Schedule of Classes Undergraduate / Fall 2022 / 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)
NEJS 5A 1 How Did Biblical Judaism Evolve into Modern Judaism?
[ hum ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Shiffman: 201
Open
3 / 999 / 0
Reuven Kimelman
NEJS 10A 1 Biblical Hebrew Grammar and Texts
[ dl fl hum ]

T,F 9:35 AM–10:55 AM
Golding Judaica: 106
Open
7 / 999 / 0
Lynn Kaye
NEJS 12A 1 Who Wrote the Bible?
[ hum ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Schwartz: 103
Open
8 / 25 / 0
Madadh Richey
NEJS 18A 1 Understanding Evil and Human Destiny
[ hum ]

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
3 / 18 / 0
Reuven Kimelman
NEJS 27A 1 Abortion, Reproduction, and Contraception in Jewish Law and Ethics
[ hum ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Golding Judaica: 106
Open
10 / 40 / 0
Lynn Kaye
NEJS 30A 1
Syllabus
Reading the New Testament: Origins and Communities of Faith
[ hum ]

M,W,Th 9:05 AM–9:55 AM
Olin-Sang: 104
Open
6 / 35 / 0
Darlene Brooks Hedstrom
 

(100-199) For Both Undergraduate and Graduate Students

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 123A 1 Maps, Graphs and Timelines: Technology and Design in Historical Research
[ dl hum oc ]

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Olin-Sang: 212
Open
15 / 20 / 0
Alexander Kaye
NEJS 134A 1
Syllabus
Debating Religion: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Dialogue and Dispute
[ hum ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 204
Open
8 / 15 / 0
Jonathan Decter
NEJS 145A 1 History of the State of Israel
[ hum ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Shiffman: 123
Open
30 / 45 / 0
Alexander Kaye
NEJS 159A 1 Modern Jewish Philosophy
[ hum ]

W 2:30 PM–5:20 PM
Shiffman: 120
Open
8 / 25 / 0
Eugene Sheppard
NEJS 160A 1 Jewish Feminisms
[ deis-us hum ]

T 2:20 PM–5:10 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 204
Open
10 / 20 / 0
Lisa Joffe
NEJS 162B 1
Syllabus
It Couldn't Happen Here: American Antisemitism in Historical Perspective
[ hum ]

M,W 4:05 PM–5:25 PM
Mandel Humanities: G11
Open
16 / 50 / 0
Jonathan Sarna
NEJS 169B 1
Syllabus
From Sunday Schools to Birthright: History of American Jewish Education
[ hum ]

M 2:30 PM–5:20 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 204
Waitlist
20 / 20 / 0
Jonathan Krasner
NEJS 174B 1 Israeli Women Writers on War and Peace
[ deis-us djw fl hum oc ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Lown: 203
Open
7 / 25 / 0
Ilana Szobel
NEJS 184B 1 Disability Cultures: Art, Film and Literature of People with Disabilities
[ deis-us djw hum oc ]

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Lown: 201
Waitlist
25 / 25 / 0
Ilana Szobel
 

NEJS Arabic, Hebrew and Yiddish Courses

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

T,F 9:35 AM–10:55 AM
Shiffman: 125
M,W,Th 10:10 AM–11:00 AM
Shiffman: 122
Open
11 / 15 / 0
Hanan Khashaba
ARBC 30A 1 Intermediate Arabic I
[ fl ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Shiffman: 216
M,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Shiffman: 217
Open
6 / 15 / 0
Hanan Khashaba
HBRW 10A 1 Beginning Hebrew

Course meets remotely on Mondays.


T 10:00 AM–10:50 AM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 204
M,W,Th 10:10 AM–11:00 AM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 204
Open
14 / 15 / 0
Esther Shorr
HBRW 19A 1 Beginning Hebrew: Honors

Course meets remotely on Mondays.


M,T,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Lown: 302
Open
7 / 15 / 0
Esther Shorr
HBRW 20B 1 Intermediate Hebrew

Course meets remotely on Mondays.


T 12:45 PM–1:35 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
M,W,Th 1:20 PM–2:10 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
12 / 15 / 0
Esther Shorr
HBRW 34A 1 Intermediate Hebrew II: Aspects of Israeli Culture
[ fl ]

Course meets remotely on Mondays.


