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Course Listing for JEWISH STUDIES - Spring 2026 (ALL: 01/20/2026 - 05/08/2026)
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No.		 Course ID Title Credits Type Instructor(s) Days:Times Location Permission
Required		 Dist Qtr
2831 JWST-223-01 American Jewish Literature 1.00 LEC Catlin, Samuel TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 25 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Also cross-referenced with ENGL Cross-listing: RELG-224-01
  An exploration of the relationship between US Jewish identity and literary form, through the reading of major works in a range of genres such as prose fiction, lyric poetry, drama, graphic novels, and essays, from the late 19th century to the present. We may also view some films and TV episodes. Throughout, we will insistently pose the question of what makes a literary work count as "Jewish" or "American." Readings may address such topics as immigration, assimilation, nationalism, racialization, whiteness, ethnic identity, antisemitism, class and labor politics, the Cold War and McCarthyism, the impact of the Holocaust, the memory of pre-WWII Europe, Zionism, gender and sexuality, HIV/AIDS, the politics of "Jewish languages," and religious vs. secular textual traditions.
2840 JWST-329-01 Tradition and Catastrophe 1.00 SEM Cancelled HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
    Cross-listing: RELG-329-01
  This seminar acquaints students with the range of Jewish philosophical responses to the social and political transformations and upheavals of modernity, with an emphasis on the twentieth century and post-Holocaust era. Discussions will consider how these thinkers developed Jewish ways of navigating modernity's tensions: continuity/change, revelation/reason, the identity-politics of community vs. the universal ethics of neighborliness. Together we will (try to) answer the question Jacques Derrida posed in 1998: "What must a Jewish thinker be...?" Authors may include Améry, Arendt, Benjamin, Buber, Butler, Derrida, Deutscher, Levinas, Mendelssohn, Rose, Scholem, Spinoza, others.
3060 JWST-399-01 Independent Study 0.50 - 1.00 IND TBA TBA TBA Y HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar’s Office, and the approval of the instructor and director are required for enrollment.
2141 JWST-466-01 Teaching Assistant 0.50 - 1.00 IND TBA TBA TBA Y  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Submission of the special registration form, available online, and the approval of the instructor are required for enrollment. Guidelines are available in the College Bulletin. (0.5 - 1 course credit)
2139 JWST-497-01 Senior Thesis 1.00 IND TBA TBA TBA Y WEB  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Submission of the special registration form and the approval of the instructor and director are required for enrollment in this single-semester thesis.
2214 HEBR-202-01 Intmdt Modern Hebrew II 1.00 LEC Touvian, Tamarah TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM TBA GLB2  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Also cross-referenced with JWST
  Prerequisite: C- or better in Hebrew 201 or equivalent.
  A continuation of Hebrew 201 with more advanced grammar and increased emphasis on composition and speaking as well as exposure to appropriate cultural materials. (Also offered under the Middle Eastern studies and Jewish studies programs.)
2406 HEBR-302-01 Advanced Modrn Hebrew II 1.00 LEC Katz, Adi MWF: 9:00AM-9:50AM TBA GLB2  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Also cross-referenced with JWST, MIDDLEAST
  Prerequisite: C- or better in Hebrew 301 or equivalent.
  A continuation of Hebrew 301 with emphasis on reading short novels and Israeli newspapers as well as viewing and discussing selected videos and movies. (Also offered under the Middle Eastern studies and Jewish studies programs.)