Fall 2008

Eng 330U Jewish & Israeli Literature
MWF 9:00 - 10:05M
Weingrad

This survey of modern Jewish literary creativity looks at fiction and poetry translated from Hebrew, Yiddish, French, Russian, and German. Topics include the relationship between sacred and secular literature; the transition from a diasporic European Hebrew literature to a national Israeli literature; the representation of the Holocaust in literature. Authors include the Nobel prizewinning S. Y. Agnon, poets Paul Celan and Yehuda Amichai, and novelists Patrick Modiano and Amos Oz.

Hst 399 Enlightenment & Crisis: Modern Jewish History
MW 2:00 - 3:50
Meir

Historical survey of Jewish experience and culture from the end of the Middle Ages to the Holocaust and creation of the State of Israel. Topics include: economic and intellectual developments in early modern Europe; the Jewish Enlightenment; religious reform; Hasidism; formations of modern Jewish culture and politics in 19th-century eastern Europe; Zionism and the State of Israel; and the Holocaust.

Hst 454/554 Medieval Jewish History
W 5:30 - 9:10
Seidel

Survey of Jewish history and culture from late antiquity to the threshold of modernity. Topics include Jewish life under medieval Islam and Christendom; philosophy, kabbalah and Jewish mysticism; medieval Spain; messianic movements.

Heb101 First-Year Hebrew
MWF 9:00-10:05
Yariv

First in a three-course introductory sequence of grammar and syntax, reading, writing, and speaking. For non-native speakers of Hebrew.

Heb 201 Second-Year HebrewM.
MWF 11:30-12:35
Yariv

First in a three-course intermediate sequence of grammar and syntax, reading, writing, and speaking. Prerequisite: Hebrew 103 or equivalent. For non-native speakers of Hebrew.

Heb 301 Third-Year Hebrew
MWF 2:00-3:05
Yariv

This course advances beyond second-year modern Hebrew, developing reading, writing, and speaking skills with an emphasis on literary readings and essays. Prerequisite: Hebrew 203 or equivalent. For non-native speakers of Hebrew.