Schedule of Classes Undergraduate and Graduate / Fall 2021 / Near Eastern and Judaic Studies

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(1-99) Primarily for Undergraduate Students

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
NEJS 25A 1 Introduction to Talmud
[ hum ]

M,W 12:00 PM–1:30 PM
Rabb Center: 335
Open
6 / 15 / 0
Reuven Kimelman View Books
 

(100-199) For Both Undergraduate and Graduate Students

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
NEJS 122A 1 Magic and Witchcraft in the Ancient Near East
[ hum nw ]

T,Th 2:00 PM–3:30 PM
Lown: 203
Open
29 / 30 / 0
Madadh Richey View Books
NEJS 127B 1 The Jewish Liturgy
[ hum ]

M,W 10:00 AM–11:30 AM
Rabb Center: 335
Open
4 / 20 / 0
Reuven Kimelman View Books
NEJS 128B 1
Syllabus
Gender, Multiculturalism, and the Law
[ hum wi ]

T,Th 12:00 PM–1:30 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
5 / 20 / 0
Lisa Joffe View Books
NEJS 130B 1
Syllabus
Denial and Desires: Gender and Sexuality in Early Christianity
[ hum wi ]

M,W 2:00 PM–3:30 PM
Lown: 301
Open
10 / 25 / 0
Darlene Brooks Hedstrom View Books
NEJS 133B 1 Judaism in the Time of Jesus
[ hum ]

T,Th 4:00 PM–5:30 PM
Lown: 201
Open
13 / 35 / 0
Jillian Stinchcomb View Books
NEJS 134A 1 Debating Religion: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Dialogue and Dispute
[ hum ]

T,Th 10:00 AM–11:30 AM
Lown: 103
Open
7 / 25 / 0
Jonathan Decter View Books
NEJS 136A 1
Syllabus
Israeli Popular Culture: Language, Gender, and Politics
[ hum ]

M,W 2:00 PM–3:30 PM
Shiffman: 217
Open
23 / 25 / 0
Shayna Weiss View Books
NEJS 136B 1 Revenge, Justice, and Reconciliation: Mass Atrocity Trials in the Long Shadow of Nazi Crimes
[ djw hum ]

T,Th 10:00 AM–11:30 AM
Brown: 316
Open
28 / 35 / 0
Laura Jockusch View Books
NEJS 141B 1 Human Rights: Law, Politics, Theology
[ hum ]

M,W 4:00 PM–5:30 PM
Lown: 301
Open
20 / 30 / 0
Yehudah Mirsky View Books
NEJS 157B 1 Arab-Jewish Modern Thought and Culture
[ djw hum ]

M,W 10:00 AM–11:30 AM
Lown: 302
Open
11 / 20 / 0
Yuval Evri View Books
NEJS 178A 1 Love, Sex, and Power in Israeli Culture
[ djw fl hum ]

T,Th 4:00 PM–5:30 PM
Rabb Center: 345
Open
8 / 10 / 0
Ilana Szobel View Books
NEJS/WGS 110A 1 Sexual Violence in Film and Culture
[ deis-us djw hum ]

T,Th 2:00 PM–3:30 PM
Shiffman: 219
Waitlist
30 / 30 / 0
Ilana Szobel View Books
 

(200 and above) Primarily for Graduate Students

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
NEJS 221A 1
Syllabus
Reading Yiddish Literary and Historical Texts

M,W 10:00 AM–11:30 AM
Lown: 103
Open
5 / 999 / 0
Ellen Kellman View Books
NEJS 235C 1
Syllabus
Topics in Jewish Education

W 4:00 PM–5:30 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 204
Open
13 / 15 / 0
Jon Levisohn View Books
NEJS 271C 1
Syllabus
Teaching and Learning Modern Jewish History, the Holocaust, and Israel

M 4:00 PM–5:30 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 204
Open
10 / 25 / 0
Jonathan Krasner View Books
 

NEJS Arabic, Hebrew and Yiddish Courses

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
ARBC 10A 1
Syllabus
Beginning Arabic I

M,T,W,Th 10:00 AM–11:30 AM
Lown: 202
Open
11 / 15 / 0
Hanan Khashaba View Books
ARBC 30A 1
Syllabus
Intermediate Arabic I
[ fl ]

