Jewish Studies

The Program in Jewish Studies offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the history, religion, and culture of the Jews over several millenia in the land of Israel and in diaspora communities in the Middle East, in eastern, western, and central Europe, and in the U.S. It offers courses at various levels to provide students broad entrée to the field as well as immersion in greater depth in selected areas, with emphasis in all courses on the critical skills required to understand Jewish experience, including relations with non-Jews, and Jewish expression: religious and political texts, philosophy, and literature.