| Time | Days | Location | Instructor | GER | Credit | OPUS Class Number | Syllabus (Tentative) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10:40am-11:30am | MWF | White Hall 102 | Eric Goldstein. | HSC. | 4 | 12988 | TBA. |
This course is a survey of the Jewish experience in the United States, examining the religious, cultural, political and economic activities of American Jews from the colonial period to the present. Students will examine how tradition has adapted to and been challenged by the American setting, how patterns of communal life have been reshaped, what the relationship of Jews has been to other Americans and to the international Jewish community, and how American Jewish identities have been created from Jews' dual impulses for integration and distinctiveness.
Texts:
- Sarna, Jonathan D. [ed.], The American Jewish Experience
- Cohen, Rose, Out of the Shadow: A Russian Jewish Girlhood on the Lower East Side
- Heilman, Samuel, Portrait of American Jews: Last Half of the Twentieth Century
- Schiffman, Lisa, Generation J
- A number of articles on reserve
Particulars: Class sessions will combine lecture and discussion and also include regular "breakout sessions" that emphasize the close reading of primary sources. There will be a midterm exam and a final, as well as a few short response papers. Students are also required to keep a journal in which they answer thought questions related to the weekly reading.
The schedule of courses on O.P.U.S. is the official listing of courses, including days and times they meet and the General Education Requirements they satisfy. Students should use course descriptions as general guidelines. Course requirements, grading details, book lists, and syllabi are subject to change.