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

Next Offered: 2008-09
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 3 Hours
Attribute: 3 SS, CD, WR

Survey of Jewish history, 1492-present. Focuses on the challenges of Jewish modernity in Europe, the United States, 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. Enrollment Limit: 30.
Instructor: S. Magnus
Cross Reference/Cross Listing Information
The course is cross-listed with HIST 132.