Jewish Studies (JWST)Arts and Sciences

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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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3628 JWST 1101   SEM 101

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    • MTWR White Hall B14
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Shoer, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.

Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HEBRW 1101

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3629 JWST 1101   SEM 102

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    • MTWR White Hall B14
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Shoer, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3635 JWST 1103   SEM 101

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    • MTWR White Hall B14
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Shoer, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.

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. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20192 JWST 1987   SEM 101

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

JWST 2001
Russian Jews and Jewish Russians in Literature and Film

Explore the ways of 19th to 21st century Russian Jewry through survey of literature and film. Learn about life in Russia from the perspective of Jewish and Russian-Jewish writers as well as through portrayal ... view course details

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: RUSSL 2001

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18162 JWST 2001   SEM 101

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    • TR McGraw Hall 145
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Krivitsky, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

JWST 2276
Intermediate Yiddish

Intended for intermediate students, this is the third in a three-course sequence, designed to enable students to meet the College of Arts & Sciences language requirement. Students will increase their ... view course details

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GERST 2005, YIDSH 2276

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19836 JWST 2276   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

JWST 2467
Holocaust in History and Memory

This course explores the history of the Holocaust during which the Nazis murdered six million Jews. Topics covered in this class include the history of antisemitism in Europe and twentieth-century Germany, ... view course details

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GERST 2567, HIST 2567

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19431 JWST 2467   LEC 001

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    • MW White Hall 106
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Burzlaff, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

JWST 2488
Israel: History, Culture, Society

This course is an introductory survey to various aspects of Israeli culture, society, and history. Through a close examination of various media (film, music, literature) as well as key events and social ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 2488

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19425 JWST 2488   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

JWST 2522
Drinking through the Ages: Intoxicating Beverages in Near Eastern and World History

This course examines the production and exchange of wine, beer, coffee and tea, and the social and ideological dynamics involved in their consumption. We start in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, and end ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARKEO 2522, CLASS 2630, NES 2522

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18321 JWST 2522   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

JWST 2580
Imagining the Holocaust

How is the memory of the Holocaust kept alive by means of the literary and visual imagination? Within the historical context of the Holocaust and how and why it occurred, we shall examine major and widely ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 2580, ENGL 2580

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10647 JWST 2580   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

JWST 2599
Medicine, Magic and Science in the Ancient Near East

This course explores the history of medicine and other sciences in the ancient Near East, broadly defined. In addition to medicine, the other scientific disciplines covered in this course include mathematics, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: BSOC 2599, NES 2599, RELST 2599

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18356 JWST 2599   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

JWST 2697
History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

This course examines the history of the conflict between two peoples with claims to the same land (Palestine/Israel), from the rise of their national movements at the turn of the 20th century and their ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 2977, NES 2697

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18350 JWST 2697   LEC 001

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    • TR Mcgraw Hall 165
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Brann, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

JWST 2724
The Jewish Bible-Old Testament in Context

The Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) is a repository of ancient Israelite religious, political, social, historical, and literary traditions. For the modern reader these ancient traditions are often obscured ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 2724, RELST 2724

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5927 JWST 2724   LEC 001

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    • MW Sibley Hall 115
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Monroe, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

JWST 2754
Wondrous Literatures of the Near East

This course examines Near East's rich and diverse literary heritage. We will read a selection of influential and wondrous texts from ancient to modern times, spanning geographically from the Iberian peninsula ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •  5922 JWST 2754   LEC 001

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    • MW White Hall 110
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Starr, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

JWST 2852
Judaism and the Origins of Christianity

Most people think of Christianity as the "daughter religion" of Judaism. In this course, we will see that what we now know as Judaism and Christianity both claimed ownership of the same textual tradition ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 2852, RELST 2852

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18268 JWST 2852   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

JWST 3101
Advanced Modern Hebrew I

This constitutes the first course in our third year of the Modern Hebrew language sequence.  Development of speech proficiency will be emphasized. Over the course of the semester, students will develop ... view course details

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HEBRW 3101

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10928 JWST 3101   SEM 101

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    • MTWR Uris Hall 394
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Goldfeld, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

JWST 3103
Advanced Hebrew Through Media

This course is intended to continue the development of all aspects of Hebrew language skills. Emphasis, however, will be placed on speaking skills and understanding through the use of various outlets in ... view course details

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HEBRW 3103

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19502 JWST 3103   SEM 101

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    • MTWR Uris Hall 438
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Goldfeld, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