T 10:00 AM–10:50 AM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
M,W,Th 10:10 AM–11:00 AM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
14 / 15 / 0
Guy Antebi
HBRW 34A 2 Intermediate Hebrew II: Aspects of Israeli Culture
[ fl ]

Course meets remotely on Mondays.


M,T,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
13 / 15 / 0
Guy Antebi
HBRW 44B 1 Advanced Intermediate Hebrew: Israeli Culture and Media
[ fl hum ]

Course meets remotely on Mondays.


T 12:45 PM–1:35 PM
Lown: 202
M,W,Th 1:20 PM–2:10 PM
Lown: 202
Open
10 / 15 / 0
Guy Antebi
HBRW 146A 1 The Voices of Jerusalem
[ djw fl hum wi ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
14 / 15 / 0
Sara Hascal
HBRW 164B 1 Israeli Theater
[ ca djw fl hum oc wi ]

M,W 4:05 PM–5:25 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
11 / 15 / 0
Sara Hascal
NEJS 174B 1 Israeli Women Writers on War and Peace
[ deis-us djw fl hum oc ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Lown: 203
Open
7 / 25 / 0
Ilana Szobel
YDSH 10A 1 Beginning Yiddish

Course meets in ASAC 116.


M,T,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM Open
3 / 15 / 0
Alona Bach
YDSH 30A 1 Intermediate Yiddish
[ fl wi ]

M,T,W,Th 9:05 AM–9:55 AM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 204
Open
5 / 15 / 0
Alona Bach
 

NEJS Digital Literacy

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 10A 1 Biblical Hebrew Grammar and Texts
[ dl fl hum ]

T,F 9:35 AM–10:55 AM
Golding Judaica: 106
Open
7 / 999 / 0
Lynn Kaye
NEJS 123A 1 Maps, Graphs and Timelines: Technology and Design in Historical Research
[ dl hum oc ]

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Olin-Sang: 212
Open
15 / 20 / 0
Alexander Kaye
 

NEJS Oral Communication

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
HBRW 164B 1 Israeli Theater
[ ca djw fl hum oc wi ]

M,W 4:05 PM–5:25 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
11 / 15 / 0
Sara Hascal
NEJS 123A 1 Maps, Graphs and Timelines: Technology and Design in Historical Research
[ dl hum oc ]

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Olin-Sang: 212
Open
15 / 20 / 0
Alexander Kaye
NEJS 174B 1 Israeli Women Writers on War and Peace
[ deis-us djw fl hum oc ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Lown: 203
Open
7 / 25 / 0
Ilana Szobel
NEJS 184B 1 Disability Cultures: Art, Film and Literature of People with Disabilities
[ deis-us djw hum oc ]

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Lown: 201
Waitlist
25 / 25 / 0
Ilana Szobel
 

NEJS Writing Intensive

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
HBRW 146A 1 The Voices of Jerusalem
[ djw fl hum wi ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
14 / 15 / 0
Sara Hascal
HBRW 164B 1 Israeli Theater
[ ca djw fl hum oc wi ]

M,W 4:05 PM–5:25 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
11 / 15 / 0
Sara Hascal
YDSH 30A 1 Intermediate Yiddish
[ fl wi ]

M,T,W,Th 9:05 AM–9:55 AM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 204
Open
5 / 15 / 0
Alona Bach
 

NEJS BANE Hebrew Bible Ancient Israel

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 10A 1 Biblical Hebrew Grammar and Texts
[ dl fl hum ]

T,F 9:35 AM–10:55 AM
Golding Judaica: 106
Open
7 / 999 / 0
Lynn Kaye
NEJS 12A 1 Who Wrote the Bible?
[ hum ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Schwartz: 103
Open
8 / 25 / 0
Madadh Richey
 

NEJS BANE Early Post-Biblical Rabbinic Judaism Early Christianity Medieval

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 30A 1
Syllabus
Reading the New Testament: Origins and Communities of Faith
[ hum ]

M,W,Th 9:05 AM–9:55 AM
Olin-Sang: 104
Open
6 / 35 / 0
Darlene Brooks Hedstrom
 

NEJS BANE Comparative

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
CAST 170A 1 Documenting Immigrant Experiences
[ ss ]

