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Course Catalog 2005-2006 
    
Course Catalog 2005-2006 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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HIST 132 - Jewish History from the Spanish Expulsion to the Present


3 SS, CD, WR
Second Semester. Survey of Jewish history from 1492 to the present, focusing on the challenges of modernity and Jewish responses. Covers the shattering of traditional society and the emergence of Jewish modernity in the experience of Marranos, mystics, messiahs, secular Jews and religious reformers; Hasidism and neo-traditionalists; the struggle for ‘emancipation;’ socioeconomic transformation; assimilation and cultural revival; modern antisemitism and Jewish responses; Zionism and other forms of Jewish nationalism, Jewish socialism; the Shoah; the State of Israel; and American Jewry. This course is cross-referenced with JWST 132.

Prerequisites & Notes
Enrollment Limit: 45.
Ms. Magnus

Next offered 2006-2007.

Credits: 3 hours



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