All Courses
Autumn 2023 – Winter 2024 – Spring 2024 – Summer 2024
Below, explore the full catalog of courses offered regularly by the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies. Courses are typically offered once per year, though some courses are offered once every two years.
| Course Number | Title | Credit |
| RELIG 145 | Introduction to Judaism | 5 I&S |
| RELIG 155 | Heroes, Heretics, and Radicals: The Beginnings of Judaism and Christianity | 5 I&S |
| JEW ST 175 / GERMAN 195 | Popular Film and the Holocaust | 5 VLPA/DIV |
| RELIG 201 | Introduction to Western Religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam | 5 I&S |
| JEW ST 210 | Funny Jews | 5 VLPA |
| RELIG 240 / NEAR E 202 | Introduction to Hebrew Bible: Old Testament | 5 I&S |
| JEW ST 250 / HSTCMP 250 | Jewish Cultural History | 5 I&S |
| JEW ST 269 / HSTCMP 269 | The Holocaust: History & Memory | 5 I&S/DIV |
| ENGL 311 | Modern Jewish Literature in Translation | 5 VLPA |
| JEW ST 312 / ENGL 312 | Jewish Literature: Biblical to Modern | 5 VLPA/I&S/DIV |
| JEW ST 330 | The Sages: Foundations of Classical Judaism | 5 VLPA |
| RELIG 334 / GWSS 334 / HSTCMP 490 |
Gender, Sex, and Religion: Jewish and Christian Foundations | 5 I&S/DIV |
| Course Number | Title | Credit |
| JEW ST 175 / GERMAN 195 | Popular Film and the Holocaust | 5 VLPA/DIV |
| NEAR E 196 | Dancing in Hebrew | 2 C/NC I&S |
| JEW ST 210 | Funny Jews | 5 VLPA |
| JEW ST 295 / GERMAN 295 | Contributions of German Jews to German Culture | 5 VLPA/I&S/DIV |
| ENGL 311 | Modern Jewish Literature in Translation | 5 VLPA |
| JEW ST 312 / ENGL 312 | Jewish Literature: Biblical to Modern | 5 VLPA/I&S/DIV |
| JEW ST 318 / NEAR E 317 / C LIT 357 |
Jewish Life in Literature and Film | 5 VLPA |
| NEAR E 318 / C LIT 441 | Literature and the Holocaust | 5 VLPA/DIV |
| NEAR E 320 | Prayer and Poetry in the Jewish and Islamic Traditions (taught in English) | 5 VLPA/I&S |
| JEW ST 357 / ENGL 357 | Jewish American Literature and Culture | 5 VLPA/DIV |
| JEW ST 427 / RUSS 427 | Russian Jewish Experience | 5 I&S/VLPA/DIV |
| Course Number | Title | Credit |
| RELIG 155 | Heroes, Heretics, and Radicals: The Beginnings of Judaism and Christianity | 5 I&S |
| RELIG 240 / NEAR E 202 | Introduction to Hebrew Bible: Old Testament | 5 VLPA/I&S |
| RELIG 306 / NEAR E 306 | History of Biblical Interpretation | 3 VLPA/I&S |
| RELIG 315 / NEAR E 305 | The Biblical Prophets | 3 VLPA/I&S |
| JEW ST 317 / NEAR E 307 | From Israelites to Jews: The First Six Centuries CBE | 3 VLPA/I&S |
| JEW ST 330 / NEAR E 396 | The Sages: Foundations of Classical Judaism | 5 I&S |
| NEAR E 333 | Prophecy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam | 3 I&S |
| RELIG 334 / GWSS 334 / HSTCMP 490 |
Gender, Sex, and Religion: Jewish and Christian Foundations | 5 I&S/DIV |
| JEW ST 360 / CLAS 360 | Jews, Greeks, and Romans in the Ancient World | 5 VLPA |
| CLAS 405 | Biblical Narratives | 5 VLPA |
| Course Number | Title | Credit |
| JEW ST 175 / GERMAN 195 |
Popular Film and the Holocaust | 5 VLPA/DIV |
| CHID 207A / HSTCMP 207 | Modern Thought in Dark Times: History and Memory After Auschwitz | 5 I&S |
| HSTEU 234 | Nazi Germany & the Holocaust | 5 I&S |
| JEW ST 269 / HSTCMP 269 | The Holocaust: History & Memory | 5 VLPA/DIV |
