The Courses

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Hebrew Language & Literature Courses

110, 120 Elementary Modern Hebrew I & II
111, 121 Elementary Biblical Hebrew I & II
126, 246 Intensive Modern Hebrew I & II
230, 240 Intermediate Modern Hebrew I & II
301, 302 Advanced Modern Hebrew I & II
344, 345 Hebrew through the Media I & II
351, 352 Readings in Modern Hebrew I & II
361, 362 Modern Hebrew Literature I & II

Judaic Studies Courses

101 The Jewish Experience I: Ancient to Medieval (HS, DG) 4 cr
102 The Jewish Experience II: Medieval to Modern (HS, DG) 4 cr
301 The Bible and Archaeology
305 Judaism and Christianity in the Ancient World (HS)
313 Transformation and the Jews: Jewish History Through Biography
318 Family and Sexuality in Jewish History and Culture (HS, DG)  4 cr
319 Representing the Holocaust (AL, DG) 4 cr
320 Jewish Humor (AT, DG) 4 cr
322 American Diversity  (HS, DU) 4 cr
323 Jewish Utopia/Dystopia
324 Slavery in Comparative Religious Perspective (HS, DG) 4 cr
325 Jews, Christians and Muslims in the Middle Ages (HS, G) 4 cr
326 Sustainability in Comparative Religious Perspectives (HS, DG) 4 cr
333 Jewish Philosophers of the 20th Century
335 The Jewish Experience in Europe
343 American Jewish Diversity (HS, G)
344 Film and Society in Israel (AT, DG) 4 cr
345 Jews and the Challenges of Modernity (HS, DG) 4 cr
350 Jewish Law and Society (SB, DG) 4 cr
353 Sephardic Cultures and Literatures of the Spanish Diaspora
354 Film, Theater, Jews (AT, DG) 4 cr
360 Biblical Tales and Legends
363 Religion and State (4 cr)
364 Cinema of the Holocaust (HS, DG), 4 cr
365 Antisemitism in Historical Perspective (HS, DG), 4 cr
366 Modern Israel: History, Society, Culture
367 Israel in the 20th Century: Society and Literature
373 Jewish Travelers and Travel Liars: Exploration and Imagination, Ancient to Modern Times (HS, DG) 4 cr
374 Culture and Immigration in Israel  (HS, DG) 4 cr
375 The Jewish Experience in America
376 Post-Holocaust Thought, 4 cr
383 Women, Gender, Judaism, 4 cr
385 The Jews of Eastern Europe (HS, DG)  4 cr

HISTORY

387 History of the Holocaust
390B World Jewry Since 1945
390C Jewish Mysticism
390G Women in Patriarchy (HS, G)
390I Popular Culture in Israel and Palestine
390K Jews in the Age of the Atlantic Slave Trade
391B Jewish-American Literature
391C The Proverb
391E The Holocaust and Jewish Identity
391F Jewish Women Writers
392D Judaism, Secularism, Modernity
392F Secularization in Modern Israel
392K World Jewish Cultures
392L Jews of Muslim Lands: Responses to Modernity
392M Jewish Labor Movement in America
392N History of the Jewish Graphic Novel
393B Comic Art in North America
393C International Graphic Novel
393J American Jewish History
394C Ritual and Belief in Judaism
394MI Major Issues in Jewish Life and Culture (IE)

ANTHRO

397AA Archaeology of Israel & Palestine
397B Jewish Art
397J Observing Jewish Cultures
397R Jewish Folklore
398W Junior Year Writing Requirement 2 cr
494JI Jews in Greco-Roman Antiquity (IE) 4 cr

Yiddish Language & Literature Courses

101, 102 Elementary Yiddish I & II
197A Introduction to Yiddish
197S Yiddish Songs
397A Readings in Yiddish Literature and Culture