Jewish Studies

College of Humanities
Dean: Nancy McDermid

Jewish Studies Program
HUM 416
415-338-6075
Director: Laurie Zoloth-Dorfman

Undergraduate Advisers: Astren, Felstiner, Keroes, Levy, Lunine

Faculty

Associate Professors--Astren, Zoloth-Dorfman

Program

Minor in Jewish Studies

Program Scope

The interdisciplinary Minor in Jewish Studies consists of four three-unit core courses and two three-unit elective courses selected on advisement from offerings by a variety of colleges of the university. The purpose of the interdisciplinary Jewish Studies Minor is to acquaint the student with the history, culture, contributions, and religion of the Jewish people as seen through the eyes of modern academic disciplines and with particular reference to contemporary issues and patterns. Students can use the Minor in Jewish Studies to complement their majors and, with advising, to fulfill General Education requirements.

Students interested in pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree with a focus on Jewish Studies may be able to do so by developing a Special Major through either the Office of Undergraduate Studies or the Graduate Division.

Career Outlook

The Jewish Studies Minor will offer an excellent background for students interested in Judaism as the basis for scholarly or professional pursuits and for students interested in increasing the depth of their understanding of the history, culture, contributions, and religion of the Jewish people within the context of a major discipline.

MINOR IN JEWISH STUDIES

Courses for this program are listed in alphabetical sequence (consult Index for page reference).

Core Courses

JS 300	Introduction to Judaism		3

JS/HUM 310	Jewish Thought and Culture		3

JS 320/HIST 635 The Jewish Historical 

Experience			3

JS 330	Jews and Judaism in the Modern 

World			3

Elective Courses(choose two)		6

JS 101	First Semester Modern Hebrew

JS 311	Facing Each Other: Blacks and 

Jews in the Popular Media

JS 370	The Hebrew Bible

JS 410	Spirituality and Jewish Tradition

JS 412	Postmodernism and Jewish 

Tradition

JS 436	Introduction to Israeli Literature

JS 440	Anti-semitism, Misogyny, and 

Racism: The Interconnection 

Between Oppressions

JS 501	Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

JS 546	Twentieth Century American 

Jewish Writers

JS 550	Good and Evil: Jewish Ethics and 

Morality

CINE 406	Jewish Identity in Film

HIST 317	The Holocaust and Genocide

HIST 464	American Ethnic and Racial 

Relations I: 1740-1890

HIST 465	American Ethnic and Racial 

Relations II: 1890-Present

PHIL/WCL 515	Semitic Religious Thought

WCL 420	Literature of the Holocaust 

[topic course]

WCL 445	Jewish Authors in Translation 

[topic course]

WCL 445	Modern Jewish Literature

[topic course]

WOMS560	Jewish Women

Total		18