Jewish Studies (JWST)Arts and Sciences
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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2017-2018.
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- Schedule of Classes - February 16, 2018 10:59AM EST
- Course Catalog - February 12, 2018 11:18AM EST
Classes
JWST 1101
Course Description
Intended for beginners. Provides a thorough grounding in reading, writing, grammar, oral comprehension, and speaking. Students who complete the course are able to function in basic situations ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HEBRW 1101
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTWRF White Hall B14
Instructors
Shoer, S
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Additional Information
For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HEBRW 1101
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTWRF White Hall B14
Instructors
Shoer, S
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Additional Information
For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.
JWST 1103
Course Description
Sequel to HEBRW 1101-HEBRW 1102. Continued development of reading, writing, grammar, oral comprehension, and speaking skills. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HEBRW 1103
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTWR White Hall B14
Instructors
Shoer, S
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Additional Information
For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HEBRW 1103
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTWR White Hall B14
Instructors
Shoer, S
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Additional Information
For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.
JWST 1987
Course Description
Why were Jews virtually invisible in films made during the Hollywood's "golden age"? Is this a surprise, given the leading role played by American Jews in founding the studio system? Writing about the ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Balch Hall - Tatkon Ctr 3331
Instructors
Shapiro, E
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute
JWST 1998
Course Description
The peoples, cultures, religions, and politics of the Middle East are never far removed from the front pages of the most influential journals and newspapers. This course will engage students in discussing ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 1998, RELST 1998
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R White Hall 104
Instructors
Brann, R
JWST 2501
Course Description
This course explores kosher and halal food practices as a way to understand how the global food industry accommodates diverse and competing religious, cultural, and scientific approaches to food. The essential ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FDSC 2500
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrison Hall 146
Instructors
Regenstein, J
JWST 2522
Course Description
This course examines the production and exchange of wine, beer, coffee and tea, and the social and ideological dynamics involved in their consumption. We start in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, and end ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 2522, CLASS 2630, NES 2522
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G76-Lewis
Instructors
Monroe, C
JWST 2577
Course Description
Since the 1970s, Jewish women have remade American Judaism by putting their bodies front and center. In the face of a largely male rabbinic elite, they have created new models of ritual, communal leadership, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2577, ANTHR 2577, FGSS 2577, NES 2577, RELST 2577
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G20
Instructors
Rock-Singer, C
JWST 2644
Course Description
Jewish communities have been established, flourished and often struggled for millennia, throughout much of the world, and in vital contact with a vast range of other peoples and cultures. This course examines ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 2644, NES 2644, RELST 2644
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 112
Instructors
Boyarin, J
JWST 2662
Course Description
This course will survey the common and not-so-common daily activities of the world of ancient Israel, with supplementary material from its neighbors in Mesopotamia, Egypt and Canaan. Many courses cover ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 2662, NES 2662, RELST 2662
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 122
Instructors
Zorn, J
JWST 2754
Course Description
This course examines Near East's rich and diverse literary heritage. We will read a selection of influential and wondrous texts from ancient to modern times, spanning geographically from the Iberian peninsula ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 2754, NES 2754
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall B16
Instructors
Starr, D
JWST 2920
Course Description
Jewish life in Europe experienced a profound transformation as a result of the process of Jewish emancipation which began at the end of the eighteenth century. While emancipation offered Jews unprecedented ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 2910, NES 2620
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Lincoln Hall 107
Instructors
Gutman, S
JWST 3101
Course Description
Successful completion of NES 3101 fulfills Option 1 language requirement. Advanced study of the Hebrew Language both orally and through the analysis of mostly unedited texts of social, political, and cultural ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HEBRW 3101
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW White Hall 114
Instructors
Scharf, N
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Additional Information
For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.
JWST 3108
Course Description
This course is intended to examine current Israeli culture and Society through reading and discussion of literary works. Students will practice and enhance their conversational skills and will be using ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HEBRW 3108
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W White Hall 114
Instructors
Scharf, N
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Additional Information
For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.
JWST 3625
Course Description
This course surveys the history and cultures of ancient Mesopotamia (e.g., Sumer, Babylonia, and Assyria) from the beginnings of civilization to the death of Alexander the Great. It will be taught from ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 3625
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Lincoln Hall B08
Instructors
Tenney, J
JWST 4350
Course Description
As an outstanding figure of critical theory in the twentieth century, Siegfried Kracauer left an astonishingly rich body of work spanning literature and the sociology of mass culture, film criticism and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 4355, GERST 6355, HIST 4235, HIST 6235, ROMS 4350, ROMS 6350
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M McGraw Hall 145
Instructors
Traverso, E
JWST 4708
Course Description
What does it mean to call individuals, cities, or societies "cosmopolitan?" What are the implications when one invokes tolerance to resolve conflict? Do appeals for "tolerance" and "coexistence" redefine ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4521, COML 6521, NES 4708, NES 6708
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Goldwin Smith Hall 160
Instructors
Starr, D
JWST 4745
Course Description
The colonial expansion of Christian Europe continues to leave its mark on the world of the twenty-first century. Two of the peoples caught up in that colonial project, in very different ways, are Jews ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4740, ANTHR 4745, ANTHR 7745, JWST 7745, NES 4745, NES 7745
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M McGraw Hall 215
Instructors
Boyarin, J
Uran, C
JWST 6780
Course Description
Our title derives from the political philosopher Leo Strauss, who provides our initial analytic, methodological, and theoretical model. We extend beyond Straussian ideological positions to include art ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 6780, COML 6661, GERST 6780, GOVT 6785
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W White Hall 106
Instructors
Waite, G
JWST 7745
Course Description
The colonial expansion of Christian Europe continues to leave its mark on the world of the twenty-first century. Two of the peoples caught up in that colonial project, in very different ways, are Jews ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4740, ANTHR 4745, ANTHR 7745, JWST 4745, NES 4745, NES 7745
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M McGraw Hall 215
Instructors
Boyarin, J
Uran, C