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	AJS Directory of Course Syllabi A directory of syllabi to assist AJS members in developing courses for the first time, and to help scholars identify new readings and assignments to incorporate into their courses. AJS members are encouraged to contribute syllabi to the directory as either a Word document or PDF through the online submission form. To view/download syllabus, click on course title.* Syllabi files are in PDF or MS-Word format. If you are not able to open the PDF files below, download and install free Adobe Acrobat Reader from www.adobe.com. Subject Areas Bible Gender Studies Holocaust Studies/Antisemitism Interdisciplinary and Other Introduction to Jewish Studies Israel Studies Jewish History in Late Antiquity Jewish Mysticism Jews and the Arts Linguistics, Semiotics, and Philology Medieval and Early Modern Jewish History, Literature, and Culture Medieval Jewish Philosophy Modern Hebrew Literature Modern Jewish History in Europe, Asia, Israel, and Other Countries Modern Jewish History in the Americas Modern Jewish Literature Modern Jewish Thought and Theology Sephardi/Mizrahi Studies Social Science, Anthropology, and Folklore Survey Courses (Multi-Period) Talmud, Midrash, and Rabbinics Yiddish Literature Bible Ancient Near East Rachael Goldman Rutgers University History 181: Jewish History from the Bible to 1492 Howard Lupovitch Colby College King David in Myth and History Steven Weitzman Indiana University The Bible and Its Interpreters Steven Weitzman Indiana University Gender Studies Gender, the Body, and Sexuality in Judaism from Biblical Israel to Contemporary America Froma Zeitlin Princeton University Women and Judaism: Folklore or Religion? Jonathan Schorsch Columbia University Holocaust Studies/Antisemitism A Short History of Antisemitism Dean Bell Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies Antisemitism as a Cultural System Martin Jaffee University of Washington Antisemitism, the Holocaust and Racism Harriet Freidenreich Temple University Holocaust Narratives: Exploring the Limits of Representation Sara Horowitz York University Literature of the Holocaust Anita Norich University of Michigan Representing the Holocaust James Young University of Massachusetts, Amherst Rereading the Holocaust Beth Wenger University of Pennsylvania Stolen Years: Youth Under the Nazis in World War II Froma Zeitlin Princeton University Texts and Images of the Holocaust Froma Zeitlin Princeton University The Holocaust in Feature Films Lawrence Baron San Diego State University The Holocaust of European Jewry Marsha Rozenblit University of Maryland The Holocaust, Genocide, and Modern Humanity Dennis Klein Kean University The Holocaust: History and Memory Sarah Stein University of Washington The Jews of Germany: From Early Settlement to Kristallnacht Dean Bell Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies The Sociology of Jewry: Syllabi and Instructional Materials Paul Burstein University of Washington Interdisciplinary and Other Europe & the Jews Erica Lehrer Concordia University Freedom: Black and Jewish Perspectives Dennis Klein Kean University Introduction to Jewish Cultural History Martin Jaffee University of Washington Jewish Historiography Dean Bell Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies Jewish Identities in Europe, Israel, and America (Anthro. of Contemp Jewish Life) Erica Lehrer Concordia University Introduction to Jewish Studies Introduction to Jewish Studies Daniel Frank Purdue University Introduction to Jewish Studies Sarah Benor Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion Introduction to Judaic Studies Anita Norich University of Michigan Introduction to Judaism Martin Jaffee University of Washington Jewish Identities in Europe, Israel, and America (Anthro. of Contemp Jewish Life) Erica Lehrer Concordia University The Jewish Diaspora Harriet Freidenreich Temple University The Jews: History, Culture, and Religion (Bible to Middle Ages) Michael Satlow Brown University Israel Studies Israel: History, Politics and Society Harriet Freidenreich Temple University The Sociology of Jewry: Syllabi and Instructional Materials Paul Burstein University of Washington Zionism and the State of Israel Derek Penslar Harvard University Jewish History in Late Antiquity Ancient Near East Rachael Goldman Rutgers University History 181: Jewish History from the Bible to 1492 Howard Lupovitch Colby College Jewish Mysticism Explorations in Hasidism Jonathan Schorsch Columbia University Jews and the Arts American Jews and the Media Jeffrey Shandler Rutgers University Art in Jewish Thought Menahem (Mel) Alexenberg Emunah College, Jerusalem Jewish Humor and History Jarrod Tanny University of California, Berkeley Representing the Holocaust James Young University of Massachusetts, Amherst The Culture of Memory: History, Trauma, and National Identity James Young University of Massachusetts, Amherst The Holocaust in Feature Films Lawrence Baron San Diego State University Linguistics, Semiotics, and Philology American Jewish Language and Identity in Historical Context Sarah Benor Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion History of Jewish Languages Benjamin Hary Emory University Jewish Languages Past and Present Sarah Benor Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion Readings in Judeo-Arabic Texts Benjamin Hary Emory University Medieval and Early Modern Jewish History, Literature, and Culture Mesichot v'eskatologiyah b'historiyah ha-yehudit shel yimei ha-binaim* David Malkiel Bar-Ilan University Mesichot v'eskatologiyah b'tarbut ha-yehudit b'et ha-hadashah ha-mukdemet David Malkiel Bar-Ilan University History 181: Jewish History from the Bible to 1492 Howard Lupovitch