Jewish Studies (JS) < San Francisco State University. JS 1. 51 First Semester Modern Hebrew (Units: 3)Understanding, speaking, reading, and writing the modern Hebrew language; elements of Israeli and Jewish culture. Acquisition of communicative skills in situation/cultural contexts. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)JS 1. Second Semester Modern Hebrew (Units: 3)Continuation of first semester modern Hebrew. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)JS 2. Third Semester Modern Hebrew (Units: 3)Continuation of modern Hebrew at the intermediate level.
Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)JS 2. Fourth Semester Modern Hebrew (Units: 3)Continuation of modern Hebrew at the intermediate level. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)JS 2.
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Introduction to Jewish Studies (Units: 3)Foundational beliefs, stories, and practices of the Jewish religious tradition; various transformations the tradition has undergone throughout history and into the modern period. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)JS 3. Jewish Social Responsibility (Units: 3)A 2,0. From Biblical sources defining the nature of poverty to contemporary philosophical debates on issues as varied as social inequality and care for the environment. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)UD- C: Arts and/or Humanities. Global Perspectives.
JS 3. 78 Beyond the Bagel (Units: 3)Explores . Filmmakers who have sought to give expression to its human scale.
Significant works which have helped define the issues. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)JS 4. Israeli Cinema (Units: 3)Survey of Israeli cinema with critical readings. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)UD- C: Arts and/or Humanities. Global Perspectives. JS 4. 10 Kabbalah and Mysticism in the Jewish Tradition (Units: 3)The spiritual life and various ways in which Jews have sought spiritual resources from Jewish tradition.
Topics include: Kabbalah, Jewish renewal, feminist spirituality, grieving the Holocaust. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)UD- C: Arts and/or Humanities. JS 4. 14 Arendt and Heidegger (Units: 3)Hannah Arendt, a student of Heidegger, is renowned in her own right as philosopher and political theorist. In a comparative study explore the relationship of their ideas, and question the extent to which she was disciple or critic. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)JS 4.
The Hebrew Bible (Units: 3)The Hebrew Bible in English translation from historical, literary, and religious points of view; culture and religion of ancient Israel and the ancient Near East. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)UD- C: Arts and/or Humanities. JS 4. 25 Judaism: Religion and Text (Units: 3)The manner and process of external/internal influences that move Jewish thought; the matters with which the rabbis and particular Jewish philosophers have concerned themselves. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)UD- C: Arts and/or Humanities. JS 4. 30 Israeli Democracy: Politics, Institutions, and Society (Units: 3)Knowledge of Israel's political system, its origins, its formal structure, the way it functions, and its main attributes in comparison to other democratic political systems. Ideology, state and religion, and civil liberties. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)UD- D: Social Sciences.
Lecture: Feel the History at Your Feet: Historic Synagogues as Heritage Attractions. Web: http:// Sponsor: Jewish Studies Department. Contact: Jewish Studies. The religious studies minor offers students the opportunity to study the full spectrum of humankind’s religious heritage from an interdisciplinary perspective. Religion is an individual as well as a social. Compliance Program; Forms Library. Human & Animal Protections. Ethics, and Literature, a research committee chaired by Professor of Jewish Studies Kitty Millet. SF State announces endowed chair in American Jewish. The creation of a third endowed chair in American Jewish Studies will bring the department to a total. Founded in 1993 as the first Jewish Studies program in the.
Global Perspectives. JS 4. 37 Holocaust and Literature (Units: 3)Fiction and non- fiction Holocaust literature by Saul Bellow, T.
College of Liberal & Creative Arts. Interim Dean: Daniel Bernardi Religious Studies Program HUM 388 Phone: 415-338-1596. Coordinator: Michael Sudduth Undergraduate Advisors: Mohammad Azadpur, Pamela Hood, Fred Astren Programs. Jewish sorority celebrates arrival on campus. SF State names Eran Kaplan to endowed Goldman. The San Francisco State University Department of Jewish Studies has appointed Eran Kaplan the Richard and. Kaplan will join the SF State faculty in August as an. JS 600 Internship (Units: 3) Prerequisite for JS 600: Consultation with program director. Prerequisite for JS 800: Admission to certificate program and consultation with program director. Supervised work in the setting of a. Department of Jewish Studies 1600 Holloway Avenue HUM 415 San Francisco, CA 94132 T. 415-338-6080 [email protected].
