Class Roster - Fall 2019 - Subject

JWST 1101

Elementary Modern Hebrew I

Intended for beginners. Provides a thorough grounding in reading, writing, grammar, oral comprehension, and speaking. Students who complete the course are able to function in basic situations ... view course details

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Syllabi:

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HEBRW 1101
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

6072 JWST 1101 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- MTWRF 10:10am - 11:00am White Hall B14
- Instructors
  
  Shoer, S
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.

Syllabi:

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HEBRW 1101
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

6073 JWST 1101 SEM 102
Meeting Pattern
- MTWRF 11:15am - 12:05pm White Hall B14
- Instructors
  
  Shoer, S
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.

JWST 1103

Elementary Modern Hebrew III

Sequel to HEBRW 1101-HEBRW 1102. Continued development of reading, writing, grammar, oral comprehension, and speaking skills. view course details

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Syllabi:

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HEBRW 1103
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

6080 JWST 1103 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- MTWR 12:20pm - 1:10pm White Hall B14
- Instructors
  
  Shoer, S
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.

JWST 1776

Elementary Yiddish

Provides an introduction to reading, writing, aural comprehension, speaking and grammar, as well as to some of the basic elements of Ashkenazi Jewish culture. view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 1776
Credits and Grading Basis

2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

17802 JWST 1776 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- W 7:30pm - 9:25pm Goldwin Smith Hall 144
- Instructors
  
  Forman, D
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.

JWST 1987

FWS: Jews on Film: Visible and Invisible

Why were Jews virtually invisible in films produced during the Hollywood's "golden age"? Is this a surprise, given the leading role played by American Jews in founding the studio system? Writing about ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

FWS Session.
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

18339 JWST 1987 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 1:25pm - 2:40pm Balch Hall - Tatkon Ctr 3343
- Instructors
  
  Shapiro, E
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/

JWST 2271

Yiddish Linguistics

Yiddish language and linguistics, including aspects of its morphology, syntax, and phonology. Also the history of the Yiddish language, and sociolinguistic topics. view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 2241
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

16913 JWST 2271 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- TR 1:25pm - 2:40pm Morrill Hall 110
- Instructors
  
  Diesing, M
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.

JWST 2501

Kosher and Halal Food Regulations

This course explores kosher and halal food practices as a way to understand how the global food industry accommodates diverse and competing religious, cultural, and scientific approaches to food. The essential ... view course details

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Syllabi:

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FDSC 2500
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

8041 JWST 2501 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- TR 11:40am - 12:55pm Morrison Hall 146
- Instructors
  
  Regenstein, J
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.

JWST 2523

Islamophobia and Judeophobia

Islamophobia and Judeophobia are ideas and like all ideas they have a history of their own. Although today many might think of Islamophobia or Judeophobia as unchangeable---fear of and hatred for Islam ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: COML 2523, GOVT 2523, NES 2523, RELST 2523
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

16486 JWST 2523 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- TR 10:10am - 11:25am Baker Laboratory 219
- Instructors
  
  Brann, R
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.

Class Number & Section Details

16500 JWST 2523 DIS 201
Meeting Pattern
- F 10:10am - 11:00am Lincoln Hall B08
- Instructors
  
  Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.

Class Number & Section Details

16501 JWST 2523 DIS 202
Meeting Pattern
- F 11:15am - 12:05pm Lincoln Hall B08
- Instructors
  
  Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.

Class Number & Section Details

16502 JWST 2523 DIS 203
Meeting Pattern
- F 12:20pm - 1:10pm Lincoln Hall B08
- Instructors
  
  Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.

Class Number & Section Details

16503 JWST 2523 DIS 204
Meeting Pattern
- F 1:25pm - 2:15pm White Hall 104
- Instructors
  
  Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.

JWST 2666

Jerusalem the Holy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Jerusalem is a holy city to the adherents of the three great monotheistic faiths: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. For most of its existence it has also been a national capital or major provincial center ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 2666, NES 2666, RELST 2666
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

16333 JWST 2666 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- MWF 12:20pm - 1:10pm Goldwin Smith Hall 142
- Instructors
  
  Zorn, J
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.

JWST 2851

Sex and Power in Jewish History

Jewish men and women in early modern Europe lived their lives within a gendered social order inherited from the Talmudic period. The relationship between sex and power remained fundamental to Jewish communal ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 2851, RELST 2851
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

16703 JWST 2851 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- MW 8:40am - 9:55am Klarman Hall KG42
- Instructors
  
  Litvak, O
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.

JWST 3101

Advanced Modern Hebrew: Hebrew in a Changing World

Advanced study of the Hebrew Language both orally and through the analysis of mostly unedited texts of social, political, and cultural relevance with less emphasis on the study of grammar. Students are ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HEBRW 3101
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

5903 JWST 3101 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 11:40am - 12:55pm White Hall 114
- Instructors
  
  Scharf, N
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.

JWST 3108

Dynamics and Changes of Israeli Culture Through Language and Literature

This course focuses and explores the development and changes of Modern Hebrew in all aspects of Israeli and Jewish culture. The course is intended to continue the development of all aspects of the language. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HEBRW 3108
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

16306 JWST 3108 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- R 2:30pm - 4:25pm White Hall B04
- Instructors
  
  Scharf, N
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.

