Courses Archives - UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-07-12T10:26:40-07:00

JEW ST/RELIG 145
TTh 11:30 a.m. - 1:20 p.m.
Mika Ahuvia
5 credits SSc

13th century painting from Spain of a Jew and Muslim playing chess

History of Modern Jewish-Muslim Relations

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-07-12T10:35:04-07:00

JEW ST/HSTAFM 459
MW 1:30 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.
Sarah Zaides Rosen
5 credits SSc, DIV

Sephardic Culture Before 1492

A&H, SSc

Kara Schoonmaker2024-07-12T10:35:24-07:00

JEW ST 460 / SPAN 460
MW 2:30 p.m. - 4:20 p.m.
Ana Gomez-Bravo
5 credits A&H, Ssc — no prereqs

Antisemitism, Racism, & Memory After Auschwitz

Diversity, SSc, W

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-07-12T10:36:08-07:00

CHID/JEW ST/HSTCMP 206
WF 12:30 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.
Nicolaas Barr
5 credits DIV, Sec, W

History of Modern Israel/Palestine

Autumn, Diversity, SSc

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-10-11T10:24:52-07:00

JSIS A 314 / HSTAFM 314
MW 9:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.
Liora R. Halperin
5 credits DIV, SSc

Jewish wedding with groom and bride sharing a toast on guests' shoulders

Global Diasporas

Autumn, SSc

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-07-12T10:37:01-07:00

JSIS B 437
TTh 11:30 a.m. - 1:20 p.m.
Kathie Friedman
5 credits SSc

Readings in Israel/Palestine Studies

W

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-07-12T10:37:32-07:00

JSIS A 570 / HSTAFM 570
M 1:30 p.m. - 4:20 p.m.
Liora R. Halperin
5 credits

A black and white photograph shows a group of young people dancing the hora in two rings, around accordion-playing musicians on a field

Israeli Identities

A&H, Diversity

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-07-12T10:37:57-07:00

MELC 316
TTh 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Shai Ben Ami
5 credits A&H / DIV

A marble relief from the Arch of Titus in Rome, depicting Roman soldiers and war captives carrying a large menorah and other booty after the sacking of Jerusalem in 70CE

Rome and Judaea: Empire, Religion, and Resistance

Liv Fowler2024-07-12T10:28:09-07:00

HSTRY 388 C
MW 1:00 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.
Mark Letteney
5 credits SSc

Elementary Modern Hebrew I

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-05-02T13:43:31-07:00

MODHEB 101 / 511
MW 9:30 a.m. - 11:20 p.m.
Hadar Khazzam-Horovitz
5 credits A&H

Intermediate Modern Hebrew I

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-05-02T13:44:15-07:00

MODHEB 201 / 521
TTh 9:30 a.m. - 11:20 p.m.
Hadar Khazzam-Horovitz
5 credits A&H

Modern Hebrew Prose

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-07-12T10:38:39-07:00

MODHEB 408
Hybrid Th 2:30 p.m. - 4:20 p.m.
Naomi Sokoloff
5 credits A&H

Guided Readings in Ladino

A&H, SSc

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-10-14T10:00:35-07:00

LADINO 200 / JEW ST 215 / MELC 396/596 / SPAN 396
MW 10:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
Canan Bolel
5 credits A&H/SSc

Funny Jews: Jewish Humor and American Identity

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-02-08T11:32:19-08:00

JEW ST 210
TTh 9:30 a.m. - 11:20 p.m.
Noam Pianko
5 credits A&H

a family of early 20th century immigrants from the Ottoman Empire to the United States

Race, Religion & Migration in Global Context

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-02-22T13:32:22-08:00

JEW ST 270 / HSTCMP 270
TTh 9:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.
Devin E. Naar
5 credits SSc, DIV

sketch of Jews being burned alive during the Black Death

The Myth of Judeo-Christian Civilization

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-02-05T16:21:02-08:00

JEW ST/CHID 289 / HSTCMP 111
WF 10:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
Nicolaas P. Barr
1-5 credits SSc

close up of one of the Dead Sea scrolls on a teal background

From Israelites to Jews: The First Six Centuries BCE

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-02-05T16:56:09-08:00

JEW ST 317 / MELC 307 / 507
MW 3:30 p.m. - 4:50 p.m.
Kathryn McConaughy Medill
3 credits SSc

Segment of ancient zodiac mosaic floor showing the Sun god, Helios belonging to the Hammat Tiberias Synagogue on the outskirts of Tiberias in Israel

The Sages: Foundations of Classical Judaism

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-02-05T16:32:51-08:00

JEW ST 330 / 530
MW 1:30 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.
Mika Ahuvia
5 credits SSc

19th century illustration from a print edition of Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver’s Travels Among Muslims and Jews

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Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-02-05T16:52:07-08:00

JEW ST 289 B / MELC 340 / 540
TTh 10:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
Canan Bolel
5 credits A&H

1937 German American Bund Parade, marchers are carrying American flags and Nazi iconography

The Holocaust and American Life

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-02-05T16:40:06-08:00

JEW ST / HSTAA 337
TTh 12:30 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.
Susan A. Glenn
5 credits SSc, DIV

Poster showing hands holding broken chains

Jews and Blacks: Exploring Alliances and Conflicts in 20th Century America

SSc, W

Liv Fowler2024-02-21T11:50:44-08:00

HSTRY 388 A / HSTAA 290 A
W 12:30 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.
Susan A. Glenn
5 credits SSc, W

Wisdom Literature in the Bible and the Ancient Near East

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-02-05T16:43:35-08:00

MELC 352 / 552
MW 10:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
Kathryn McConaughy Medill
5 credits A&H

two individuals holding a large sign that reads, "zero tolerance for antisemitism"

Antisemitism as a Cultural System

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-02-08T09:54:05-08:00

JEW ST 462
TTh 12:30 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.
Devin E. Naar
5 credits SSc, DIV

a closeup image of an ancient inscription

Inscriptions from Biblical Times

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-02-08T11:17:07-08:00

BIBHEB 202 / 522
TTh 10:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
Scott B. Noegel
5 credits A&H

Intro to World Religions: Western Traditions

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-10-14T10:18:15-07:00

RELIG 201
MW 10:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
Mika Ahuvia
5 credits SSc

Bioethics: Jewish and Secular Perspectives

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-10-14T10:16:46-07:00

JEW ST 339/MELC 328/B H 339
TuTh 12:30 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.
Hadar Khazzam-Horovitz
5 credits SSc, DIV

Historic color photograph showing the city of Lindos on the Island of Rhodes

Jewish Cultural History

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-10-11T10:27:05-07:00

JEW ST 250 / HSTCMP 250
TTh 1:30 pm - 3:20 pm
Noam Pianko
5 credits SSc

Jewish Philosophy

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-10-14T10:16:13-07:00

JEW ST 418 / PHIL 418
MW 3:30 p.m. - 5:20 p.m.
Gilah Kletenik
5 credits SSc

Russian Jewish Experience

A&H, Diversity, SSc

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-10-14T10:17:35-07:00

JEW ST 427 / RUSS 427
MW 1:30 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.
Sasha Senderovich
5 credits A&H or SSC, DIV

Diasporas & Homelands: Theory and Practice

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-10-14T10:03:58-07:00

JSIS 103
TuTh 1:30 p.m - 3:20 p.m.
Liora Halperin
5 credits SSC

Child looks out window on a bus on dusty road

International Conflict in Film & Art

SSc, W

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-10-15T10:05:31-07:00

JSIS 484 A
MW 9:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.
Andrea Gevurtz Arai
5 credits SSC, W

Painting of Hagar in the desert, holding a child, an angel in the background

Women in the Ancient Middle East

A&H, Diversity, SSc

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-11-18T10:54:05-08:00

MELC 308 / 508
MW 3:30 p.m. - 4:50 p.m.
Kathryn McConaughy Medill
5 credits SSC or A&H, DIV

Startup Nation: Israel’s Innovation

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Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-11-18T10:55:42-08:00

B ECON 490C / FIN 490C
TuTh 1:30 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.
Doron Levit
4 credits. No prerequisites

Collage of artifacts, including black-and-white photographs of a man-and-woman couple and a man wearing glasses, jacket, and tie, a handwritten 20th-century, and a clipping from a Ladino-language newspaper postcard

Elementary Ladino

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-11-18T10:54:56-08:00

LADINO 100/MELC 296/596
TTh 10:30-12:20 p.m, F 10:30-11:20 a.m.
Canan Bolel
5 credits A&H

Elementary Modern Hebrew II

-, A&H

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-10-14T10:24:08-07:00

MODHEB 102 / MODHEB 512
MW 9:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.
Hadar Khazzam-Horovitz
5 credits, A&H possible

Intermediate Modern Hebrew II

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-10-14T10:24:45-07:00

MODHEB 202 / MODHEB 522
TuTh 9:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.
Hadar Khazzam-Horovitz
5 credits A&H

