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HIST267

Sophomore Seminar: American Jewry Since the 1880s HIST267 SP

Section	Class Size	*Available	Times	POI	Prereq
1	15	11	Times: .T.T... 1:10PM-2:30PM;	Yes	No

*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for the Blue Add 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 Tue Aug 10 05:00:21 EDT 1999 )

An overview of the history of Jews in the United States since the great migration of the late 19th century. Many aspects of the story will be considered, including the causes of migration, the intense drive to Americanize, socialism and trade unionism, the nature of anti-Semitism, changing conceptions of Judaism, response to Nazism, and Zionism.

MAJOR READINGS

Mary Antin, THE PROMISED LAND (1912)
Irving Howe, WORLD OF OUR FATHERS (1976)
Mordecai M. Kaplan, JUDAISM AS A CIVILIZATION: TOWARD A
RECONSTRUCTION OF AMERICAN-JEWISH LIFE (1934)
Dan A. Oren, JOINING THE CLUB: A HISTORY OF JEWS AND YALE
(1985)
Jack Salzman and Cornell West, STRUGGLES IN THE PROMISED
LAND: A HISTORY OF BLACK-JEWISH RELATIONS IN THE U.S.
Other titles as well plus many primary documents.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

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.T... 1:10PM- 2:30PM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 0, Jr: 0, So: 1, Fr: 0; No Major Preference Given; Permission of Instructor Required.

Last Updated on MAR-22-1999

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