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 anti-Semitism and Holocaust. Jewish life in suburbia.
Texts read in translation.
Open to majors and non-majors. Texts read in translation. Open to majors and non-majors. 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.