Spring 2005
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Day Courses American Jewish History after WW II To understand how a religious and ethnic minority transforms and is transformed by postwar America's pluralistic environment, the course examines issues of separatism, integration, assimilation, and continuity by focusing on cultural, political, and religious upheavals in American Jewish life. Topics include suburbanization, Jews and the New Left, the havurah movement, neconservatism, Jewish radicalism, feminism, and orthodoxy. For information, contact weingrad@pdx.edu Holocaust through Film The Holocaust, the systematic genocide of Jews, Roma, and others by the Nazis and their accomplices, has been portrayed in thousands of films from many countries and in many styles. Examining historical events through films and film clips, the course focuses on the limits of representation and the politics of various films and their reception. Special attention will be given to acts of resistance. For information, Hebrew
Literature in Translation: Literature of the Hebrew Revival The rise of modern Hebrew literature, from its beginnings in Russia to its flowering in the land of Israel. All readings in English translation. Contact weingrad@pdx.edu Israeli-Palestinian Conflict through Film and Literature Artistic expressions of the tangled relationship between these nations, emphasizing representations of self and "other" in films of Gitai, Suleiman, and others and the writings of Agnon, Habibi, Grossman, and Darwish. Jewish-American Literature Significant recent Jewish American writing, including novels and short stories. For information, contact medovoi@pdx.edu 1st Year Modern Hebrew Third in a three-course introductory sequence for study of grammar and syntax, literary texts, writing, and speaking. Prerequisite: Hebrew 102 or equivalent. Contact: emahorovitz@hotmail.com Intermediate Hebrew Third in a three-course intermediate sequence for study of grammar and syntax, literary texs, writing, and speaking. Contact: emahorovitz@hotmail.com Spinoza: Life and Thought Spinoza as a systemic philosopher whose work on knowledge and ethics helped make modern thought. Selections from The Theological-Political Treatise and the Ethics. Spinoza was excommunicated by the Jewish community. Learn why. Contact Coventry@pdx.edu The Middle East Spatial and social approach to the modern Middle East, addressing economic and political transformation of the region. For information, contact nomadsusi@comcast.net Evening Courses Psychology of Trauma through the Jewish Experience How
do events such as Holocaust, terrorism, and combat impact victims, survivors, family, generations, and treatment providers? Students learn history, theory, and therapeutic strategies to prepare for face-to-face interviews of victims or family or for internet conversations with Israelis (soldiers, settlers, Holocaust survivors, Palestinians). Aart Lovenstein worked in Israel and now practices in Portland. Contact Israel and Palestine 19th and 20th century history of Israel and Palestine. Surveys a range of interpretations by contemporary scholars. Contact mandavillej@pdx.edu Arab-Israeli Conflict History and politics of the Arab-Israeli conflict. damisj@pdx.edu For information and registration, call 503 72 LEARN |
