Class Roster - Spring 2017 - Subject

JWST 1102

Elementary Modern Hebrew II

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: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 1102
Credits and Grading Basis

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

Class Number & Section Details

5941 JWST 1102 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- MTWRF 9:05am - 9:55am 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: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 1102
Credits and Grading Basis

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

Class Number & Section Details

5944 JWST 1102 SEM 102
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.

JWST 1987

FWS: Jews on Film: Visible and Invisible

Why were Jews virtually invisible in films made 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 the ... 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

17901 JWST 1987 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 1:25pm - 2:40pm Balch Hall - Tatkon Ctr 3331
- 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://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.

JWST 2100

Intermediate Modern Hebrew

The course is aimed at training students in exact and idiomatic Hebrew, expanding vocabulary and usage of grammatical knowledge, and acquiring facility of expression in both conversation and writing. Uses ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 2100
Credits and Grading Basis

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

Class Number & Section Details

5930 JWST 2100 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- MTWR 1:25pm - 2:15pm 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 2575

Myth and Religion in Mesopotamia

This course will survey the cultic practices and beliefs of ancient Babylonia and Assyria, the two major civilizations of Mesopotamia. We will examine the major myths of this region, e.g., Ishtar's Descent ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 2575, NES 6575, RELST 2575
Credits and Grading Basis

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

Class Number & Section Details

8010 JWST 2575 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- TR 10:10am - 11:25am Morrill Hall 106
- 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 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
Credits and Grading Basis

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

Class Number & Section Details

15910 JWST 2580 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- TR 10:10am - 11:25am Goldwin Smith Hall 236
- Instructors
  
  Schwarz, 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 2728

Modern Middle East Literature in Translation

In their acceptance speeches for the Nobel Prize in Literature, both the Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz (1988) and the Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk (2006) situate their work between Eastern and Western ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 2728, NES 2728
Credits and Grading Basis

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

Class Number & Section Details

16615 JWST 2728 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- MWF 11:15am - 12:05pm White Hall 110
- Instructors
  
  Starr, 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 3104

Advanced Hebrew Through Media and Literature

The course focuses and explores the development and changes of Modern Hebrew in all aspects of Israeli and Jewish culture. A close reading of selected works of modern Hebrew fiction, poetry, drama in ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 3104
Credits and Grading Basis

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

Class Number & Section Details

16874 JWST 3104 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 2:55pm - 4:10pm 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

Prerequisite: NES 3101 or NES 3102 or permission of instructor.

JWST 3432

Hasidism: History, Community, Thought

The modern Jewish religious movement known as Hasidism began in Eastern Europe in the eighteenth century and thrives today. We will approach Hasidism primarily through three avenues: recent critical social ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 3432, ANTHR 6432, NES 3432, RELST 3432, RELST 6432
Credits and Grading Basis

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

Class Number & Section Details

16845 JWST 3432 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- TR 1:25pm - 2:40pm McGraw Hall 145
- 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 4517

Saving Synagogues: Architecture, Historic Preservation and Communication

For almost two thousand years the synagogue has been the focal point of Jewish life and identity. It has been the most prominent of Jewish buildings, for Jews and non-Jews. Thousands of synagogues have ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4517, ARKEO 7517, ARTH 4517, ARTH 6517, JWST 7517, NES 4517, RELST 4517
Credits and Grading Basis

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

Class Number & Section Details

16647 JWST 4517 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- T 10:10am - 12:05pm White Hall 106
- Instructors
  
  Gruber, 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.

JWST 4520

Jewish Cities

Jews and cities have been shaping each other for thousands of years. Studying those interactions involves urbanism, cosmopolitanism, transnationalism, and the idea of "the ghetto." This course ranges through ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4620, ANTHR 7620, JWST 7520, NES 4520, NES 7520
Credits and Grading Basis

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

Class Number & Section Details

16670 JWST 4520 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- R 12:20pm - 2:15pm White Hall B02
- Instructors
  
  Sampson, 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.

