Spring 2027

Jews and Race

A comparative study of intersections between Jewish history and racism, covering case studies from the Bible to the present to analyze global trajectories shaping racial inequality.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · Adam Stern

A past student noted that they understood the readings well just by attending class, and the instructor provided exam questions in advance.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Demonstrate knowledge of significant moments at the intersection of Jewish history and the history of racism

  • Articulate how the past has affected present day circumstances regarding race and racial inequalities in the U.S. and in a global context

  • Recognize and question cultural assumptions and knowledge claims as they relate to race and ethnicity

  • Demonstrate self-awareness and empathy toward the cultural perspectives and worldviews of others

  • Cultivate skills in textual analysis and evaluate formal and structural elements in a range of media (e.g., essays, academic writing, oratory, visual art, etc)

  • Write original, coherent, and compelling arguments that push beyond summary to analysis and independent and critical thinking in clear prose that meets expectations for grammatical correctness

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Prerequisites

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JEWISH 225

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Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ADAM STERN is recorded teaching in Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Adam Stern

Students found Professor Stern's lectures informative and emphasized that attending class and paying attention were key to success.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.59 GPA, 76.1% A/AB (n=67 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Adam Stern

A past student noted that they understood the readings well just by attending class, and the instructor provided exam questions in advance.

Past student reviews · Adam Stern

One student described Professor Stern as the best professor they had ever had.

Topics

  • Medieval theological and crusader contexts: curse of Ham, role of 'the Jew', demonization of Jews and Muslims
  • Colonialism, slavery, 19th-century Semite debates, and Holocaust racialization
  • Zionism, Nakba, Black-Jewish relations, Jews and whiteness, and encounters with Native Americans

Skills

  • Comparative historical analysis of Jewish history and racism
  • Textual analysis and evaluation of formal/structural elements in diverse media
  • Writing original analytical arguments in clear, grammatically correct prose

Grades

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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