W 5:30 PM–8:20 PM
Shiffman: 125
Open
8 / 12 / 0
Jenny Alexander
Maya Jamaleddine
CLAS 170A 1 Classical Mythology
[ hum ]

M,W,Th 12:20 PM–1:10 PM
Olin-Sang: 101
Open
54 / 60 / 0
Jeremy Swist
LING 100A 1
Syllabus
Introduction to Linguistics
[ ss ]

M,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Gerstenzang: 121
Open
60 / 80 / 0
Keith Plaster
LING 120B 1
Syllabus
Syntax I
[ ss wi ]

M,W,Th 10:10 AM–11:00 AM
Volen Center: 119
F 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Volen Center: 119
Open
27 / 40 / 0
Lotus Goldberg
 

NEJS BANE Cross-Listed

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
CAST 170A 1 Documenting Immigrant Experiences
[ ss ]

W 5:30 PM–8:20 PM
Shiffman: 125
Open
8 / 12 / 0
Jenny Alexander
Maya Jamaleddine
CLAS 170A 1 Classical Mythology
[ hum ]

M,W,Th 12:20 PM–1:10 PM
Olin-Sang: 101
Open
54 / 60 / 0
Jeremy Swist
LING 100A 1
Syllabus
Introduction to Linguistics
[ ss ]

M,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Gerstenzang: 121
Open
60 / 80 / 0
Keith Plaster
LING 120B 1
Syllabus
Syntax I
[ ss wi ]

M,W,Th 10:10 AM–11:00 AM
Volen Center: 119
F 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Volen Center: 119
Open
27 / 40 / 0
Lotus Goldberg
 

NEJS HL Israel Studies

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 145A 1 History of the State of Israel
[ hum ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Shiffman: 123
Open
30 / 45 / 0
Alexander Kaye
NEJS 174B 1 Israeli Women Writers on War and Peace
[ deis-us djw fl hum oc ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Lown: 203
Open
7 / 25 / 0
Ilana Szobel
NEJS 184B 1 Disability Cultures: Art, Film and Literature of People with Disabilities
[ deis-us djw hum oc ]

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Lown: 201
Waitlist
25 / 25 / 0
Ilana Szobel
 

NEJS BANE Secondary Language

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

Course meets remotely on Mondays.


T 12:45 PM–1:35 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
M,W,Th 1:20 PM–2:10 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
12 / 15 / 0
Esther Shorr
NEJS 10A 1 Biblical Hebrew Grammar and Texts
[ dl fl hum ]

T,F 9:35 AM–10:55 AM
Golding Judaica: 106
Open
7 / 999 / 0
Lynn Kaye
 

NEJS HL Jewish Studies

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 5A 1 How Did Biblical Judaism Evolve into Modern Judaism?
[ hum ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Shiffman: 201
Open
3 / 999 / 0
Reuven Kimelman
NEJS 160A 1 Jewish Feminisms
[ deis-us hum ]

T 2:20 PM–5:10 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 204
Open
10 / 20 / 0
Lisa Joffe
NEJS 169B 1
Syllabus
From Sunday Schools to Birthright: History of American Jewish Education
[ hum ]

M 2:30 PM–5:20 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 204
Waitlist
20 / 20 / 0
Jonathan Krasner
 

NEJS HL Text-Intensive

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 10A 1 Biblical Hebrew Grammar and Texts
[ dl fl hum ]

T,F 9:35 AM–10:55 AM
Golding Judaica: 106
Open
7 / 999 / 0
Lynn Kaye
NEJS 174B 1 Israeli Women Writers on War and Peace
[ deis-us djw fl hum oc ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Lown: 203
Open
7 / 25 / 0
Ilana Szobel
 

NEJS JS Comparative

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
CAST 170A 1 Documenting Immigrant Experiences
[ ss ]

W 5:30 PM–8:20 PM
Shiffman: 125
Open
8 / 12 / 0
Jenny Alexander
Maya Jamaleddine
NEJS 134A 1
Syllabus
Debating Religion: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Dialogue and Dispute
[ hum ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 204
Open
8 / 15 / 0
Jonathan Decter
 

NEJS JS Text-Intensive

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 174B 1 Israeli Women Writers on War and Peace
[ deis-us djw fl hum oc ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Lown: 203
Open
7 / 25 / 0
Ilana Szobel
 

