DESCRIPTION
The Judaic Studies Program at CWRU offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the history, religion, social experience and culture of the Jewish people. By bringing a variety of fields and disciplines to bear on its subject, the Program intends to convey to students the complex interaction of forces that create Jewish ethnic identity. Students completing the program will have a broad knowledge of the field along with the tools necessary for continued academic study of Jewish civilization in all its manifestations.

The minor consists of 5 or 6 courses, according to the following scheme, to be taken in consultation with the program director. [Note: only one course may be in the Department of Religion. If the Rosenthal Visiting Professor's course is cross listed in RLGN, this will count as the one course.]

A. Introduction to Judaic Studies (JDST 201)

B. One course by a Rosenthal Visiting Professor

C. Two other courses with at least 1/3 Jewish content (no more than one from RLGN).

Currently offered courses that fulfill this requirement include:

• ENGL 365E ("Immigrant Experience")
• ENGL 366G ("American Jewish Lit." or "Blacks and Jews in Am. Lit")
• HSTY 254 ("The Holocaust")
• HSTY 257 ("Immigrants in America")
• JDST 2??, 3?? = courses by the Rosenthal Visiting Professor
• JDST 392 ("Independent Research in Judaic Studies")
• POSC 370 K ("Nationalism, Ethnicity and Religion in World Politics")
• POSC 379 ("Middle East: Politics, Economics and American Policy")
• RLGN 223 ("Middle East Conflict")
• RLGN 231 ("Modem Judaisms")
• RLGN 350 ("Jewish Ethics")
• SOCI 302 ("Race and Ethnic Minorities")
• SOCI 355E ("Religion in America")

D. Two semesters of Hebrew (HBRW 101 and HBRW 102). Students who place out of both semesters of Hebrew must take a third course under "C" above.