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CUNY-Brooklyn College |
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Brooklyn, NY |
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Judaic Studies Department |
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Sara Reguer |
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http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/pub/Department_Details.jsp?div=U&dept_code=52&dept_id=89 |
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sreguer@brooklyn.cuny.edu
718-951-5229 |
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Degrees Offered:
Masters
Bachelors
Minor, Certificate, or Other
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Program Description:
Born in the ancient Middle East, Jewish civilization has flourished in a variety of forms and places for more than three thousand years. The Department of Judaic Studies introduces students to this fundamental component of worldwide civilization. The department's faculty members are scholars committed to rigorous teaching and research. Their areas of specialization include the ancient and modern Middle East, Jewish thought and religious law, the Hebrew Bible and Talmudic literature, the French Jewish experience, East European Jewry, Hasidism, the Holocaust, Jewish women's history, music, and literature, and the folk customs and cultures of various groups of Jewish people. The department offers a bachelor of arts and a minor in Judaic studies, a minor in Hebrew, and a concentration in Judaic studies for education majors in the following programs: early childhood education teacher (birth-grade 2); childhood education teacher (grades 1-6). Our courses and programs reflect the chronological scope and geographic diversity of the Jewish experience, with particular emphasis on its intellectual, religious, and social history, based on the analytic study of primary sources. To promote access to Jewish literature, which is also studied in translation, Hebrew and Yiddish courses are offered. Students are also urged to study Arabic, Spanish, and other languages to facilitate access to primary sources. In addition, the department actively promotes the study of Brooklyn's numerous Jewish communities. Students are encouraged to pursue research under the guidance of one of the department's professors. Judaic studies students are eligible for a variety of honors, both departmental and collegewide. Students may apply for a paid annual Steiner Summer Internship at the National Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Mass., as well as for internships at the Museum of Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish History in New York City. Those interested in pursuing intensive Yiddish studies during the summer are encouraged to apply for scholarships to the Yiddish programs at New York University, Tel Aviv University, the University of Paris, or the University of Vilnius (Vilna) in Lithuania. Top students in the department are eligible for funding to visit Israel for further studies or research. Our graduates go into a variety of careers in education, research, social work, policy planning in the private and public sectors, diplomacy, and government. A bachelor's degree in Judaic studies provides excellent preparation for graduate and professional studies in law, business, religion, the sciences, and medicine. Students who wish to pursue graduate studies may apply to the master's program offered by this department.
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