Appropriate for First Year students.

TimeDaysLocationInstructorGERCreditOPUS Class NumberSyllabus (Tentative)
11:30am-12:45pm
TuTh
Callaway Center S103
Michael Berger. HSC. 413173 TBA.

January 13, 2010- April 26, 2010

Crosslisted: REL309-000.

Catalog Description: (Same as Religion 309.) Modern Jewish history, society, and thought, with emphasis on religious and secular reformulation of Jewish self-identity.

Semester Details:

Content: Over the last 200 years, Jews and Judaism have undergone tumultuous changes politically, socially, religiously, culturally, and of course demographically.  In this course, we will examine the reasons for these changes, explore the emergence of denominations in Judaism, analyze differences between American and Israeli Judaism, and highlight recent trends.

Texts:

  • Arthur Hertzberg, The Zionist Idea
  • P. Mendes-Flohr & J. Reinharz, The Jew in the Modern World
  • Gilbert Rosenthal, Contemporary Judaism
  • Jack Wertheimer, A People Divided

Assessment: 2 site visits; mid-term and final

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