Torah scroll unfurled, showing dense Hebrew writing and a metal yod (pointer)

Elementary Biblical Hebrew II

-

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-10-15T12:39:14-07:00

BIBHEB 102 / BIBHEB 512
MWF 10:30 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
Kathryn McConaughy Medill
5 credits, A&H possible

Elementary Biblical Hebrew I

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2024-09-30T11:38:52-07:00

BIBHEB 101 / BIBHEB 511
MWF 10:30 am - 11:50 am
Kathryn McConaughy Medill
5 credits, conditional A&H

The Jews in Spanish History

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2017-09-04T22:43:14-07:00

JSIS C 468 /HSTEU 464
MW 1:30-3:20pm
Devin Naar
5 Credits I&S

American Jewish Community

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2017-09-04T22:43:19-07:00

JSIS C 377 / SOC 377
MW 11:30-1:20pm

5 credits I&S / DIV

History of the Ladino Language and its Literature

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2017-09-04T22:43:29-07:00

JSIS C 489A/SPAN 394
TuTh 3:30-4:50pm
David Bunis
3 credits I&S VLPA

Chess Game from the Medieval Mediterranean

Jews, Christians & Muslims in the Mediterranean

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2017-09-04T22:43:29-07:00

HIST 498
W 1:30-3:20pm
Devin Naar
5 credits

Sephardic Culture

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2017-09-04T22:43:29-07:00

SPAN 462
TuTh 11:30am-1:20pm
Ana Gómez-Bravo
5 credits I&S/VLPA

Special Topics: Sephardim on Jerusalem

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2020-07-30T14:23:57-07:00

JSIS C 498
TuTh 1:30-2:50pm
David Bunis
3 credits

Soletreo is the cursive script of Ladino, also known as Judezmo.

Special Topics: Ladino for Beginners

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2020-07-30T14:25:36-07:00

JSIS C 498
TuTh 3:30-4:50pm
David Bunis
3 credits

Language and Ethnicity in Israel Today

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2020-07-30T14:26:09-07:00

JSIS C 489
TTH 3:30-4:50pm
David Bunis
5 credits, I&S

Children of Immigrants

Kara Schoonmaker2017-09-04T22:43:30-07:00

JSIS 498
TTH 1:30-3:20pm
Kathie Friedman

Zionism, Nationalism, and Sovereignty

Kara Schoonmaker2017-09-04T22:43:31-07:00

JSIS 498
M 2:30-4:20pm
Noam Pianko

Modern European Jewish History

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2017-09-04T22:43:31-07:00

JSIS C 368 / HSTEU 368
MW 1:30-3:20pm
Devin Naar
5 credits I&S / DIV

Babylonian Talmud

Kara Schoonmaker2020-07-30T14:28:24-07:00

JSIS B 458 / NEAR E 458
TTH 11:30-1:20pm
Oren Hayon

Sephardi Culture and Art

Kara Schoonmaker2017-09-04T22:43:31-07:00

T 1:30-4:20pm, Visiting Professor Shalom Sabar
A seminar on the multi-cultural origins of the art created by Jews in medieval Spain and Portugal.

Literature of Emerging Nations: Israel/Palestine

Kara Schoonmaker2017-09-04T22:43:31-07:00

MW 1:30-2:20pm, Naomi Sokoloff & Amal Eqeiq How has culture impacted the shaping of Israeli identity and Palestinian identity?

Jerusalem & the Messianic Dream
in Art & Culture

Kara Schoonmaker2020-07-30T14:24:30-07:00

MW 2:30-4:20pm, Visiting Professor Shalom Sabar How have Jerusalem and other holy sites been depicted in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic art over the centuries?

Economic History of the Jews

Kara Schoonmaker2017-09-04T22:43:32-07:00

MW 12:30-2:20pm, Levis Kochin
The economic dimension of Jewish society from ancient to modern times.

Jewish Historiography

Kara Schoonmaker2017-09-04T22:43:32-07:00

T 2:30-4:20pm, Devin Naar Seminar covering comparative methodologies for Jewish historical research.

Jerusalem and the Holy Land

Kara Schoonmaker2020-07-30T14:24:57-07:00

M 1:30-4:20pm, Joel Walker
Graduate seminar on Jerusalem's central role in the Holy Land and in Western religious traditions.

Jewish Art from Late Antiquity to the Modern Era

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies2017-09-04T22:43:32-07:00

Are the Jews an "artless" people? Explore major visual monuments in Jewish culture from Late Antiquity to the modern era.

German Jewish Writers