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Explores Holocaust history, memory, and education using American sites of memory to critically analyze Shoah representations in literature, films, memoirs, monuments, museums, and classrooms.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sampleExplores American Yiddish poetry, fiction, theater, and cinema by European Jews in the US, covering themes like language politics, minoritized status, and Jewish identity.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Phil Hollander
A student reported nightly homework assignments and long readings, describing the material as challenging and sometimes confusing.
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Spring 2023–Spring 2026Second Semester Yiddish introduces the language through speaking, listening, reading, and writing, emphasizing communication within cultural and historical contexts.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Second semester Yiddish for graduate students emphasizing proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing within cultural contexts.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Introduction to Hebrew Literature covers selected works from different periods and genres, taught in Hebrew.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Spring 2026–Spring 2026 · limited sampleA second-level course on modern Hebrew and Israeli literature and culture, featuring readings in Hebrew literature taught in Hebrew.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Examines the relationship between Jews and U.S. popular culture through vaudeville, Hollywood, R&B, television, and stand-up comedy.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Spring 2025–Spring 2026 · limited sampleElementary Topics in Jewish Philosophy and the Arts covers elementary topics in Jewish philosophy and the arts.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Spring 2025–Spring 2025 · limited sampleIntroduces Jewish studies as an interdisciplinary field, examining history, culture, and thought through major guiding questions. Students complete a substantial research project.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Spring 2024–Spring 2024 · limited sampleThis course covers intermediate topics in Jewish history.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Advanced Topics in Jewish History covers advanced topics in the field of Jewish history.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Introduction to Classical Rabbinic Literature in Translation covering the Talmudic period (2nd-7th c. CE), focusing on historical context and the interrelation of liturgical, legal, and non-legal texts.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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A comparative introduction to the history of the Sabbath from the Bible to the present, exploring textual sources from Jewish and Christian traditions.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history