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


Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 3 hours
Attribute: 3SS, CD, WR

Survey of Jewish history, 1492-present, studying Jewish modernity in Europe, the United States, and Middle East. Topics include the demise of traditional society and emerging modernity in the experience of Marranos, mystics, messiahs, secular Jews; the struggle for legal equality, economic betterment and social acceptance; family and community; acculturation, assimilation and cultural revival; modern Jew-hatred and Jewish responses; Zionism; Jewish socialism; the Shoah; founding of Israel. Enrollment Limit: 40.
Instructor: S. Magnus
Cross List Information
This course is cross-listed with JWST 132


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