Jewish Studies

Number of Units
Six units are required.

Required Course

HIST/RELG 107: Introduction to Jewish Traditions (offered each Fall Quarter)

5 additional courses from the following list:

HIST/RELG 218: The American Jewish Experience

HIST/RELG 263: Jews in a Changing Europe, 1750-1880

HIST/RELG 264: Modern Jewry: Upheaval and Response, 1881-1967

HIST/RELG 265: Zionism: from Idea to State

HIST/RELG 267: Women and Judaism

POLS 330: Politics of the Holocaust

RELG 110: Introduction to the Old Testament

HEBR 101: Modern Hebrew (101 will be taught in Fall of 2010; 102 in Winter of 2011; and 201 in Fall of 2011 concurrently with 101 thereafter)

Hebrew studies are encouraged, but not required for the concentration.