESTRICTIONS: May be taken up to three times when topics vary.
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