| NEAR E 318 / C LIT 441 | Literature and the Holocaust | 5 VLPA/DIV |
| JEW ST 337 / HSTAA 337 | The Holocaust and American Life | 5 I&S/DIV/W |
| JEW ST 368 / HSTEU 368 | Modern European Jewish History | 5 I&S/DIV |
| Course Number | Title | Credit |
| JSIS A 314 / NEAR E 315 /
POL S 314 / HSTCMP 490 |
Israel: Dynamic Society and Global Flashpoint | 5 I&S/DIV |
| JSIS A 458 | Israel: Politics & Society | 5 I&S/DIV |
| NEAR E 316 / CHID 498 | Israeli Identities | 5 VLPA/DIV |
| NEAR E 336 | Islam in Jewish Contexts, Judaism in Muslim Contexts | 3 VLPA |
| HSTAFM 459 / JEW ST 459 | History of Jewish-Muslim Relations | 5 I&S |
| Course Number | Title | Credit |
| MODHEB 100 | Introduction to Hebrew Language and Culture | 2 VLPA/I&S |
| MODHEB 200 | Hebrew Conversation | 2 VLPA/I&S |
| MODHEB 101, 102, 103 | Beginning Modern Hebrew | 5 credits/quarter (VLPA if take the whole series) |
| MODHEB 105 | Beginning Modern Hebrew (Summer intensive) | 15 VLPA |
| ARAMIC 201 | Biblical Aramaic | 5 VLPA |
| BIBHEB 101, 102, 103 | Beginning Biblical Hebrew | 5 VLPA |
| BIBHEB 201 | Biblical Hebrew Poetry | 5 VLPA |
| BIBHEB 202 | Inscriptions from Biblical Times | 5 VLPA |
| BIBHEB 203 | Biblical Prophetic Texts | 5 VLPA |
| MODHEB 201, 202, 203 | Intermediate Modern Hebrew | 5 VLPA |
| MODHEB 401, 402, 403 | Introduction to Hebrew Literature | 3 VLPA |
| MODHEB 404 | Hebrew Poetry | 5 VLPA |
| MODHEB 405 | Hebrew Fiction | 3 VLPA |
| MODHEB 406 | Hebrew Poems and Prayers | 3 VLPA |
| MODHEB 407 | Hebrew in Song | 5 VLPA` |
| MODHEB 408 | Hebrew Prose | 5 VLPA |
| Course Number | Title | Credit |
| HSTEU 234 | Nazi Germany & the Holocaust | 5 I&S |
| JEW ST 250 / HSTCMP 250 | Jewish Cultural History | 5 I&S |
| JEW ST 269 / HSTCMP 269 | The Holocaust: History & Memory | 5 I&S |
| RELIG 306 / NEAR E 306 | History of Biblical Interpretation | 3 VLPA/I&S |
| JSIS A 314 / NEAR E 315 / POL S 314 / HSTCMP 490 |
Israel: Dynamic Society and Global Flashpoint | 5 I&S/DIV |
| NEAR E 318 / C LIT 441 | Literature and the Holocaust | 5 VLPA/DIV |
| RELIG 334 / GWSS 334 / HSTCMP 490 |
Gender, Sex, and Religion: Jewish and Christian Foundations | 5 I&S/DIV |
| JEW ST 336 / HSTAA 336 | American Jewish History | 5 I&S |
| NEAR E 336 | Islam in Jewish Contexts, Judaism in Muslim Contexts | 3 VLPA |
| JEW ST 337 / HSTAA 337 | The Holocaust and American Life | 5 I&S/DIV/W |
| JEW ST 358 / HSTCMP 368 | Jewish Thought: Religion and Nationalism | 5 I&S |
| HSTEU 361 | Spain and its Golden Age | 5 I&S |
| JEW ST 368 / HSTEU 368 | Modern European Jewish History | 5 I&S/DIV |
| JEW ST 377 / SOC 377 | American Jewish Community | 5 I&S/DIV |
| JEW ST 378 / SOC 378 | Contemporary Jewish American Identities | 5 I&S/DIV |
| HSTAFM 459 / JEW ST 459 | History of Jewish-Muslim Relations | 5 I&S |
| JEW ST 465 | The Jews of Eastern Europe | 5 I&S |
| JEW ST 460 / SPAN 460 | Sephardic Culture Before 1492 | 5 I&S/VLPA |
| JEW ST 466 / HSTCMP 469 | The Sephardic Diaspora: 1492-Present | 5 I&S/DIV |
| Course Number | Title | Credit |
| JEW ST 358/HSTCMP 368 | Jewish Thought: Religion and Nationalism | 5 I&S |
| JEW ST 418/PHIL 418 | Jewish Philosophy | 5 I&S |
| Course Number | Title | Credit |
| JEW ST 215/LING 372/SPAN 294 | Ladino Language and Culture | 5 I&S, VLPA |
