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

3 SS, CD, WR

Second Semester. Survey of Jewish history, 1492-present. Focuses on the challenges of Jewish modernity in Europe, the US, and the Middle East. Covers the end of traditional society and emerging modernity in the experience of Marranos, mystics, messiahs, secular Jews and religious reformers; the struggle for legal equality and social acceptance; family and economics; assimilation and cultural revival; antisemitism and Jewish responses; Zionism; Jewish socialism; the Shoah; founding of Israel. Identical to HIST 132.

Prerequisites & Notes

Enrollment Limit: 30.
Ms. Magnus

Credits: 3 hours