This event includes the opportunity for students who are interested in specialized areas of Jewish culture to choose a specific project to complement their selected major. The most important aspect of this new program is that it allows students to take any module of Jewish culture and history and attach it to other courses, Kaufman said. The unique experience offered through the program promotes learning through experience within the community in addition to academic work. The extensive program also includes the photographs and film footage of internationally acclaimed photographer, Walter Rosenbloom and his daughter Nina Rosenbloom, an internationally acclaimed film producer. It aims to enrich the student s knowledge of Jewish history.
Students can also learn about the horrors Jewish people have faced throughout history.
Important themes in Jewish culture that students can pursue through the Jewish Renaissance program include the celebration of the Jewish Passover called Seder, Diaspora, the Holocaust, freedom, genocide, oppression and racism, Kaufman said. Students are required to take a minimum of seven approved courses, including four at the Northeastern campus and three others either at Hebrew College in Brookline, through the study abroad program, or within the Jewish Renaissance Project. Courses ranging anywhere from The Music of the Jewish People to Jewish Women in American Culture provide students with a large course selection to develop a well-rounded sense of knowledge in Jewish Studies.