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Winter 2008

January 7- March 16
Check the university website (http://www.sa.pdx.edu/soc/ ) for locations two weeks prior to the beginning of the term.

 


Hst 399
MODERN JEWISH HISTORY (Weingrad)
Tues & Thurs 10:00-11:50
CRN 44886

Survey of Jewish history from the end of the middle ages to the Holocaust and the creation of the State of Israel. Major readings explore the Jewish encounter with modernity as seen through the life experiences of four individuals: Amos Elon, Founder: A Portrait of the First Rothschild and His Time; Puah Rakovsky, My Life As A Radical Jewish Woman: Memoirs of a Zionist Feminist in Poland; Victor Klemperer, I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years, 1933-1941; Sasson Somekh, Baghdad, Yesterday: The Making of an Arab Jew. (This course is required for the Judaic Studies Minor.)

Hst 410/510
MODERN ISRAEL (Seidel)
Wed 5:30-9:10 p.m.
CRN 44903/44915

Introduction to Israel from its origin in the national hope of the Jewish people through the development of modern political Zionism to the foundations of the state and its modern history. Topics include modern Israeli political culture, the Arab-Israeli conflict and the current "Peace Process," Israeli religious life, music and folklore, Jewish identity and the creation of Modern Hebrew and revisionist readings of the founding of the State of Israel. Films, guest speakers, and web-based education are an integral part of the course. (This course fulfills the Israel area requirement for the Judaic Studies Minor.)

Eng 308U
JEWISH AMERICAN LITERATURE (Arante)
Tues & Thurs 12:00-1:50
CRN 41107

(This course fulfills the United States area requirement for the Judaic Studies Minor.)

Other Courses of Interest:
Hst 454 TOPICS IN MEDIEVAL HISTORY: SANCTITY & DEVIANCE (Ott)
Hst 386U THE MIDDLE EAST IN MODERN TIMES (Grehan)
Hst 487 PALESTINE & ISRAEL (Mandaville)
Intl 407 ETHNIC & RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN THE ISLAMIC WORD (Boum)

HEBREW COURSES
Heb 102 FIRST-YEAR HEBREW (Yariv) MWF 09:00-10:05
Heb 202 SECOND-YEAR HEBREW (Yariv) MWF 11:30-12:35
Heb 302 MODERN HEBREW READINGS (Yariv) T&Th 18:40-20:30
Please contact the instructor (ayalyariv@hotmail.com ) for placement information.