Spring 2027

Jews and American Pop. Culture

Examines the relationship between Jews and U.S. popular culture through vaudeville, Hollywood, R&B, television, and stand-up comedy.

offering recorded3–4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Tony Michels

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2017: 3.51 GPA, 76.8% A/AB (n=56 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.70 GPA, 86.0% A/AB (n=50 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.53 GPA, 76.7% A/AB (n=43 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Describe major trends in American popular entertainment.

  • Explain the ways in which Jews shaped realms of American culture, such as, comedy, music, film, and television.

  • Discuss the ways in which Jews and African-Americans interacted in the cultural arena.

  • Describe public controversies around popular culture and how they were driven by or intermixed with antisemitism.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

Grade history

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Prerequisites

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HISTORY/JEWISH 213

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2016: 3.55 GPA, 78.3% A/AB (n=69 letter grades); Spring 2017: 3.51 GPA, 76.8% A/AB (n=56 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.53 GPA, 76.7% A/AB (n=43 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ANTHONY MICHELS is recorded teaching in Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 720
DIS 301Classroom Instruction0 / 180
DIS 302Classroom Instruction0 / 180
DIS 303Classroom Instruction0 / 180
DIS 304Classroom Instruction0 / 180
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 720
DIS 301Classroom Instruction0 / 180
DIS 302Classroom Instruction0 / 180
DIS 304Classroom Instruction0 / 180
DIS 303Classroom Instruction0 / 180

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2017: 3.51 GPA, 76.8% A/AB (n=56 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.70 GPA, 86.0% A/AB (n=50 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.53 GPA, 76.7% A/AB (n=43 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

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Topics

  • Early 20th century vaudeville
  • The golden age of Hollywood
  • Rhythm and blues music
  • Television
  • Stand-up comedy
  • Public controversies and antisemitism in popular culture

Skills

  • Describing major trends in American popular entertainment.
  • Explaining how Jews shaped American culture in comedy, music, film, and television.
  • Discussing interactions between Jews and African-Americans in the cultural arena.
  • Describing public controversies in popular culture linked to antisemitism.

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
HISTORY/JEWISH 213 · Spring 2027

Jews and American Pop. Culture

Recorded 2026-10-14
HISTORY/JEWISH 213 · Spring 2027

Jews and American Pop. Culture

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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