M,T,W,Th 12:00 PM–1:30 PM
Rabb Center: 345
Open
6 / 15 / 0
Hanan Khashaba View Books
ARBC 103A 1 Lower Advanced Arabic
[ fl hum ]

M,W 8:00 AM–9:30 AM
Schwartz: 110
Th 8:30 AM–9:30 AM
Schwartz: 110
Open
4 / 28 / 0
Carl El-Tobgui View Books
HBRW 10A 1 Beginning Hebrew

M,W 12:00 PM–1:30 PM
T,Th 12:00 PM–1:30 PM
Olin-Sang: 116
Open
15 / 18 / 0
Esther Shorr View Books
HBRW 19A 1
Syllabus
Beginning Hebrew: Honors

T,Th 10:00 AM–11:30 AM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
M,W 10:00 AM–11:30 AM
Open
8 / 18 / 0
Esther Shorr View Books
HBRW 20B 1 Intermediate Hebrew

T,Th 2:00 PM–3:30 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
M,W 2:00 PM–3:30 PM
Open
8 / 18 / 0
Esther Shorr View Books
HBRW 34A 1 Intermediate Hebrew II: Aspects of Israeli Culture
[ fl ]

T,W 10:00 AM–11:30 AM
M,Th 10:00 AM–11:30 AM
Rabb Center: 345
Open
12 / 18 / 0
Guy Antebi View Books
HBRW 34A 2 Intermediate Hebrew II: Aspects of Israeli Culture
[ fl ]

T,W 12:00 PM–1:30 PM
M,Th 12:00 PM–1:30 PM
Lown: 202
Open
9 / 18 / 0
Guy Antebi View Books
HBRW 44B 1 Advanced Intermediate Hebrew: Israeli Culture and Media
[ fl hum ]

T,W 2:00 PM–3:30 PM
M,Th 2:00 PM–3:30 PM
Golding Judaica: 106
Open
6 / 18 / 0
Guy Antebi View Books
HBRW 144A 1 Hebrew through Plays and Drama
[ ca djw fl hum oc wi ]

M,W 2:00 PM–3:30 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
13 / 18 / 0
Sara Hascal View Books
HBRW 146A 1 The Voices of Jerusalem
[ djw fl hum wi ]

M,W 4:00 PM–5:30 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
10 / 18 / 0
Sara Hascal View Books
YDSH 10A 1
Syllabus
Beginning Yiddish

M,T,W,Th 12:00 PM–1:30 PM
Lown: 103
Open
13 / 15 / 0
Ellen Kellman View Books
 

NEJS Writing Intensive

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
HBRW 144A 1 Hebrew through Plays and Drama
[ ca djw fl hum oc wi ]

M,W 2:00 PM–3:30 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
13 / 18 / 0
Sara Hascal View Books
HBRW 146A 1 The Voices of Jerusalem
[ djw fl hum wi ]

M,W 4:00 PM–5:30 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
10 / 18 / 0
Sara Hascal View Books
NEJS 128B 1
Syllabus
Gender, Multiculturalism, and the Law
[ hum wi ]

T,Th 12:00 PM–1:30 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
5 / 20 / 0
Lisa Joffe View Books
NEJS 130B 1
Syllabus
Denial and Desires: Gender and Sexuality in Early Christianity
[ hum wi ]

M,W 2:00 PM–3:30 PM
Lown: 301
Open
10 / 25 / 0
Darlene Brooks Hedstrom View Books
 

NEJS BANE Hebrew Bible Ancient Israel

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
NEJS 122A 1 Magic and Witchcraft in the Ancient Near East
[ hum nw ]

T,Th 2:00 PM–3:30 PM
Lown: 203
Open
29 / 30 / 0
Madadh Richey View Books
 

NEJS BANE Ancient Near East

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
NEJS 122A 1 Magic and Witchcraft in the Ancient Near East
[ hum nw ]

T,Th 2:00 PM–3:30 PM
Lown: 203
Open
29 / 30 / 0
Madadh Richey View Books
 

NEJS BANE Early Post-Biblical Rabbinic Judaism Early Christianity Medieval

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
NEJS 25A 1 Introduction to Talmud
[ hum ]

