Jewish Studies (JWST)Arts and Sciences
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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.
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Classes
JWST 1102
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HEBRW 1102
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HEBRW 1102
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
JWST 2100
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HEBRW 2100
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
JWST 2156
Course Description
Why is it that the age of emancipation which saw most of the world's Jews gain citizenship status and achieve unprecedented levels of socio-economic modernization, also witnessed a catastrophic assault ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 2656, RELST 2656
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
JWST 2644
Course Description
This course is an introduction to Jewish identities, values, and practices from the ancient to modern era. Organized thematically, it examines Judaism as a religious phenomenon, with a particular emphasis ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 2644, RELST 2644
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
JWST 2790
Course Description
What does it mean to call a film is "Jewish"? Does it have to represent Jewish life? Does it have to feature characters identifiable as Jews? If artists who identify as Jews—actors, directors, screenwriters, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2790, PMA 2490, VISST 2790
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
JWST 2958
Course Description
In the course we will study the history of the lands, peoples, and states of Eastern Europe during the 19th and 20th centuries as an integral part of modern Europlean and global history. We will ask what ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 2958
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Florea, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 3102
Course Description
This is the second course in our third-year Modern Hebrew language sequence. Like its predecessor, it focuses on developing speech proficiency, reading and listening comprehension, and writing. It does ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HEBRW 3102
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
JWST 3104
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HEBRW 3104
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
JWST 3523
Course Description
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 and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 3523, PUBPOL 3523, RELST 3523
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
JWST 3530
Course Description
This course examines the cultural and historical interaction of Muslims and Jews from the emergence of Islam in the seventh century through the classical age of Islam down to the turn of the thirteenth ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 6330, MEDVL 3530, MEDVL 6330, NES 3530, NES 6330, RELST 3530, RELST 6330
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
JWST 3550
Course Description
The Purpose of this course is to trace the development of Monotheism from its origins in Israelite/Canaanite polytheism. We will examine worship of the God, Yahweh and other deities in ancient Israel, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 3550, NES 3550, NES 6553, RELST 3550
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
JWST 3588
Course Description
The purpose of the course is to place the Bible within the context of a larger ancient world that can be explored by systematic excavation of physical remains. Students will become familiar with archaeological ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 3588, NES 3588, NES 6588, RELST 3588, RELST 6588
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
JWST 3722
Course Description
Students will practice critical, close reading and examination of historical primary sources that are essential for the study of modern Jewish nationalism and statehood. In our discussions, we will identify ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 3722
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
JWST 3825
Course Description
This course will explore Holocaust survivor testimonies, from the multilayered history of their recording across the globe and their increasing institutionalization after the 1980s to their current uses ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: SHUM 3825
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
JWST 4013
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LAW 4013
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
JWST 4520
Course Description
From Jerusalem to Rome, from Shanghai to Marrakesh, Jews and cities have been shaping each other for thousands of years. This course ranges through time and space to examine how Jewish and other "minority" ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4620, ANTHR 7620, HIST 4520, HIST 6520, JWST 7520, NES 4520, NES 7520, SHUM 4020
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
JWST 4700
Course Description
We will explore the thesis that far from being dead and therefore gone, the continued presence of the dead is absolutely foundational for the workings of Jewishness. What that "presence" could possibly ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4700, ANTHR 7700, JWST 7600, SHUM 4700, SHUM 6700
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
JWST 4992
Course Description
For undergraduates who wish to obtain research experience or do extensive reading on a special topic. Students select a topic in consultation with the faculty member who has agreed to supervise ... view course details
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
JWST 6310
Course Description
Topic: Writing Through the Forest in Search of Trees. Hello, Humanities Student! Are you a plotter or a pantser? Not sure? Come and join us to find out, and to gain valuable insight into what kind of a ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 6310, MEDVL 6310, NES 6700, RELST 6310, SPAN 6590
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
JWST 6330
Course Description
This course examines the cultural and historical interaction of Muslims and Jews from the emergence of Islam in the seventh century through the classical age of Islam down to the turn of the thirteenth ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 3530, MEDVL 3530, MEDVL 6330, NES 3530, NES 6330, RELST 3530, RELST 6330
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
JWST 7520
Course Description
From Jerusalem to Rome, from Shanghai to Marrakesh, Jews and cities have been shaping each other for thousands of years. This course ranges through time and space to examine how Jewish and other "minority" ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4620, ANTHR 7620, HIST 4520, HIST 6520, JWST 4520, NES 4520, NES 7520, SHUM 4020
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
JWST 7600
Course Description
We will explore the thesis that far from being dead and therefore gone, the continued presence of the dead is absolutely foundational for the workings of Jewishness. What that "presence" could possibly ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4700, ANTHR 7700, JWST 4700, SHUM 4700, SHUM 6700
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)