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Academic Year 2003/2004


American Jewish History
HIST 332 SP

This course will begin with a survey text on the history of Jews in the U.S. from the 17th century to recent times and a survey of Jews in France since the Revolution of 1789 for comparison. We will then concentrate on several aspects of the subject--immigrations, political radicalism, intellectuals, and Zionism.

MAJOR READINGS

(tentative list)
Arthur Hertzberg, THE JEWS IN AMERICA: FOUR CENTURIES OF AN UNEASY ENCOUNTER: A HISTORY
Paula E. Hyman, THE JEWS OF MODERN FRANCE
David A. Hollinger, SCIENCE, JEWS, AND SECULAR CULTURE: STUDIES IN MID-TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY
Irving Howe, SELECTED WRITINGS, 1950-90
Excerpts from ESSENTIAL PAPERS ON JEWS AND THE LEFT, ed. Ezra Mendelsohn
Irving Howe, THE WORLD OF OUR FATHERS
Excerpts from ESSENTIAL PAPERS ON ZIONISM, ed. Jehuda Reinhart and Anita Shapiro
Emma Goldman, LIVING MY LIFE
Larry Sloman, STEAL THIS DREAM
Aaron Berman, NAZISM, THE JEWS AND AMERICAN ZIONISM, 1933-1948
Michael Brown, THE ISRAELI-AMERICAN CONNECTION: ITS ROOTS IN THE YISHOV, 1914-1945
Norman Podhoretz, EX-FRIENDS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Write three research essays, each approximately 8-15 pp, weekly 1-2 pp. papers, and help lead discussions.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2004


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