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3.00 Credits
An examination of the history of Hollywood and the Jewish relationship to the American motion picture industry. Investigates a representative sample of films and movies and explores the impact of the fictionalized landscape of the Jewish mind on American culture and values. Only one of A Arh 225, A Jst 225, or A His 225 may be taken for credit.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Survey of the intellectual, ritual, and institutional development of Christianity from the apostles to the later Middle Ages. A His 235Z is the writing intensive version of A His 235; only one may be taken for credit.
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3.00 Credits
A study of nineteenth-century Jewish and European history resulting in the formation of Jewish nationalism. Covers the development of various Zionist ideologies and organizations as well as their challengers within and outside the Jewish community. Examines the history of settlement in Palestine, the founding of the state of Israel, and the country's subsequent development. May not be offered in 2008-2009.
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3.00 Credits
Begins with an overview of European Jewish life on the eve of the attempt at its destruction, examines the cultural, social, and intellectual roots of Nazism, and discusses the efforts to isolate and marginalize those marked as "a-socials" in German society. Explores the radicalization of the Nazi program and investigates the variety of ways targeted groups responded to the crisis. Covers a number of survivor accounts and the memorialization and politicization of the Nazi Holocaust in the United States and Israel. Only one of A His 250 & A Jst 250 may be taken for credit.
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3.00 Credits
The course will be offered every fall and by rotating faculty from Journalism, History, and Communication. A single faculty member will coordinate the course, but CAS faculty from the five documentary areas will be invited in as guest lecturers to introduce students to the five major documentary forms: nonfiction and long-form journalistic writing, photography, film and video, radio/audio, and multimedia/hypermedia. All students majoring in documentary studies must take this "gateway" introduction to the theory and history of documentary production. Only one of A His 251/Z, A Doc 251/Z or T His 251Z may be taken for credit.
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3.00 Credits
The history and culture of ancient Israel from its beginnings to the Persian Empire. A survey of the Hebrew Bible (in English) as the major source for the study of early Judaic religious and social forms in the context of the Near East. Only one of A Jst 251, 341, 341Z,?and A His 252 may be taken for credit. May not be offered in 2008-2009.?
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3.00 Credits
Explores the course of Jewish history from the development of Christianity until the Chmielnicki massacres of 1648. Investigates the experience of Jews between and within the major religious and cultural systems that dominated medieval Europe; Islam and Christianity. The course charts the history of Sephardic and Ashkenazic Jewry, noting the important social, religious, cultural, and political characteristics of each community, as well as their interaction with two great world civilizations. Only one of A His 253, A Jst 253, 343, 343Z & A Rel 253 may be taken for credit.
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3.00 Credits
Beginning with the end of the late Middle Ages and the emergence of the Enlightenment, this class explores how Jewish communities responded to the demands of an ever-expanding modern world. Examines the ways in which Jews and Jewish communities sought to create modern expressions of Judaism and the response of rabbinic Judaism to these challenges. Explores the rise of Hasidism, the aims of "Enlightened" Jewry, nationalism, the creation of secular Jewish cultures, the World Wars, modern antisemitism and the Nazi Holocaust, and the emergence of new Jewish centers in the United States and Israel. Only one of A Jst 254, 344, 344Z and A Rel 254 may be taken for credit.
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3.00 Credits
Survey of the role and position of women in European society from antiquity to the present, concentrating on social, economic, political, and intellectual aspects of women's lives and on cultural attitudes and ideologies concerning women. May not be offered in 2008-2009.
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3.00 Credits
With an emphasis on the diversity of U.S. women, this course examines the social, historical, and economic forces that have shaped U.S. women's lives from about 1800-1970 and the contexts within which women have participated in and sometimes led social and political movements.
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