NEJS JS Cross-Listed

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
CAST 170A 1 Documenting Immigrant Experiences
[ ss ]

W 5:30 PM–8:20 PM
Shiffman: 125
Open
8 / 12 / 0
Jenny Alexander
Maya Jamaleddine
HIST 134B 1
Syllabus
The Ottoman Empire: From Principality to Republic by way of Empire
[ ss ]

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Olin-Sang: 201
Open
16 / 35 / 0
Amy Singer
IMES 104A 2 Islam: Civilization and Institutions
[ hum nw ]

W 2:30 PM–5:20 PM
Lown: 103
Open
8 / 999 / 0
Aaron Spevack
RECS 135A 1
Syllabus
Russian Short Fictions: Where is Justice in This World?
[ djw hum oc ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Shiffman: 123
Open
7 / 20 / 0
Robin Miller
 

NEJS HL Cross-Listed

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 174B 1 Israeli Women Writers on War and Peace
[ deis-us djw fl hum oc ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Lown: 203
Open
7 / 25 / 0
Ilana Szobel
 

NEJS JS Biblical

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 10A 1 Biblical Hebrew Grammar and Texts
[ dl fl hum ]

T,F 9:35 AM–10:55 AM
Golding Judaica: 106
Open
7 / 999 / 0
Lynn Kaye
NEJS 12A 1 Who Wrote the Bible?
[ hum ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Schwartz: 103
Open
8 / 25 / 0
Madadh Richey
NEJS 18A 1 Understanding Evil and Human Destiny
[ hum ]

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
3 / 18 / 0
Reuven Kimelman
 

NEJS JS Early Post-Biblical Rabbinic Medieval Judaism

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
IMES 104A 2 Islam: Civilization and Institutions
[ hum nw ]

W 2:30 PM–5:20 PM
Lown: 103
Open
8 / 999 / 0
Aaron Spevack
NEJS 27A 1 Abortion, Reproduction, and Contraception in Jewish Law and Ethics
[ hum ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Golding Judaica: 106
Open
10 / 40 / 0
Lynn Kaye
NEJS 134A 1
Syllabus
Debating Religion: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Dialogue and Dispute
[ hum ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 204
Open
8 / 15 / 0
Jonathan Decter
 

NEJS JS Language

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 174B 1 Israeli Women Writers on War and Peace
[ deis-us djw fl hum oc ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Lown: 203
Open
7 / 25 / 0
Ilana Szobel
 

NEJS JS Modern and Contemporary Jewish Studies

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 27A 1 Abortion, Reproduction, and Contraception in Jewish Law and Ethics
[ hum ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Golding Judaica: 106
Open
10 / 40 / 0
Lynn Kaye
NEJS 145A 1 History of the State of Israel
[ hum ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Shiffman: 123
Open
30 / 45 / 0
Alexander Kaye
NEJS 159A 1 Modern Jewish Philosophy
[ hum ]

W 2:30 PM–5:20 PM
Shiffman: 120
Open
8 / 25 / 0
Eugene Sheppard
NEJS 160A 1 Jewish Feminisms
[ deis-us hum ]

T 2:20 PM–5:10 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 204
Open
10 / 20 / 0
Lisa Joffe
NEJS 162B 1
Syllabus
It Couldn't Happen Here: American Antisemitism in Historical Perspective
[ hum ]

M,W 4:05 PM–5:25 PM
Mandel Humanities: G11
Open
16 / 50 / 0
Jonathan Sarna
NEJS 169B 1
Syllabus
From Sunday Schools to Birthright: History of American Jewish Education
[ hum ]

M 2:30 PM–5:20 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 204
Waitlist
20 / 20 / 0
Jonathan Krasner
NEJS 184B 1 Disability Cultures: Art, Film and Literature of People with Disabilities
[ deis-us djw hum oc ]

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Lown: 201
Waitlist
25 / 25 / 0
Ilana Szobel
YDSH 10A 1 Beginning Yiddish

Course meets in ASAC 116.


M,T,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM Open
3 / 15 / 0
Alona Bach
YDSH 30A 1 Intermediate Yiddish
[ fl wi ]

M,T,W,Th 9:05 AM–9:55 AM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 204
Open
5 / 15 / 0
Alona Bach