Borowski, Etty Hillesum, I. B. Singer, and Elie Wiesel. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)UD- C: Arts and/or Humanities.
Global Perspectives. Social Justice. JS 4.
American Jewish History (Units: 3)American Jewish History from 1. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)U.
S. History. UD- C: Arts and/or Humanities. American Ethnic and Racial.
Social Justice. JS 4. Jewish Literature of the Americas (Units: 3)Explores literature of the Americas through the lens of Jewish identity and tradition. Texts in translation from Latin America, Canada, and the US reveal how Jewish writers have rethought modernity's intersection with Jewish traditions. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)UD- C: Arts and/or Humanities. American Ethnic and Racial. Global Perspectives.
JS 4. 77 Topics in Israel Studies (Units: 3)Advanced nuanced analysis of topics in Israel Studies. May be repeated for a total of 9 units as topics vary.
Topic will be specified in Class Schedule. Topic descriptions may be found in the online Bulletin. JS 4. 80 European Jewish Writers (Units: 3)Survey of the works of modern Jewish writers throughout Europe between the nineteenth- and twentieth- centuries; influence of the Jewish Enlightenment on modern Jewish literature.(This course is offered as JS 4. CWL 4. 80. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)UD- C: Arts and/or Humanities. Global Perspectives.
Social Justice. JS 4. Modern Israeli Literature (Units: 3)Survey of the works of modern Israeli writers of fiction, poetry, and drama; conceptual underpinnings of modern Israeli aesthetic projects in literature; how Israel's multilingual heritage marks the modern writer. JS 5. 01 Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (Units: 3)Beliefs, practices, social organization, and history of the three monotheistic religious traditions; importance of these traditions for European and Middle Eastern civilizations. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)UD- C: Arts and/or Humanities. Global Perspectives. JS 5. 30 Yiddish Literature, History, and Society (Units: 3)Examination of Yiddish literature, history, culture, and society in Europe, America, and Israel through Yiddish fiction, poetry, and theater, as well as journalism, political writing, philosophy, and religion. JS 5. 40 Anti- Semitism (Units: 3)Survey of the historical, political, cultural, and religious contexts and manifestations of anti- Semitism.
Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)UD- C: Arts and/or Humanities. American Ethnic and Racial. Global Perspectives. JS 5. 60 The Arab- Israeli Conflict (Units: 3)Examination of causes of the Arab- Israeli conflict; beginnings in the late nineteenth century; Jewish- Palestinian confrontation during the British Mandate (1. Arab- Israeli wars since 1. Israeli- Palestinian confrontation since 1.
Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)UD- D: Social Sciences. Global Perspectives. JS 6. 00 Internship (Units: 3)Supervised work in the setting of a Jewish communal organization or an institution serving Jewish clients.
May be repeated for a total of 6 units at one level. Students who have completed the course at one level may not take or repeat the course at another level.)JS 6. Jewish History I: Beginnings to 1. Units: 3)Jewish history from the sixth century B. C. E. Politics, culture, and religion under empires of Persia, Hellenism, and Rome, and in medieval diasporas of Europe and lands of Islam. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)UD- C: Arts and/or Humanities.
Global Perspectives. JS 6. 33 Jewish History II: 1. Present (Units: 3)Jewish history from 1.
Central theme is the encounter of traditional ethnic and religious minority with modernity. Topics: emancipation, antisemitism, immigration, Zionism, Israel, America, Holocaust. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)UD- C: Arts and/or Humanities. Global Perspectives. JS 6. 99 Independent Study (Units: 1- 3)Individual supervision of intensive independent work on a particular problem or subject in Jewish studies chosen by the student.
May be repeated for a total of 6 units. JS 7. 41 The Holocaust and Postwar Germany Taught in English (Units: 3)The Holocaust in Postwar Germany as seen in exemplary works of literature, historical documents and Nuremburg trials. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)JS 8. Internship (Units: 3)Supervised work in the setting of a Jewish communal organization or an institution serving Jewish clients. May be repeated for a total of 6 units at one level. Students who have completed the course at one level may not take or repeat the course at another level.)JS 8. Independent Study (Units: 1- 3)Study is planned, developed, and completed under the direction of a member of the program faculty.
May be repeated for a total of 6 units.