JWST 4525

Palestinians in Israel

This course examines the political, intellectual, and cultural expression of Palestinian citizens of Israel. Referred to by the Arab media as "1948 Arabs" or "Arabs within" and by the Israeli media as ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 4525, NES 6525
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

16631 JWST 4525 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- W 2:30pm - 4:25pm White Hall B02
- Instructors
  
  Starr, 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 4548

The Bible and American Ethics

This course will focus on the array of perspectives offered in the Hebrew Bible and New Testament on such contemporary social issues as: immigration; abortion rights, surrogate childbirth, gay marriage, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4548, NES 4548, RELST 4548
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

18250 JWST 4548 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- W 8:00am - 9:55am White Hall 114
- Instructors
  
  Monroe, L
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 4550

Archaeology of the Phoenicians

The Phoenicians have long been an enigma, a people defined by distant voices. Originating from present-day Lebanon, they were Semitic speakers, renowned seafarers and transmitters of an innovative alphabet ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4550, CLASS 4670, NES 4550, NES 6550
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

16580 JWST 4550 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- W 12:20pm - 2:15pm Stimson Hall 105
- Instructors
  
  Monroe, C
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 4623

Ethnic and Religious Minorities in the Middle East (1800-1950)

This seminar utilizes recent research on the concept of minorities in the Middle East during the late Ottoman Period, through the age of European colonialism, and post-colonial nationalisms. Following ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 4546, HIST 6546, NES 4623, NES 6623
Credits and Grading Basis

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

Class Number & Section Details

17348 JWST 4623 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- R 2:30pm - 4:25pm Uris Hall 254
- Instructors
  
  Minawi, 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 4711

The Formation of the Babylonian Talmud

The Babylonian Talmud is one of the most significant and influential books that the Jews of the ancient world produced. This complex and multi-faceted work comprises over five thousand pages of intricate ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 4711, NES 6711, RELST 4711
Credits and Grading Basis

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

Class Number & Section Details

17930 JWST 4711 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- W 7:30pm - 9:55pm Goldwin Smith Hall 181
- Instructors
  
  Septimus, Z
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

Some reading knowledge of Hebrew and/or experience reading Talmud in its original language required.

JWST 4992

Independent Study - Undergraduate

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis

1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

9997 JWST 4992 IND 601
Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- 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 7517

Saving Synagogues: Architecture, Historic Preservation and Communication

For almost two thousand years the synagogue has been the focal point of Jewish life and identity. It has been the most prominent of Jewish buildings, for Jews and non-Jews. Thousands of synagogues have ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4517, ARKEO 7517, ARTH 4517, ARTH 6517, JWST 4517, NES 4517, RELST 4517
Credits and Grading Basis

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

Class Number & Section Details

16652 JWST 7517 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- T 10:10am - 12:05pm White Hall 106
- Instructors
  
  Gruber, 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.

JWST 7520

Jewish Cities

Jews and cities have been shaping each other for thousands of years. Studying those interactions involves urbanism, cosmopolitanism, transnationalism, and the idea of "the ghetto." This course ranges through ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4620, ANTHR 7620, JWST 4520, NES 4520, NES 7520
Credits and Grading Basis

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

Class Number & Section Details

16816 JWST 7520 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- R 12:20pm - 2:15pm White Hall B02
- Instructors
  
  Sampson, 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.

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JWST 1102 Elementary Modern Hebrew II

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JWST 1987 FWS: Jews on Film: Visible and Invisible

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JWST 2100 Intermediate Modern Hebrew

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JWST 2575 Myth and Religion in Mesopotamia

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JWST 2580 Imagining the Holocaust

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JWST 2728 Modern Middle East Literature in Translation

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JWST 3104 Advanced Hebrew Through Media and Literature

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JWST 3432 Hasidism: History, Community, Thought

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JWST 4517 Saving Synagogues: Architecture, Historic Preservation and Communication

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JWST 4520 Jewish Cities

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JWST 4525 Palestinians in Israel

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JWST 4548 The Bible and American Ethics

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JWST 1102

Elementary Modern Hebrew II

JWST 1987

FWS: Jews on Film: Visible and Invisible

JWST 2100

Intermediate Modern Hebrew

JWST 2575

Myth and Religion in Mesopotamia

JWST 2580

Imagining the Holocaust

JWST 2728

Modern Middle East Literature in Translation

JWST 3104

Advanced Hebrew Through Media and Literature

JWST 3432

Hasidism: History, Community, Thought

JWST 4517

Saving Synagogues: Architecture, Historic Preservation and Communication

JWST 4520

Jewish Cities

JWST 4525

Palestinians in Israel

JWST 4548

The Bible and American Ethics

JWST 4550

Archaeology of the Phoenicians

JWST 4623

Ethnic and Religious Minorities in the Middle East (1800-1950)

JWST 4711

The Formation of the Babylonian Talmud

JWST 4992

Independent Study - Undergraduate

JWST 7517

Saving Synagogues: Architecture, Historic Preservation and Communication

JWST 7520

Jewish Cities