JWST 3411
Jewish Family and Marriage Law

Through the centuries, Rabbinic Judaism developed an elaborate set of rules for governing marriage and family life, grounded in the Hebrew Bible and adapted to the realities of life in diaspora. This complex ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 19542 JWST 3411   SEM 101

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    • M McGraw Hall 215
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Boyarin, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

JWST 3539
Islamic Spain: Culture and Society

This course examines the culture and society of al-Andalus (Islamic Spain) from 711, when Islam arrived in Iberia, until 1492 and the demise of Nasrid Granada. Through extensive discussion and analysis ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 18277 JWST 3539   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

JWST 3711
Sitcom Jews: Ethnic Representation on Television, 1948-Present

Jews have been on TV since the beginning of the medium – over 70 years – and have made decisions about how they are represented. What kind of Jews do we put on screen, and do they actually represent Jews ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3717, PMA 3711

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19433 JWST 3711   SEM 101

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    • M Stimson Hall 206
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Winitsky, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

JWST 3720
Women and Gender in Biblical Israel

This course focuses on how Biblical texts represent women in ancient Israel, and how the Bible's representations constitute both a fabrication and a manifestation of social life on the ground.  We will ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 18626 JWST 3720   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

JWST 4013
Antisemitism in the Courts and in Jurisprudence

Antisemitism, a deep-seated prejudice against Jews, is seeing a global revival. The most brutal U.S. instance was the 2018 Tree of Life Synagogue massacre, where Robert G. Bowers, an active anti-Semitic ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LAW 4013

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19654 JWST 4013   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

JWST 4196
From the Bible to the Museum: Jewish Memory and Public History

How has the remembrance of the past shaped the evolution of Jewish religion, identity, and culture from Biblical times to the present? How have the creation, dissemination, and preservation of Jewish memory ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 4196, NES 4196, RELST 4196

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18404 JWST 4196   SEM 101

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    • W White Hall B06
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Juni, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18405 JWST 4196   IND 601

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    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

JWST 4533
The Lower East Side: Jews and the Immigrant City

American Jews have frequently been touted as a "model minority." This course will take a more critical look at the historical interactions between Jewish immigration, United States industrialization, and ... view course details

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Syllabi:

  •  8921 JWST 4533   SEM 101

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    • T White Hall 110
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Sampson, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

JWST 4673
Vienna and the Birth of the Modern

This course takes Vienna's history as a starting point for studying how the modern mind fought to liberate itself from a past deemed overly burdensome, while embracing radical innovation and change. Students ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 4673, HIST 6673, JWST 6673

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18774 JWST 4673   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18775 JWST 4673   IND 601

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    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

JWST 4769
Research in Jewish Studies

This course offers Jewish Studies majors a chance to write a significant research essay that allows for depth of study of a topic of interest to each individual student. Because it is a required course ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18359 JWST 4769   SEM 101

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    • TR Uris Hall 375A
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Mokhtarian, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

JWST 4998
Honors Research I

The first half of a two-semester sequence for Jewish Studies majors who wish to conduct research for an honors thesis. In this class, student research will be guided through individual meetings with the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 11689 JWST 4998   SEM 101

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

JWST 6411
Jewish Family and Marriage Law

Through the centuries, Rabbinic Judaism developed an elaborate set of rules for governing marriage and family life, grounded in the Hebrew Bible and adapted to the realities of life in diaspora. This complex ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 19540 JWST 6411   SEM 101

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    • M McGraw Hall 215
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Boyarin, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

JWST 6539
Islamic Spain: Culture and Society

This course examines the culture and society of al-Andalus (Islamic Spain) from 711, when Islam arrived in Iberia, until 1492 and the demise of Nasrid Granada. Through extensive discussion and analysis ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  • 18284 JWST 6539   SEM 101

  •  

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

JWST 6673
Vienna and the Birth of the Modern

This course takes Vienna's history as a starting point for studying how the modern mind fought to liberate itself from a past deemed overly burdensome, while embracing radical innovation and change. Students ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 4673, HIST 6673, JWST 4673

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18177 JWST 6673   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18178 JWST 6673   IND 601

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    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

JWST 6720
Women and Gender in Biblical Israel

This course focuses on how Biblical texts represent women in ancient Israel, and how the Bible's representations constitute both a fabrication and a manifestation of social life on the ground. We will ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  • 18630 JWST 6720   LEC 001

  •  

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

JWST 7533
The Lower East Side: Jews and the Immigrant City

American Jews have frequently been touted as a "model minority." This course will take a more critical look at the historical interactions between Jewish immigration, United States industrialization, and ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi:

  •  8935 JWST 7533   SEM 101

  •  
    • T White Hall 110
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Sampson, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person