AJS Directory of Programs in Jewish Studies

Institution:	Oberlin College
Location:	Oberlin, OH
Type of Institution:	private
Department/ Program:	Jewish Studies Program
Director:	Abraham Socher
Website:	http://www.oberlin.edu/jewishsd/home.html
Contact:	Brenda.Snell@oberlin.edu 440-775-8866

Degrees Offered:
Bachelors
Minor, Certificate, or Other

Program Description:
The Program in JWST at Oberlin offers students the opportunity to ground themselves in inherently interdisciplinary, multi-cultural study that spans periods from antiquity to the present in the study of Jewish experience and expression. The Program offers majors a choice of two tracks in which to concentrate: Jewish history or Jewish religion and thought, taught by Shulamit Magnus and Abe Socher, respectively. Students interested in focusing on a particular era can combine disciplinary approaches in an individualized major using religion and history, to concentrate on, e.g., medieval, or modern, Jewish culture and society.

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