M,W 12:00 PM–1:30 PM
Rabb Center: 335
Open
6 / 15 / 0
Reuven Kimelman View Books
NEJS 127B 1 The Jewish Liturgy
[ hum ]

M,W 10:00 AM–11:30 AM
Rabb Center: 335
Open
4 / 20 / 0
Reuven Kimelman View Books
 

NEJS BANE Comparative

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
ANTH 153A 1 Writing Systems and Scribal Traditions
[ nw ss ]

T,Th 12:00 PM–1:30 PM
Brown: 316
Open
17 / 35 / 0
Javier Urcid View Books
CLAS 100A 1
Syllabus
Survey of Greek History: Bronze Age to 323 BCE
[ hum ]

T,Th 4:00 PM–5:30 PM
Mandel Humanities: G03
Open
19 / 50 / 0
Cheryl Walker View Books
LING 100A 1
Syllabus
Introduction to Linguistics
[ ss ]

M,W 2:00 PM–3:30 PM
Gerstenzang: 121
Open
60 / 100 / 0
Keith Plaster View Books
LING 120B 1
Syllabus
Syntactic Theory
[ ss wi ]

M,W 10:00 AM–11:30 AM
Lown: 002
F 2:00 PM–4:00 PM
Lown: 002
Open
29 / 60 / 0
Lotus Goldberg View Books
NEJS 122A 1 Magic and Witchcraft in the Ancient Near East
[ hum nw ]

T,Th 2:00 PM–3:30 PM
Lown: 203
Open
29 / 30 / 0
Madadh Richey View Books
 

NEJS BANE Cross-Listed

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
ANTH 153A 1 Writing Systems and Scribal Traditions
[ nw ss ]

T,Th 12:00 PM–1:30 PM
Brown: 316
Open
17 / 35 / 0
Javier Urcid View Books
CLAS 100A 1
Syllabus
Survey of Greek History: Bronze Age to 323 BCE
[ hum ]

T,Th 4:00 PM–5:30 PM
Mandel Humanities: G03
Open
19 / 50 / 0
Cheryl Walker View Books
LING 100A 1
Syllabus
Introduction to Linguistics
[ ss ]

M,W 2:00 PM–3:30 PM
Gerstenzang: 121
Open
60 / 100 / 0
Keith Plaster View Books
LING 120B 1
Syllabus
Syntactic Theory
[ ss wi ]

M,W 10:00 AM–11:30 AM
Lown: 002
F 2:00 PM–4:00 PM
Lown: 002
Open
29 / 60 / 0
Lotus Goldberg View Books
 

NEJS HL Israel Studies

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
HRNS 350A 1
Syllabus
Myra Kraft Seminar in Israel

M 12:00 PM–1:30 PM
Schneider Heller: G001
Open
14 / 999 / 0
Shirley Idelson
David Barak-Gorodetsky
View Books
NEJS 141B 1 Human Rights: Law, Politics, Theology
[ hum ]

M,W 4:00 PM–5:30 PM
Lown: 301
Open
20 / 30 / 0
Yehudah Mirsky View Books
NEJS 178A 1 Love, Sex, and Power in Israeli Culture
[ djw fl hum ]

T,Th 4:00 PM–5:30 PM
Rabb Center: 345
Open
8 / 10 / 0
Ilana Szobel View Books
 

NEJS BANE Secondary Language

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
HBRW 20B 1 Intermediate Hebrew

T,Th 2:00 PM–3:30 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
M,W 2:00 PM–3:30 PM
Open
8 / 18 / 0
Esther Shorr View Books
 

NEJS HL Text-Intensive

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
NEJS 178A 1 Love, Sex, and Power in Israeli Culture
[ djw fl hum ]

T,Th 4:00 PM–5:30 PM
Rabb Center: 345
Open
8 / 10 / 0
Ilana Szobel View Books
 

NEJS JS Comparative

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
NEJS 122A 1 Magic and Witchcraft in the Ancient Near East
[ hum nw ]

T,Th 2:00 PM–3:30 PM
Lown: 203
Open
29 / 30 / 0
Madadh Richey View Books
NEJS 133B 1 Judaism in the Time of Jesus
[ hum ]