JWST 3625

Ancient Iraq: Cities, Migrations, and Kings

This course surveys the history and cultures of ancient Mesopotamia (e.g., Sumer, Babylonia, and Assyria) from the beginnings of civilization to the death of Alexander the Great. It will be taught from ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 3625, NES 6625
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

16576 JWST 3625 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- W 10:10am - 12:05pm White Hall 104
- Instructors
  
  Tenney, J
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.

JWST 3639

Cultural History of the Jews of Spain

This course is intended to provide a survey of the cultural history of the Jews in Spain from the late Visigothic period until the converso crisis of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and the expulsion. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MEDVL 3639, NES 3639, RELST 3639, SPAN 3639
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

16682 JWST 3639 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 1:25pm - 2:40pm White Hall 110
- Instructors
  
  Brann, R
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.

JWST 3711

Sitcom Jews: Ethnic Representation on Television and on Stage

"Sitcom Jews" uses close media analysis, theoretical discussion, and student performances or media projects to examine the representation of Jews on television and on the Broadway stage from 1948-2017. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3717, PMA 3711
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

9121 JWST 3711 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- T 2:00pm - 4:25pm Stimson Hall 206
- Instructors
  
  Winitsky, D
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.

JWST 3805

Israeli Politics

We are all the living dead – alive but bound to die, and know it. In this course we will learn how existential fears and anxieties shape our politics, partly through moral meaning-making. While the politics ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 3805, NES 3805
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

17067 JWST 3805 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- M 10:10am - 12:05pm McGraw Hall 365
- Instructors
  
  Abulof, U
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.

JWST 4365

Ethnonational Communities and Conflicts

Throughout human history, and its modern incarnation, communities have clashed just as often as states. This course sheds light on ethnic communities and conflicts, explicating their historical dynamics ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 4365, NES 4365
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

17684 JWST 4365 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- M 2:30pm - 4:25pm Goldwin Smith Hall 144
- Instructors
  
  Abulof, U
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

This class fulfills the government senior seminar requirement. Government Seniors and Juniors given preference.

Instructor Consent Required (Add)

JWST 4468

Jewish Ethnography: Jewish Communities Yesterday and Today

The anthropology of Jews, Jewishness and Judaism is a wonderful laboratory for studying vital issues in the study of culture and society: textuality and orality; gender, reproduction and the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4468, ANTHR 7468, JWST 7468, NES 4468, NES 7468
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

17071 JWST 4468 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- R 2:30pm - 4:25pm Rockefeller Hall B15
- Instructors
  
  Boyarin, J
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.

JWST 6112

Medieval Hebrew Poetry

Critical readings in medieval Hebrew lyrical and liturgical poetry and imaginative rhymed prose from tenth-century Islamic Spain to Renaissance and Baroque Italy. view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 6112
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

17953 JWST 6112 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Instructors
  
  Brann, R
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.

JWST 7468

Jewish Ethnography: Jewish Communities Yesterday and Today

The anthropology of Jews, Jewishness and Judaism is a wonderful laboratory for studying vital issues in the study of culture and society: textuality and orality; gender, reproduction and the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4468, ANTHR 7468, JWST 4468, NES 4468, NES 7468
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

17073 JWST 7468 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- R 2:30pm - 4:25pm Rockefeller Hall B15
- Instructors
  
  Boyarin, J
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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JWST 1101 Elementary Modern Hebrew I

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JWST 1103 Elementary Modern Hebrew III

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JWST 1776 Elementary Yiddish

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JWST 1987 FWS: Jews on Film: Visible and Invisible

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JWST 2271 Yiddish Linguistics

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JWST 2501 Kosher and Halal Food Regulations

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JWST 2523 Islamophobia and Judeophobia

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JWST 2666 Jerusalem the Holy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

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JWST 2851 Sex and Power in Jewish History

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JWST 3101 Advanced Modern Hebrew: Hebrew in a Changing World

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JWST 1101

Elementary Modern Hebrew I

JWST 1103

Elementary Modern Hebrew III

JWST 1776

Elementary Yiddish

JWST 1987

FWS: Jews on Film: Visible and Invisible

JWST 2271

Yiddish Linguistics

JWST 2501

Kosher and Halal Food Regulations

JWST 2523

Islamophobia and Judeophobia

JWST 2666

Jerusalem the Holy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

JWST 2851

Sex and Power in Jewish History

JWST 3101

Advanced Modern Hebrew: Hebrew in a Changing World

JWST 3108

Dynamics and Changes of Israeli Culture Through Language and Literature

JWST 3625

Ancient Iraq: Cities, Migrations, and Kings

JWST 3639

Cultural History of the Jews of Spain

JWST 3711

Sitcom Jews: Ethnic Representation on Television and on Stage

JWST 3805

Israeli Politics

JWST 4365

Ethnonational Communities and Conflicts

JWST 4468

Jewish Ethnography: Jewish Communities Yesterday and Today

JWST 6112

Medieval Hebrew Poetry

JWST 7468

Jewish Ethnography: Jewish Communities Yesterday and Today