Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Jews in the Modern World
Term
2024C
Syllabus URL
Subject area
HIST
Section number only
401
Section ID
HIST1710401
Course number integer
1710
Meeting times
TR 10:15 AM-11:44 AM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Beth S. Wenger
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, antisemitism, 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
1710
Cross listings
JWST1710401, MELC0360401, RELS1710401
Fulfills
Cross Cultural Analysis
History & Tradition Sector
History & Tradition Sector
Use local description
No
LPS Course
false
Major Concentrations
Major/Minor Requirements Fulfilled