Jews in the Modern World: Texts, Images, Ideas

3 credits · Undergraduate credit

In this course we examine the multiple ways in which Jews in Europe, America, Israel, and the Middle East have responded to the cultural, political, economic, and social forces of modernity. By focusing on a variety of textual and visual material from the late 18th century to the present (including literary texts, fine arts, film, architecture), students have an opportunity to explore the processes by which Jewish culture has been shaped and reshaped in the face of unprecedented new freedoms and persecutions.