YIDDISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE IN EUROPE

GERMAN 267

Explores Yiddish song as an expression of the modern Jewish experience from Eastern Europe to the US. Covers folk song, popular and art music. Music and readings together provide an analytical framework to examine cultural and historical issues.

JEWISH/LITTRANS 318

Pre-modern Jewish society's breakdown, immigration, the challenges of integration and exclusion, and the establishment of new communities will serve as a backdrop for the analysis and comparison of Jewish literary texts written in Hebrew, Yiddish, German, Russian, and English.

GNS/JEWISH 106

Introduction to the Yiddish language through speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Emphasis on communication with attention to cultural and historical context.

GERMAN/JEWISH/LITTRANS 279

Exploration of American Yiddish poetry, fiction, theater, and cinema created by European Jews in the United States.

GERMAN 266

Introduction to diverse cultural expressions of German and/or Yiddish speakers worldwide.