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HIST332
American Jewry since the 1880s
HIST332 FA
| Section | Class Size | *Available | Times |
|---|
| 1 | 15 | 9 | Times: .T..... 1:10PM-4:00PM; |
*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for
the current phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous
phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration.
(Last Updated on Wed Mar 4 05:01:03 EST 1998
)
Photo Caption and Credits
What did the call to Americanize mean to Jewish immigrants?
That is the theme which runs through this seminar which will
emphasize the Eastern European Jews and emphasize such
topics as the conditions which prompted the mass migration,
the immigrants' early reactions to life in American cities,
Jewish workers and trade unions, Jews in the Socialist and
Communist parties, relations between the new immigrants and
Jews already established here, the reconstruction of
Judaism, the history of anti-Semitism, Jews in the
motion-picture industry and sports, Jewish responses to
Nazism, the rise of Zionism, social mobility, relations
between American Jews and Israelis, and post-1967 Jewish
politics.
MAJOR READINGS
(subject to change)
Mary Antin, THE PROMISED LAND (1912)
Irving Howe, THE WORLD OF OUR FATHERS (1976)
Mordecai M. Kaplan, JUDAISM AS A CIVILIZATION: TOWARD A
RECONSTRUCTION OF AMERICAN-JEWISH LIFE (1934)
Henry Feingold, A TIME FOR SEARCHING: ENTERING THE
MAINSTREAM, 1920-1945 (1992)
Michael Rogin, BLACKFACE, WHITE NOISE: AMERICAN JEWS IN THE
HOLLYWOOD MELTING POT (1996)
Aaron Berman, NAZISM, THE JEWS AND AMERICAN ZIONISM,
1933-1948 (1990)
Hillel Levine and Lawrence Harman, THE DEATH OF AN AMERICAN
JEWISH COMMUNITY (1992)
Plus a large collection of primary documents and articles.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Four five-page essays
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Admission by
interview. Students with knowledge of 20th century European
or U.S. history or Judaism. I would hope to have not only
Jewish students but others as well.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting
or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the
first class, they will be dropped from the class list.
NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form
to the Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS HIST
Prerequisites:
None
- Section 01
- Schatz, R
- Times: .T..... 1:10PM- 4:00PM;
- Grading Mode: Mixed
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 2, Fr: 0
- Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-03-1998
About the Photo:
A Jewish scribe at his painstaking work in New York's East
Side.
Reference:
Rogers, Alisdair. PEOPLES AND CULTURES, New York:
Oxford
University Press, 1992
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