HIST141 - JEWS IN THE MODERN WORLD

Status
O
Activity
LEC
Title (text only)
HIST141 - JEWS IN THE MODERN WORLD
Term
2019A
Syllabus
Subject area
HIST
Section number only
401
Section ID
HIST141401
Registration notes

CROSS CULTURAL ANALYSIS; HISTORY & TRADITION SECTOR

Meeting times
TR 0130PM-0300PM
Meeting location
CLAIRE M. FAGIN HALL (NURSING 116
Instructors
WENGER, BETH
Description
This course offers an intensive survey of the major currents in Jewish culture and society from the late middle ages to the present. Focusing upon the different societies in which Jews have lived, the course explores Jewish responses to the political, socio-economic, and cultural challenges of modernity.Topics to be covered include the political emancipation of Jews, the creation of new religious movements within Judaism, Jewish socialism, Zionism, the Holocaust, and the emergence of new Jewish communities in Israel and the United States. No prior background in Jewish history is expected.
Course number only
141
Use local description
No
Section Type
CROSS-CULTURAL ANALYSIS
LPS Course
false
Major Concentrations
Major/Minor Requirements Fulfilled