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Jewish Studies Course Catalog

The Jewish Studies Course Catalog is a list of all courses that have been, are currently, or will be offered again in the future. Courses are listed by discipline of study and by what Jewish studies major and minor degree requirements each satisfies. Please see the Jewish Studies Undergraduate Curriculum for a list of courses offered in the current academic year.

Questions about this catalog or the Jewish studies major/minor requirements should be directed to the Jewish studies undergraduate program coordinator.

The information on this list is subject to change. Last updated: 3/22/18

Language Courses

Discipline and Course Number	Course Title	Instructor	Chronological Requirement
Hebrew 1	First-Year Hebrew	Staff
Hebrew 2	First-Year Hebrew	Staff
Hebrew 3	First-Year Hebrew	Staff
Hebrew 4	Second-Year Hebrew	Staff
Hebrew 5	Second-Year Hebrew	Staff
Hebrew 6	Intermediate Hebrew	Staff
Hebrew 80	Introduction to Biblical Hebrew	Staff	Classical
Yiddish 1	First-Year Yiddish	J. Levitow
Yiddish 2	First-Year Yiddish	J. Levitow
Yiddish 3	First-Year Yiddish	J. Levitow

Lower Division Core Courses

Discipline and Course Number	Course Title	Instructor	Chronological Requirement	GE
History 74	Introduction to Jewish History and Cultures	N. Deutsch/ B. Thompson		ER
History 74A	Jewish Life in North Africa and the Middle East	A. Heckman	Classical	CC
History 74B	Introduction to Middle Eastern and North African Jewish History, 1500-2000	A. Heckman		CC
History 75	Film and the Holocaust	B. Thompson	Holocaust	IM
History 76	Hitler and the Holocaust	B. Thompson	Holocaust	PE-H
Jewish Studies 77	Visualizing American Jewish History _{Also offered as History 77. Students cannot receive credit for both courses. Enrollment is restricted to first-year students, sophomores, and juniors.}	STAFF		ER
Literature 61J	Introduction to Jewish Literature and Culture	B. Thompson		ER

Upper Division Core Courses

Discipline and Course Number	Course Title	Instructor	Chronological Requirement	GE
History 155	History of Modern Israel	B. Thompson	Modern	CC
History 163B	Genesis: A History	STAFF	Classical	CC
History 172A	German History	STAFF	Modern
History 172B	German Film, 1919-1945	STAFF	Modern	IM
History 178E	Modern Jewish Intellectual History	B. Thompson	Modern	ER
History 185C	Communism, Nationalism, & Zionism: Comparative Radical Jewish Politics _Formerly_{HIS 194K, Jewish Radical Movements}	A. Heckman		ER
History 185H	Women, Gender, and Jewish Modernity (1800-Present)	N. Deutsch	Modern
History 185I	Latin American Jewish History in the Modern Period	A. Heckman	Modern
History 185J	The Modern Jewish Experience	N. Deutsch	Modern
History 185K	Jewish Life in Eastern Mediterranean Port Cities	A. Heckman	Modern
History 185L	Where Civilizations Met: Jews, Judaism, and the Iberian Peninsula	A. Heckman
History 185M	Zionism: An Intellectual History	N. Deutsch		ER
History 185N	The Holocaust in a Digital World	R. Deblinger	Holocaust	PR-E
History 185O	The Holocaust and the Arab World	A. Heckman	Holocaust
History 194F	Jewish Shanghai	E. Honig
History of Art and Visual Culture (HAVC) 135E	Jewish Identity and Visual Representation	STAFF	Modern	IM
Legal Studies 114	Jews, Anti-Semitism,and the American Legal System	R. Coonerty	Modern
Legal Studies 115	Law and the Holocaust	R. Coonerty	Holocaust
Literature 118A	Hebrew Bible _{Formerly Pre- and Early Modern Literature 144B}	N. Deutsch	Classical	TA
Literature 160G	Topics in Literary Theory: Philosophical Encounters with Jewishness ^{Formerly Modern Literary Studies 104}	D. Bell	Modern
Literature 160G	Topics in Literary Theory: Jews in Theory ^{Formerly Modern Literary Studies 104}	D. Bell	Modern
Literature 164A	Jewish Travel Narratives _{Formerly Modern Literary Studies 144J}	STAFF	Modern
Literature 164B	Hebrew Poetry _{Formerly Modern Literary Studies 144E}	STAFF	Modern	CC
Literature 164C	Global Jewish Writing _{Formerly Modern Literary Studies 144G}	STAFF	Modern
Literature 164D	Jewish Diaspora, Ethnicity, and Urban Life _{Formerly Modern Literary Studies 144A}	B. Thompson	Modern	ER
Literature 164G	Literature and the Holocaust _{Formerly Modern Literary Studies 144C}	N. Deutsch	Holocaust
Literature 164H	Jewish Writers and the European City _{Formerly Modern Literature 144H}	STAFF	Modern	ER
Literature 164J	Jewish Writers and the American City _{Formerly Modern Literary Studies 144D}	B. Thompson	Modern	ER
Literature 181A	Biblical Hebrew, Part 1 _{Formerly Pre- and Early Modern Literature 153A}	D. Selden	Classical
Literature 181B	Biblical Hebrew, Part 2 _{Formerly Pre- and Early Modern Literature 153B}	D. Selden	Classical
Philosophy 148	The Holocaust and Philosophy	P. Roth	Holocaust

