Class No.	Course ID	Title	Credits	Type	Instructor(s)	Days:Times	Location	Permission Required	Dist	Qtr
5965	HEBR-102-01	Elem Modern Hebrew II	1.00	LEC	TBA	TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM	TBA		HUM
		Enrollment limited to 20
		Prerequisite: Hebrew 101 or equivalent.
		A continuation of Hebrew 101 with emphasis on increasing vocabulary, understanding, writing and speaking skills with widening exposure to appropriate cultural materials. (Also offered under the Middle Eastern studies and Jewish studies programs.)
6343	HEBR-202-01	Intmdt Modern Hebrew II	1.00	LEC	TBA	TR: 1:30PM- 2:45PM	TBA		GLB2
		Enrollment limited to 20
		Prerequisite: Hebrew 201 or equivalent.
		A continuation of Hebrew 201 with more advanced grammar and increased emphasis on composition and speaking as well as exposure to appropriate cultural materials. (Also offered under the Middle Eastern studies and Jewish studies programs.)
6345	HEBR-302-01	Advanced Modrn Hebrew II	1.00	LEC	TBA	TR: 2:55PM- 4:10PM	TBA		GLB2
		Enrollment limited to 20
		Prerequisite: Hebrew 301 or equivalent.
		A continuation of Hebrew 301 with emphasis on reading short novels and Israeli newspapers as well as viewing and discussing selected videos and movies. (Also offered under the Middle Eastern studies and Jewish studies programs.)
6523	INTS-206-01	Arab/Israeli Conflict	1.00	LEC	Kiener,Ronald	TR: 2:55PM- 4:10PM	TBA		GLB5
		Enrollment limited to 40
		An examination of the dynamics of the Arab/Israeli conflict, especially since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. The course will focus on the changing interests and positions of the parties involved: Israel, the Palestinians, the Arab states, and the important international players. It will also highlight contradictions within the major camps.
7092	JWST-213-01	O My America!	1.00	LEC	Cancelled
		Enrollment limited to 100
		To generations of Jews, America has been not just a place to live, but also a powerful symbol. To different Jews, the country has represented promise, opportunity, refuge, oppression, or confusion. In this course, we will read novels, poems, short stories, and comics to explore the ways Jewish writers have envisioned the United States, paying attention to the ways that the country and its Jewish population have been transformed by real and imagined encounters. Readings will include works composed in English, Yiddish, German, and Hebrew (all of which will be made available to students in English translation), by writers such as Nathan Mayer, Mary Antin, Franz Kafka, I.J. Schwartz, Allen Ginsberg, Reuben Wallenrod, Grace Paley, Philip Roth, Tony Kushner, Ben Katchor, and Lara Vapnyar.
6807	JWST-221-01	Re/Invention of Jewish Bible	1.00	SEM	Cancelled
		Enrollment limited to 100
		An exploration of the ingenious ways in which Jewish interpreters refashioned Biblical narrative. In Judaism, the Bible is a seemingly limitless source for deriving and discovering new meaning. Ancient and medieval Jews were the inheritors and - in a significant sense - the next authors who would supplement and reshape the Bible through interpretation. Close reading in English translation of ancient and medieval interpreters will open up this central aspect of Jewish creativity. Knowledge of Hebrew is not required.
6533	JWST-225-01	Modern Israeli Culture	1.00	LEC	Cancelled
		Enrollment limited to 100
		As a dynamic young society with a multifaceted culture, modern Israel is distinguished by complex social relationships, evolving challenges and constant restlessness. With immigrants from all over the world, Israel is celebrating its extraordinary achievements while struggling with its history of constant external conflicts and intensifying divisions within its ethnic, religious and political groups. These cross currents will be examined using prose and poetry, films, plays, and currents from the internet. Additional topics will include physical features of the land, historical background, and the impact of the legal and political system on the daily lives of people.
7093	JWST-251-01	Exotic Exiles: Jewish Women	1.00	LEC	Lichtenstein,Nina B.	MW: 1:15PM- 2:30PM	TBA
		Enrollment limited to 30
		In this course we will explore the uniqueness of Sephardic Jewish women's identity as we read their stories of childhoods, adolescence and adulthood in places like Iran, Algeria, Israel, Latin America, France and the United States. The course is designed to expose the student to the discourse of the "other" Jew, both woman and Sephardic, to expand the notion of what it means to be Jewish in a post-colonial, post-WWII, postmodern world. We will explore how the tendency of history to be narrated by "white" (male) Europeans has also influenced and shaped the narrative of Jewish modern history, and we will challenge this view as well as seek to understand how this trend has affected various Sephardic/Mizrahi communities.
7125	RELG-308-01	Jewish Mysticism	1.00	LEC	Kiener,Ronald	TR: 1:30PM- 2:45PM	TBA		HUM
		Enrollment limited to 30
		Prerequisite: C- or better in Religion 109.
		An examination of the secret speculative theologies of Judaism from late antiquity to the present. The course will touch upon the full range of Jewish mystical experience: visionaries, ascetics, ecstatics, theosophists, rationalists, messianists, populists, and pietists. Readings will include classical texts (such as the Zohar) and modern secondary studies.