| JEW ST 250/HSTCMP 250 | Jewish Cultural History | 5 I&S |
| JEW ST 270/HSTCMP 270 | From the Mediterranean to America: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Migrations in Global Context | 5 I&S, DIV |
| HSTEU 361 | Spain and its Golden Age | 5 I&S |
| JEW ST 362/SPAN 362 | Food and Community: Cultural Practices in the Hispanic World | 5 I&S |
| JEW ST 368/HSTEU 368 | Modern European Jewish History | 5 I&S/DIV |
| JEW ST 460/SPAN 460 | Sephardic Culture Before 1492 | 5 I&S/VLPA |
| JEW ST 466/HSTCMP 469 | The Sephardic Diaspora: 1492-Present | 5 I&S/DIV |
| Course Number | Title | Credit |
| JEW ST 175 / GERMAN 195 | Popular Film and the Holocaust | 5 VLPA/DIV |
| JEW ST 269 / HSTCMP 269 | The Holocaust: History & Memory | 5 I&S/DIV |
| JEW ST C 312 / ENGL 312 | Jewish Literature: Biblical to Modern | 5 VLPA/I&S/DIV |
| NEAR E 316 / CHID 498 | Israeli Identities | 5 VLPA/DIV |
| NEAR E 318 / C LIT 441 | Literature and the Holocaust | 5 VLPA/DIV |
| RELIG 334 / GWSS 334 / HSTCMP 490 |
Gender, Sex, and Religion: Jewish and Christian Foundations | 5 I&S/DIV |
| JEW ST 337 / HSTAA 337 | The Holocaust and American Life | 5 I&S/DIV/W |
| JEW ST 368 / HSTEU 368 | Modern European Jewish History | 5 I&S/DIV |
| JEW ST C 377 / SOC 377 | American Jewish Community | 5 VLPA/I&S/DIV |
| JEW ST 378 / SOC 378 | Contemporary Jewish American Identities | 5 I&S/DIV |
| JEW ST 427 / RUSS 427 | Russian Jewish Experience | 5 I&S/VLPA/DIV |
| JEW ST 466 / HSTCMP 466 | The Sephardic Diaspora: 1492-Present | 5 I&S/DIV |
| JSIS A 314 / NEAR E 315 / POL S 314 / HSTCMP 490 |
Israel: Dynamic Society and Global Flashpoint | 5 I&S/DIV |
| JSIS A 458 | Israel: Politics & Society | 5 I&S/DIV |
| Course Number | Title | Credit | Instructor |
| BIBHEB 511, 512, 513 | Elementary Biblical Hebrew | 5 | Martin |
| BIBHEB 515 | Intensive Elementary Biblical Hebrew (Summer) | 15 | Martin |
| BIBHEB 521, 522, 523 | Biblical Hebrew | 5 | Martin |
| C LIT 441 | Literature and the Holocaust | 5 | Sokoloff |
| JSIS A 458 | Israel: Politics and Society | 5 | Migdal |
| JEW ST C 418 / PHIL 418 | Jewish Philosophy | 5 | Rosenthal |
| JEW ST 460 / SPAN 460 | Sephardic Culture Before 1492 | 5 | Gomez-Bravo |
| JEW ST 465 | The Jews of Eastern Europe | 5 | |
| JEW ST 466 / HSTCMP 469 | The Sephardic Diaspora: 1492-Present | 5 | Naar |
| JEW ST 502 | Beyond Comparison: the History of Early Judaism and Christianity | 5 | Ahuvia |
| RELIG 534 / GWSS 534 | Gender, Sex, and Religion | 5 | Ahuvia |
| JEW ST 530 / NEAR E 596 | The Sages: Foundations of Classical Judaism | 5 | Ahuvia |
| JEW ST 559 / HSTAFM 559 | History of Jewish-Muslim Relations | 5 | Halperin |
| JEW ST 558 / HSTCMP 568 | Jewish Thought: Religion and Nationalism | 5 | Pianko |
| MODHEB 401, 402, 403 | Hebrew Literature | 5 | Sokoloff |
| MODHEB 404 | Hebrew Poetry | 5 | Sokoloff |
| MODHEB 405 | Hebrew Fiction | 5 | Sokoloff |
| MODHEB 406 | Hebrew Poems and Prayers | 5 | Sokoloff |
| MODHEB 407 | Hebrew in Song | 5 | Sokoloff |
| MODHEB 511, 512, 513 | Elementary Modern Hebrew | 5 | Khazzam-Horovitz |
| MODHEB 515 | Intensive Elementary Modern Hebrew (Summer) | 15 | Khazzam-Horovitz |
| MODHEB 521, 522, 523 | Intermediate Modern Hebrew | 5 | Romano |
| NEAR E 533 | Prophecy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam | 3 | Zafer |