Comprehensive Exit/DC Courses

Discipline and Course Number	Course Title	Instructor	Chronological Requirement	GE
History 194K	Jewish Radical Movements	A. Heckman		DC in Jewish Studies
History 194L	Exile, Diaspora, and Displacement: Jewish Lives from North Africa to the Middle East	A. Heckman		DC in Jewish Studies
History 196G	Topics in Modern Germany and Europe	STAFF	Modern	DC in Jewish Studies
History 196M	Shtetl: Eastern European Jewish Life	N. Deutsch	Modern	DC in Jewish Studies
History 196N	Eastern European Jewish Social History	B. Thompson	Modern	DC in Jewish Studies
History 196P	Hitler and Stalin	STAFF	Holocaust	DC in Jewish Studies
History 196R	Social World of Roman Palestine	STAFF	Classical	DC in Jewish Studies
Jewish Studies 195A	Thesis Research	STAFF
Jewish Studies 195B	Thesis Writing	STAFF		DC in Jewish Studies
Literature 190Y	Topics in Jewish Literature and Culture _{Formerly Modern Literary Studies 190Y}	B. Thompson		DC in Jewish Studies

Elective Courses

Discipline and Course Number	Course Title	Instructor	Chronological Requirement	GE
History 2A	The World to 1500	B. Breen		CC
History 2B	The World Since 1500	M. Matera/ G. O'Malley		CC
History 70A	Modern European History, 1500-1815	STAFF		CC
History 70B	Modern European History, 1815-Present	STAFF		CC
History 107	Religion and Modernity	N. Deutsch	Modern	CC
History 167A	The First World War	B. Thompson	Modern	TA
History 167B	The Second World War in Europe	STAFF	Modern	CC
History 172C	History of German Film, 1945 to Present	STAFF		IM
History 172D	Hitler and the Third Reich	STAFF	Modern
History 176	Eastern Europe, 1848-2000	STAFF		CC
History 178A	European Intellectual History: The Enlightenment	STAFF
History 178B	European Intellectual History: The 19th Century	B. Thompson
History 178C	European Intellectual History, 1870-1970	B. Thompson		CC
History 184B	Racism and Antiracism in Europe: From 1870 to the Present	M. Davis		TA
History 196X	National Socialism and the Third Reich	STAFF	Modern
Jewish Studies 199	Tutorial: Independent Study	STAFF
Literature 112I	Kafka in Translation _{Formerly Modern Literary Studies 167K}	A. Bivens	Modern	TA
Music 80I	Music of Modern Israel	A. Tchamni	Modern	CC
Music 80P	History of Jewish Music	A. Tchamni	Modern	CC
Music 80T	Mizrach: Jewish Music in the Lands of Islam	A. Tchamni		CC
Music 80Y	Music, Anti-Semitism, and the Holocaust	A. Tchamni	Holocaust	IM