Modern Judaism
Religion and Culture · 3 hrs Lecture
No prerequisites listed, you can take this course without prior coursework.
Where REL-2601 counts
Counts toward 3 more as one option among several, not as a course you must take:
Read from the departments' own calendar pages, where 50 of 208 programs are only partly machine-readable, so treat these as a minimum rather than the full list. Confirm with an academic advisor.
Description
This course examines the historical, religious, intellectual and cultural life of Jewish peoples from the nineteenth-century European Hasklah (Jewish Enlightenment) to the global diaspora and the contemporary State of Israel. Key themes that are explored in this class include migration and return, anti-Semitism and the Shoah (Holocaust), nationalism, feminism, secular Judaism, and religious change.
From the 2026-27 undergraduate calendar. Always verify details on WebAdvisor or with an academic advisor before registering.