JWST 306 - Germans and Jews

3-4SS, CD, WR

Second Semester. Focuses on cultural hybridity: how Jews in Germany emerged from mental and cultural as well as physical ghettos, and constructed an identity that was both Jewish and German; on the creativity, tensions, hopes of that stance and its resonance in larger German society. Studies German policies and attitudes to Jews; trends in German Jewish society, family and culture; attitudes to east European Jews; German Jew-hatred and Jewish responses; how the Jewish case sheds light on modern German history.

Prerequisites & Notes
Identical to HIST 306.
Consent of the instructor required
Enrollment Limit: 15
Ms. Magnus

Credits: 3-4 hours