| JWS 3051 | Latin American Jewish Women Writers | This course examines literature produced by Latin American Jewish women writers in the 20th and 21st centuries. It focuses on poetry, novels, short stories and essays. In conjunction with literary analysis, this course considers socio-historical cont... |
| JWS 3060 | Immigration on Stage and Screen | What impact have immigrants had on the development of American theater, television, film, and performance art? How do these performances help us to understand how immigrants form new identities onstage and off? This course considers the immigrant the... |
| JWS 3070 | Jewish Humor | A comprehensive study of Jewish humor, along with its characteristics and unique elements, this course investigates what makes a joke Jewish, employing multiple perspectives including content, attitude, and devices used. Such study naturally invites... |
| JWS 3290 | The Holocaust and Film | This course examines the cinematic representations of the Holocaust. We explore films that are used as propaganda; created to represent an aspect of the Holocaust;part of Hollywood feature films; documentaries; comedies; a combination of memoirand fi... |
| JWS 3538 | The Holocaust in History and Memory | This course examines the history of the Holocaust in a transnational context. Topics may include: the emergence of modern anti-Semitism; the development of Nazism and pan-European fascism; Jewish responses to the crises of the 1930s; mass murder and... |
| JWS 3810 | Holocaust Literature | The Holocaust, the destruction of European Jewry, is often termed an unspeakable,unimaginable, and unrepresentable event. Through a selection of eyewitnesstestimony, novels, stories, poetry, and art, this course examines how such workscontribute to o... |
| JWS 3950 | Special Topics in Jewish Studies | This course will offer a detailed exploration of selected areas of Jewish studies. The topic(s) will change from semester to semester. (Students may enroll in JWS 3950 more than once if the topic is different.)Prerequisite: ENG/CMP/LTT 2800/2850 or p... |
| JWS 4001 | Laughter Through Tears: Classic Yiddish Fiction in Translation | This course will survey the lives and traditions of East European Jews in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from a historical and literary perspective. The works of the three classical Yiddish writers, Mendele, Sholem Aleichem and Peretz will se... |
| JWS 4900 | Mapping the Jewish Experience | This course explores Jewish history within a range of communities with a focus on the immigrant nature of these communities. Using a range of sources-- historical, literary, and cultural--students examine key issues at the heart of the Jewish experie... |
| JWS 5000 | Independent Study JWS I | This course enables students to pursue an interdisciplinary project independently inan area that is not available in the college’s regular course offerings. The subjectshould be chosen in consultation with a faculty advisor who will act as the studen... |
| JWS 5001 | Independent Study JWS II | This course enables students to pursue an interdisciplinary project independently inan area that is not available in the college’s regular course offerings. The subjectshould be chosen in consultation with a faculty advisor who will act as the studen... |
| JWS 6001H | Honors Jewish Studies | Honors Jewish Studies |
| JWS 6002H | Honors Jewish Studies | Honors Jewish Studies |
| JWS 7000 | Jewish Studies Electives | Jewish Studies Electives. This course is used for transfer purposes only. |