Jewish Studies (JWST)Arts and Sciences

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JWST 1102
Elementary Modern Hebrew II

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

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 1102

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5941 JWST 1102   SEM 101

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  • For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 1102

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5944 JWST 1102   SEM 102

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JWST 1987
FWS: Jews on Film: Visible and Invisible

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

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17901 JWST 1987   SEM 101

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  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.

JWST 2100
Intermediate Modern Hebrew

The course is aimed at training students in exact and idiomatic Hebrew, expanding vocabulary and usage of grammatical knowledge, and acquiring facility of expression in both conversation and writing. Uses ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 2100

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5930 JWST 2100   SEM 101

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  • For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.

JWST 2575
Myth and Religion in Mesopotamia

This course will survey the cultic practices and beliefs of ancient Babylonia and Assyria, the two major civilizations of Mesopotamia. We will examine the major myths of this region, e.g., Ishtar's Descent ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 2575, NES 6575, RELST 2575

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8010 JWST 2575   LEC 001

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JWST 2580
Imagining the Holocaust

How is the memory of the Holocaust kept alive by means of the literary and visual imagination? Within the historical context of the Holocaust and how and why it occurred, we shall examine major and widely ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 2580, ENGL 2580

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15910 JWST 2580   LEC 001

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JWST 2728
Modern Middle East Literature in Translation

In their acceptance speeches for the Nobel Prize in Literature, both the Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz (1988) and the Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk (2006) situate their work between Eastern and Western ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 2728, NES 2728

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16615 JWST 2728   LEC 001

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JWST 3104
Advanced Hebrew Through Media and Literature

The course focuses and explores the development and changes of Modern Hebrew in all aspects of Israeli and Jewish culture.  A close reading of selected works of modern Hebrew fiction, poetry, drama in ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 3104

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16874 JWST 3104   SEM 101

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  • Prerequisite: NES 3101 or NES 3102 or permission of instructor.

JWST 3432
Hasidism: History, Community, Thought

The modern Jewish religious movement known as Hasidism began in Eastern Europe in the eighteenth century and thrives today.  We will approach Hasidism primarily through three avenues: recent critical social ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16845 JWST 3432   LEC 001

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JWST 4517
Saving Synagogues: Architecture, Historic Preservation and Communication

For almost two thousand years the synagogue has been the focal point of Jewish life and identity. It has been the most prominent of Jewish buildings, for Jews and non-Jews. Thousands of synagogues have ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16647 JWST 4517   SEM 101

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JWST 4520
Jewish Cities

Jews and cities have been shaping each other for thousands of years. Studying those interactions involves urbanism, cosmopolitanism, transnationalism, and the idea of "the ghetto." This course ranges through ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16670 JWST 4520   SEM 101

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JWST 4525
Palestinians in Israel

This course examines the political, intellectual, and cultural expression of Palestinian citizens of Israel. Referred to by the Arab media as "1948 Arabs" or "Arabs within" and by the Israeli media as ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 4525, NES 6525

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16631 JWST 4525   SEM 101

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JWST 4548
The Bible and American Ethics

This course will focus on the array of perspectives offered in the Hebrew Bible and New Testament on such contemporary social issues as: immigration; abortion rights, surrogate childbirth, gay marriage, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4548, NES 4548, RELST 4548

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18250 JWST 4548   SEM 101

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JWST 4550
Archaeology of the Phoenicians

The Phoenicians have long been an enigma, a people defined by distant voices. Originating from present-day Lebanon, they were Semitic speakers, renowned seafarers and transmitters of an innovative alphabet ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16580 JWST 4550   SEM 101

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JWST 4623
Ethnic and Religious Minorities in the Middle East (1800-1950)

This seminar utilizes recent research on the concept of minorities in the Middle East during the late Ottoman Period, through the age of European colonialism, and post-colonial nationalisms.  Following ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 17348 JWST 4623   SEM 101

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JWST 4711
The Formation of the Babylonian Talmud

The Babylonian Talmud is one of the most significant and influential books that the Jews of the ancient world produced. This complex and multi-faceted work comprises over five thousand pages of intricate ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 4711, NES 6711, RELST 4711

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17930 JWST 4711   SEM 101

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  • Some reading knowledge of Hebrew and/or experience reading Talmud in its original language required.

JWST 4992
Independent Study - Undergraduate

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9997 JWST 4992   IND 601

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    • TBA

    • Staff

JWST 7517
Saving Synagogues: Architecture, Historic Preservation and Communication

For almost two thousand years the synagogue has been the focal point of Jewish life and identity. It has been the most prominent of Jewish buildings, for Jews and non-Jews. Thousands of synagogues have ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16652 JWST 7517   SEM 101

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JWST 7520
Jewish Cities

Jews and cities have been shaping each other for thousands of years. Studying those interactions involves urbanism, cosmopolitanism, transnationalism, and the idea of "the ghetto." This course ranges through ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16816 JWST 7520   SEM 101

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