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• JWST 225: The Jewish Tradition

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  A multidisciplinary introduction to the history, beliefs, practices and institutions of the Jewish tradition, from its biblical foundations to the modern state of Israel.
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• JWST 230: The Holocaust

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  A historical examination of the genocide carried out in Nazi Germany from 1933-1945: its causes, its specific operation, its relation to other forms of political violence, and its significance for Jewish and non-Jewish understandings of politics, history and the nature of evil. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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• JWST 240: Jewish Philosophy

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  A historical survey of some major philosophical themes and debates within the Jewish tradition. Readings will be drawn from biblical, rabbinic, medieval and modern sources. Texts and authors may include Job, Ecclesiastes, Pirke Avot, Philo, Maimonides, Spinoza, Mendelsohn, Rosenzweig, Buber and Levinas. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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• JWST 242: Race and the Second World War

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  During the Second World War fighting and genocide killed tens of millions of men, women, and children. Eighty years later, the West tends to forget or gloss over the racial ideologies of this global inferno as it heralds the "good war" and the "Greatest Generation." This course recognizes that generation while restoring race and racism to their central place among the driving forces and lasting legacies of the war. This course underscores the creation of our present in the United States and abroad through its attention to race in the Second World War.
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• JWST 245: Intro to Jewish-American Lit

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  An introduction to Jewish-American literature from the 20th century to the present. Cross listed with ENGL 191. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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• JWST 250: The Arab-Israeli Conflict

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  The land, which for Jews is the ancestral Land of Israel (eretz yisra'el) and for the Arabs is Palestine (falastin), has been the center of one of the modern world's most intricate disputes. This course will provide a background and understanding of the history of the conflict around Israel/Palestine, its roots, and recent developments. The course will look at the conflict from multiple angles and perspectives, first in one long, condensed narrative, and then at particular instances, while examining key texts in the history of what has become the world's longest ongoing nationalist and religious conflict. Previous knowledge about the Middle East, Jewish, or Islamic history is helpful, but not required. Sufficient background will be given during the first week of the course, and throughout where appropriate.
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• JWST 260: Amer Jew Hist: Colonial - Pres

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  This course offers a survey of American Jewish life from the colonial period to the present day. We will explore the trajectory of American Jewish social, cultural, and political integration as well as the ambivalence many Jews felt, and continue to feel, toward their position in American society. This class will give voice to a plurality of perspectives in American Jewish society inspired by the regional, religious, ethnic, racial, class, gender, and sexual differences that comprise American Jewry, past and present.
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• JWST 300: Special Topics: Jewish Studies

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  An examination of an area in Jewish studies for which no regular course is offered. The course may be repeated for credit if the content is different. The specific topic will be listed when the course is offered. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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• JWST 305: Israeli Cinema

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  A study of Israeli cinema in the context of Zionism and Judaism, including the establishment of the state, its ethnic, gender, religious, and sexual diversity, the Holocaust, and the Palestinian conflict. We consider responses to the dreams and realities of Israel, formal techniques, and tensions between art, ideology, and money. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions.
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• JWST 310: Topics in Jewish History

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  Intensive study of a particular period or theme in Jewish history. The specific topic will vary; the course can be repeated for credit if the topic is different. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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