JEWISH STUDIES

2026-2027

68 courses

JWST 100IIntroduction to Jewish Studies
JWST 101Elementary Modern Hebrew I
JWST 102Elementary Modern Hebrew II
JWST 103Understanding the Bible: Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
JWST 106Judaism in the Time of Jesus
JWST 107Introduction to Modern Judaism
JWST 109History and Culture of Ancient Israel
JWST 110The Archaeology of Palestine in the New Testament Period
JWST 112A Global History of the Bible
JWST 143Judaism in Our Time
JWST 153From the Bible to Broadway: Jewish History to Modern Times
JWST 203Intermediate Modern Hebrew I
JWST 204Intermediate Modern Hebrew II
JWST 206Prophecy and Divination in Ancient Israel and Judah
JWST 211Classical Hebrew I: A Linguistic Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
JWST 212Classical Hebrew II: A Linguistic Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
JWST 224Modern Jewish Thought
JWST 225Popular and Pious: Early Modern Jewish Literature
JWST 230Judaism and Popular Culture
JWST 235Israeli Cinema: Gender, Nation, and Ethnicity
JWST 239German Culture and the Jewish Question
JWST 243Introduction to American Judaism
JWST 251The Jewish American Experience
JWST 253A Social History of Jewish Women in America
JWST 262History of the Holocaust: The Destruction of the European Jews
JWST 267How Does It Feel? Yiddish Literature and Emotions
JWST 268Cultural Trends in Post-Communist Central Europe: Search for Identity, Importance of Jewish Voices
JWST 269Springtime for Hitler: Jews on Stage from Shakespeare to Mel Brooks
JWST 274Representing the Holocaust: Mediating Trauma in Art and Theory
JWST 289Jewish American Literature and Culture
JWST 305Advanced Composition and Conversation: Immigration, Ethnicities, and Religious Traditions
JWST 306Advanced Composition and Conversation: Zionism and the Hebrew Language
JWST 308The Renaissance and the Jews
JWST 311Ghettos and Shtetls? Urban Life in East European Jewish History
JWST 330Jesus and the Jews: From the Bible to the Big Screen
JWST 343Religion in Modern Israel
JWST 358Religion and Tradition in Israeli Cinema, TV, and Literature
JWST 360The Jewish Writer in American Life
JWST 364Multiethnic Cultures of Contemporary Spain
JWST 390Special Topics in Jewish Studies
JWST 412From Communism to Capitalism: 20th- and 21st-Century Polish Literature and Culture
JWST 420Post-Holocaust Ethics and Theology
JWST 425Beyond Hostilities: Israeli-Palestinian Exchanges and Partnerships in Film, Literature, and Music
JWST 435The Origins of Culture: Translation and Self-Translation in Hebrew, Yiddish, and Beyond
JWST 436Language, Exile, and Homeland in Zionist Thought and Practice
JWST 444Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Judaism
JWST 462The Arab-Jews: Culture, Community, and Coexistence
JWST 464Imagined Jews: Jewish Themes in Polish and Russian Literature
JWST 465Literature of Atrocity: The Gulag and the Holocaust in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
JWST 469Coming to America: New York in Yiddish Literature and Culture
JWST 472Traditions in Transition: Jewish Folklore and Ethnography
JWST 476Religion and Ethnicity
JWST 480Russian-Soviet Jewish Culture: Lofty Dreams and Stark Realities
JWST 481Jewish Belonging/s: The Material Culture of Jewish Experience
JWST 485From Fiddler on the Roof to the Holocaust: East European and Soviet Jewish History
JWST 486The Jewish South: Race, Region, and Religion
JWST 503Exploring the Dead Sea Scrolls
JWST 512Ancient Synagogues
JWST 533Women, Gender, and Judaism
JWST 556Language Remains: Exploring the German-Jewish Dialogue
JWST 56First-Year Seminar: Germans, Jews, and the History of Anti-Semitism
JWST 60First-Year Seminar: Israeli Culture and Society: Collective Memories and Fragmented Identities
JWST 602What Is Scripture? Formations of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Canon
JWST 603The Bible and the History of the Self
JWST 640Topics in Hispanic Jewish Studies
JWST 697Capstone Course: Themes and Methodologies in Jewish Studies
JWST 70First-Year Seminar: Jewish Spain: History and Culture Across the Hispanic World
JWST 89First-Year Seminar: Special Topics