Colby College History 182: Jewish History from 1492 to the Present Howard Lupovitch Colby College History of the Jews in Christian Europe to 1789 Hillel J. Kieval Washington University of St. Louis Memory, Ethnicity and Belief: Forms of Jewish Identity in Early Modern Europe Dean Bell University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Parshanut of Radak Naomi Grunhaus Yeshiva University The Jews of Germany: From Early Settlement to Kristallnacht Dean Bell Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies The Maimonidean Controversies and Jewish Responses to Other Cultures David Berger Brooklyn College, CUNY Medieval Jewish Philosophy Mesichot v'eskatologiyah b'tarbut ha-yehudit b'et ha-hadashah ha-mukdemet David Malkiel Bar-Ilan University Historical Development of Jewish Thought Ira Bedzow Touro College South Islamic and Jewish Philosophy and the Classical Tradition Daniel Frank Purdue University The Maimonidean Controversies and Jewish Responses to Other Cultures David Berger Brooklyn College, CUNY Modern Hebrew Literature No syllabi submitted yet. Modern Jewish History in Europe, Asia, Israel, and Other Countries Europe & the Jews Erica Lehrer Concordia University Explorations in Hasidism Jonathan Schorsch Columbia University History 182: Jewish History from 1492 to the Present Howard Lupovitch Colby College Jews and the City Howard Lupovitch Colby College Jews in the Modern World Steven Zipperstein Stanford University Modern Jewish History Lawrence Baron San Diego State University Modern Jewish History Daniel Schroeter University of California, Irvine Modern Jewish History Dennis Klein Kean University Modern Jewish History, 1870-present Marsha Rozenblit University of Maryland Readings in Modern Jewish History Beth Wenger and Benjamin Nathans University of Pennsylvania Remembering the Shtetl Jeffrey Shandler Rutgers University The Jews in the Modern World Hillel J. Kieval Washington University in St. Louis The Jews of Germany: From Early Settlement to Kristallnacht Dean Bell Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies The Sociology of Jewry: Syllabi and Instructional Materials Paul Burstein University of Washington World Jewry since the Holocaust Jonathan D. Sarna Brandeis University Modern Jewish History in the Americas American Jewish HIstory Dennis Klein Kean University American Jewish History Pamela Nadell American University American Judaism Jonathan D. Sarna Brandeis University Jews and the City Howard Lupovitch Colby College Modern Jewish History Lawrence Baron San Diego State University The Jews in the Modern World Hillel J. Kieval Washington University in St. Louis The Sociology of Jewry: Syllabi and Instructional Materials Paul Burstein University of Washington Modern Jewish Literature Jewish Biographies Steven Zipperstein Stanford University Literature of the Holocaust Anita Norich University of Michigan Modern Jewish Thought and Theology Judaic Religion and Philosophy Martin D. Yaffe University of North Texas Modern Jewish Thought (II): Jewish "Existentialism" Zachary Braiterman Syracuse University Modern Judaic Thought (I): Religion and Liberal Society Zachary Braiterman Syracuse University Sephardi/Mizrahi Studies Jews and Muslims Daniel Schroeter University of California, Irvine The Sephardic Diaspora Sarah Stein University of Washington Social Sciences, Anthropology, and Folklore American Jewish Language and Identity in Historical Context Sarah Benor Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion American Jewry Arnold Dashefsky University of Connecticut American Jews and the Media Jeffrey Shandler Rutgers University Contemporary American Jewish Issues Sarah Benor Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion Europe & the Jews Erica Lehrer Concordia University Jewish Identities in Europe, Israel, and America (Anthro. of Contemp Jewish Life) Erica Lehrer Concordia University Research Methods in Contemporary Jewry Sarah Benor Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion The Anthropology of Jews and Jewishness Misha Klein University of Oklahoma The Culture of Memory: History, Trauma, and National Identity James Young University of Massachusetts, Amherst The Sociology of Jewry: Syllabi and Instructional Materials Paul Burstein University of Washington Women and Judaism: Folklore or Religion? Jonathan Schorsch Columbia University World Jewry since the Holocaust Jonathan D. Sarna Brandeis University Survey Courses Ancient Near East Rachael Goldman Rutgers University History 181: Jewish History from the Bible to 1492 Howard Lupovitch Colby College History 182: Jewish History from 1492 to the Present Howard Lupovitch Colby College History of the Jewish People Derek Penslar University of Toronto Introduction to Jewish Cultural History Martin Jaffee University of Washington Jews and Muslims Daniel Schroeter University of California, Irvine Messianism and Messianic Movements David Berger Brooklyn College, CUNY Power and Identity in Jewish History Derek Penslar Harvard University The Culture of Memory: History, Trauma, and National Identity James Young University of Massachusetts, Amherst The Jewish-Christian Encounter from Antiquity to the Present David Berger Brooklyn College, CUNY The Sociology of Jewry: Syllabi and Instructional Materials Paul Burstein University of Washington Talmud, Midrash, and Rabbinics Historical Development of Jewish Thought Ira Bedzow Touro College South Introduction to Rabbinic Literature Eliezer Diamond Jewish Theological Seminary of America Jewish Law and the Environment Eliezer Diamond Jewish Theological Seminary of America Midrash Halakhah Eliezer Diamond Jewish Theological Semminary Yiddish Literature The Yiddish Classics and Modernity Anita Norich University of Michigan