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Academic Year 2003/2004

Jewish Responses to Modernity
HIST 106 SP
Crosslistings:
RELI 213

This course will explore challenges and dilemmas Jews faced in modern times, their responses to them and the formation of new modern Jewish identities. We will read primary sources by authors such as Baruch/Benedict Spinoza, Moses Mendelssohn, Samson Raphael Hirsh, Solomon Maimon, Israel Salanter, Rahel Levin Varnhagen, Rosa Luxemburg, Heinrich Heine and others. We will also watch some films that explore the same questions.

MAJOR READINGS

P. Mendes-Flohr & J. Reinharz THE JEW IN THE MODERN WORLD
M. Mendelssohn JERUSALEM
T. Herzl OLD NEW LAND
A reader of texts by some of the authors mentioned above.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Regular responses and two 7-8 pp. papers; participation in the classroom discussion

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS HIST    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2004

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