T,Th 4:00 PM–5:30 PM
Lown: 201
Open
13 / 35 / 0
Jillian Stinchcomb View Books
 

NEJS JS Text-Intensive

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
NEJS 25A 1 Introduction to Talmud
[ hum ]

M,W 12:00 PM–1:30 PM
Rabb Center: 335
Open
6 / 15 / 0
Reuven Kimelman View Books
NEJS 127B 1 The Jewish Liturgy
[ hum ]

M,W 10:00 AM–11:30 AM
Rabb Center: 335
Open
4 / 20 / 0
Reuven Kimelman View Books
NEJS 178A 1 Love, Sex, and Power in Israeli Culture
[ djw fl hum ]

T,Th 4:00 PM–5:30 PM
Rabb Center: 345
Open
8 / 10 / 0
Ilana Szobel View Books
 

NEJS JS Cross-Listed

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
ANTH 120B 1 Ecology and Society in the Middle East and the Arabian Peninsula
[ ss ]

M,W 6:00 PM–7:30 PM
Brown: 316
Open
10 / 35 / 0
Pascal Menoret View Books
HIST 134B 1
Syllabus
The Ottoman Empire: From Principality to Republic by way of Empire
[ ss ]

T,Th 10:00 AM–11:30 AM
Lown: 302
Open
10 / 60 / 0
Amy Singer View Books
HRNS 231B 1
Syllabus
The American Jewish Community in Historical Perspective

W 9:00 AM–11:50 AM
Heller-Brown: 163
Open
30 / 999 / 0
Jonathan Sarna View Books
IMES 104A 1 Islam: Civilization and Institutions
[ hum nw ]

M,W 12:00 PM–1:30 PM
Olin-Sang: 116
Open
11 / 28 / 0
Aaron Spevack View Books
PHIL 128B 1 Philosophy of Race and Gender
[ deis-us hum ]

T,Th 4:00 PM–5:30 PM
Olin-Sang: 116
Open
28 / 30 / 0
Marion Smiley View Books
 

NEJS HL Cross-Listed

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
NEJS 178A 1 Love, Sex, and Power in Israeli Culture
[ djw fl hum ]

T,Th 4:00 PM–5:30 PM
Rabb Center: 345
Open
8 / 10 / 0
Ilana Szobel View Books
 

NEJS JS Biblical

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
NEJS 122A 1 Magic and Witchcraft in the Ancient Near East
[ hum nw ]

T,Th 2:00 PM–3:30 PM
Lown: 203
Open
29 / 30 / 0
Madadh Richey View Books
 

NEJS JS Early Post-Biblical Rabbinic Medieval Judaism

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
IMES 104A 1 Islam: Civilization and Institutions
[ hum nw ]

M,W 12:00 PM–1:30 PM
Olin-Sang: 116
Open
11 / 28 / 0
Aaron Spevack View Books
NEJS 25A 1 Introduction to Talmud
[ hum ]

M,W 12:00 PM–1:30 PM
Rabb Center: 335
Open
6 / 15 / 0
Reuven Kimelman View Books
NEJS 127B 1 The Jewish Liturgy
[ hum ]

M,W 10:00 AM–11:30 AM
Rabb Center: 335
Open
4 / 20 / 0
Reuven Kimelman View Books
 

NEJS JS Language

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
NEJS 178A 1 Love, Sex, and Power in Israeli Culture
[ djw fl hum ]

T,Th 4:00 PM–5:30 PM
Rabb Center: 345
Open
8 / 10 / 0
Ilana Szobel View Books
 

NEJS JS Modern and Contemporary Jewish Studies

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
NEJS 141B 1 Human Rights: Law, Politics, Theology
[ hum ]

M,W 4:00 PM–5:30 PM
Lown: 301
Open
20 / 30 / 0
Yehudah Mirsky View Books
NEJS 178A 1 Love, Sex, and Power in Israeli Culture
[ djw fl hum ]

T,Th 4:00 PM–5:30 PM
Rabb Center: 345
Open
8 / 10 / 0
Ilana Szobel View Books
YDSH 10A 1
Syllabus
Beginning Yiddish

M,T,W,Th 12:00 PM–1:30 PM
Lown: 103
Open
13 / 15 / 0
Ellen Kellman View Books