Tradition and religious reform in 19th century. Great migration of Eastern European Jews and bifurcated community. Yiddish culture in America, Jewish labor, Zionism and Conservative Judaism. Native antisemitism and Holocaust. Jewish life in suburbia.
Texts read in translation.
Open to majors and nonmajors. Texts read in translation. Open to majors and nonmajors. No course prerequisites, but those unfamiliar with the earlier books of the Bible will have to read Genesis, Exodus, Samuel, and Isaiah or Jeremiah. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered.