Schedule of Classes Undergraduate / Spring 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) View Books
NEJS 23A 1 The Bible and Contemporary Arts, Literature and Film
[ hum wi ]

M,W 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Schwartz: 110
Open
5 / 40 / 0
Lynn Kaye View Books
 

(100-199) For Both Undergraduate and Graduate Students

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
ED/NEJS 170B 1 Inside Jewish Education: Language, Literacy, and Reading
[ hum ]

T,F 9:30 AM–10:50 AM
Shiffman: 201
Open
19 / 30 / 0
Ziva Hassenfeld View Books
NEJS 183B* 1
Syllabus
Global Jewish Literature
[ hum wi ]

M,W,Th 1:00 PM–1:50 PM
Lown: 202
Open
3 / 20 / 0
Ellen Kellman View Books
NEJS 110B 1 Psalms in the Hebrew Bible
[ hum ]

T,F 9:30 AM–10:50 AM
Rabb Center: 203
Open
3 / 40 / 0
Madadh Richey View Books
NEJS 115B 1 Gender and Sexuality in the Bible
[ hum ]

T,F 12:30 PM–1:50 PM
Lown: 301
Open
19 / 40 / 0
Madadh Richey View Books
NEJS 140B 1 Gender, Ghettos, and the Geographies of Early Modern Jews
[ hum ]

T,Th 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Lown: 202
Open
16 / 40 / 0
ChaeRan Freeze View Books
NEJS 144A 1 Jews in the World of Islam
[ hum nw ]

T,F 11:00 AM–12:20 PM
Rabb Center: 203
Open
4 / 40 / 0
Jonathan Decter View Books
NEJS 145A 1 History of the State of Israel
[ hum ]

M,W 8:30 AM–9:50 AM
Lown: 302
Open
5 / 40 / 0
Yehudah Mirsky View Books
NEJS 153A 1 Between Ecstasy and Community: Hasidism in Jewish Thought and History
[ hum oc ]

M,W 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Rabb Center: 236
Open
4 / 40 / 0
Yehudah Mirsky View Books
NEJS 153B 1 The Philosophies of Abraham J. Heschel and Joseph B. Soloveitchik
[ hum ]

T,Th 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Lown: 202
Open
5 / 25 / 0
Reuven Kimelman View Books
NEJS 162A 1 American Judaism
[ hum ss wi ]

M,W 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Lown: 301
Open
26 / 40 / 0
Jonathan Sarna View Books
NEJS 174A 1 Minorities and Others in Israeli Literature and Culture
[ djw fl hum ]

T,Th 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Schwartz: 110
Open
5 / 15 / 0
Ilana Szobel View Books
NEJS 180B 1 Israeli Film, Literature, and Culture
[ deis-us djw hum ]

T,Th 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Schwartz: 110
Open
7 / 999 / 0
Ilana Szobel View Books
NEJS 181B 1 Film and the Holocaust
[ hum ]

T,Th 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Kutz: 130
Open
13 / 40 / 0
Sharon Rivo View Books
NEJS 186A 1 Introduction to the Qur'an
[ djw dl hum nw ]

M,W 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Lown: 203
Open
13 / 40 / 0
Carl El-Tobgui View Books
NEJS 189B 1 Formative Moments in the Disputed Land of Israel-Palestine
[ djw hum ]

T,F 9:30 AM–10:50 AM
Lown: 302
Open
7 / 40 / 0
Yuval Evri View Books
NEJS 196A 1 Cultural Contact Zones in Israel-Palestine
[ djw hum ]

T,F 11:00 AM–12:20 PM
Rabb Center: 333
Open
2 / 40 / 0
Yuval Evri View Books
 

NEJS Arabic, Hebrew and Yiddish Courses

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
ARBC 20B 1 Beginning Arabic II

T,F 9:30 AM–10:50 AM
Golding Judaica: 107
M,W,Th 10:00 AM–10:50 AM
Golding Judaica: 107
Open
9 / 15 / 0
Hanan Khashaba View Books
ARBC 40B 1
Syllabus
Intermediate Arabic II
[ fl hum ]

M,T,W,Th 11:00 AM–11:50 AM
Golding Judaica: 106
Open
2 / 15 / 0
Hanan Khashaba View Books
ARBC 103B 1 Middle Advanced Arabic: Contemporary Arab Media
[ fl hum ]

M,W 8:30 AM–9:50 AM
Golding Judaica: 103
Open
3 / 15 / 0
Carl El-Tobgui View Books
HBRW 10A 1
Syllabus
Beginning Hebrew

F 12:30 PM–1:20 PM
Lown: 203
M,W,Th 12:00 PM–12:50 PM
Lown: 203
Open
13 / 18 / 0
Aliza Brosh View Books
HBRW 20B 1 Intermediate Hebrew

Prerequisite: HBRW 10a or HBRW 19a or the equivalent as determined by placement examination.


M,T,W,Th 10:00 AM–10:50 AM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
7 / 18 / 0
Rima Farah View Books
HBRW 20B 2 Intermediate Hebrew

Prerequisite: HBRW 10a or HBRW 19a or the equivalent as determined by placement examination.


M,T,W,Th 1:00 PM–1:50 PM
Olin-Sang: 124
Open
17 / 18 / 0
Guy Antebi View Books
HBRW 34A 1 Intermediate Hebrew II: Aspects of Israeli Culture
[ fl ]

Prerequisite: Any 20-level Hebrew course or the equivalent as determined by placement examination.


M,T,W,Th 10:00 AM–10:50 AM
Olin-Sang: 116
Waitlist
20 / 18 / 0
Guy Antebi View Books
HBRW 44B 1 Advanced Intermediate Hebrew: Israeli Culture and Media
[ fl hum ]

Prerequisite: Any 30-level Hebrew course or the equivalent.


M,T,W,Th 11:00 AM–11:50 AM
Schwartz: 110
Open
12 / 18 / 0
Guy Antebi View Books
HBRW 121A 1 Let's Converse in Hebrew 1: Life Challenges and Post Trauma of an Israeli Family through a TV Series
[ fl oc ]

M,W 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
7 / 18 / 0
Sara Hascal View Books
HBRW 124A 1 Hebrew for Business, Doing Business in Start-Up Nation
[ dl fl wi ]

M,W 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
10 / 18 / 0
Sara Hascal View Books
YDSH 20B 1 Continuing Yiddish

M,T,W,Th 11:00 AM–11:50 AM
Lown: 202
Open
7 / 15 / 0
Ellen Kellman View Books
 

NEJS Digital Literacy

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
NEJS 186A 1 Introduction to the Qur'an
[ djw dl hum nw ]

M,W 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Lown: 203
Open
13 / 40 / 0
Carl El-Tobgui View Books
 

NEJS Oral Communication

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
HBRW 121A 1 Let's Converse in Hebrew 1: Life Challenges and Post Trauma of an Israeli Family through a TV Series
[ fl oc ]

M,W 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
7 / 18 / 0
Sara Hascal View Books
NEJS 153A 1 Between Ecstasy and Community: Hasidism in Jewish Thought and History
[ hum oc ]

M,W 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Rabb Center: 236
Open
4 / 40 / 0
Yehudah Mirsky View Books
 

NEJS Writing Intensive

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
HBRW 124A 1 Hebrew for Business, Doing Business in Start-Up Nation
[ dl fl wi ]

M,W 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
10 / 18 / 0
Sara Hascal View Books
NEJS 23A 1 The Bible and Contemporary Arts, Literature and Film
[ hum wi ]

M,W 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Schwartz: 110
Open
5 / 40 / 0
Lynn Kaye View Books
NEJS 162A 1 American Judaism
[ hum ss wi ]

M,W 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Lown: 301
Open
26 / 40 / 0
Jonathan Sarna View Books
 

NEJS BANE Hebrew Bible Ancient Israel

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
CLAS 119B 1
Syllabus
Homer and the Hebrew Bible
[ hum ]

M,W 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Lown: 202
Open
11 / 50 / 0
Jillian Stinchcomb
Joel Christensen
View Books
NEJS 110B 1 Psalms in the Hebrew Bible
[ hum ]

T,F 9:30 AM–10:50 AM
Rabb Center: 203
Open
3 / 40 / 0
Madadh Richey View Books
NEJS 115B 1 Gender and Sexuality in the Bible
[ hum ]

T,F 12:30 PM–1:50 PM
Lown: 301
Open
19 / 40 / 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
CLAS 117B 1 Unmasking Cleopatra: Gender, Power, and A Legacy
[ djw hum ]

M,W 8:30 AM–9:50 AM
Mandel Humanities: G10
Open
10 / 50 / 0
Darlene Brooks Hedstrom View Books
 

NEJS BANE Comparative

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
LING 110A 1
Syllabus
Phonology I
[ ss ]

M,W,Th 1:00 PM–1:50 PM
Volen Center: 119
Open
22 / 40 / 0
Keith Plaster View Books
LING 125B 1
Syllabus
Linguistic Typology
[ ss ]

M,W 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Abelson-Bass: 126
Open
10 / 25 / 0
Lotus Goldberg View Books
 

NEJS BANE Primary Language

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
NEJS 110B 1 Psalms in the Hebrew Bible
[ hum ]

T,F 9:30 AM–10:50 AM
Rabb Center: 203
Open
3 / 40 / 0
Madadh Richey View Books
 

NEJS BANE Cross-Listed

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
GRK 20B 1 Continuing Ancient Greek

M,W,Th 12:00 PM–12:50 PM
Schwartz: 110
Open
2 / 20 / 0
Jeremy Swist View Books
LING 110A 1
Syllabus
Phonology I
[ ss ]

M,W,Th 1:00 PM–1:50 PM
Volen Center: 119
Open
22 / 40 / 0
Keith Plaster View Books
LING 125B 1
Syllabus
Linguistic Typology
[ ss ]

M,W 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Abelson-Bass: 126
Open
10 / 25 / 0
Lotus Goldberg View Books
 

NEJS HL Israel Studies

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

M,W 8:30 AM–9:50 AM
Lown: 302
Open
5 / 40 / 0
Yehudah Mirsky View Books
NEJS 174A 1 Minorities and Others in Israeli Literature and Culture
[ djw fl hum ]

T,Th 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Schwartz: 110
Open
5 / 15 / 0
Ilana Szobel View Books
NEJS 180B 1 Israeli Film, Literature, and Culture
[ deis-us djw hum ]

T,Th 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Schwartz: 110
Open
7 / 999 / 0
Ilana Szobel View Books
NEJS 189B 1 Formative Moments in the Disputed Land of Israel-Palestine
[ djw hum ]

T,F 9:30 AM–10:50 AM
Lown: 302
Open
7 / 40 / 0
Yuval Evri View Books
NEJS 196A 1 Cultural Contact Zones in Israel-Palestine
[ djw hum ]

T,F 11:00 AM–12:20 PM
Rabb Center: 333
Open
2 / 40 / 0
Yuval Evri View Books
 

NEJS BANE Secondary Language

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
ARBC 20B 1 Beginning Arabic II

T,F 9:30 AM–10:50 AM
Golding Judaica: 107
M,W,Th 10:00 AM–10:50 AM
Golding Judaica: 107
Open
9 / 15 / 0
Hanan Khashaba View Books
GRK 20B 1 Continuing Ancient Greek

M,W,Th 12:00 PM–12:50 PM
Schwartz: 110
Open
2 / 20 / 0
Jeremy Swist View Books
HBRW 20B 1 Intermediate Hebrew

Prerequisite: HBRW 10a or HBRW 19a or the equivalent as determined by placement examination.


M,T,W,Th 10:00 AM–10:50 AM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
7 / 18 / 0
Rima Farah View Books
HBRW 20B 2 Intermediate Hebrew

Prerequisite: HBRW 10a or HBRW 19a or the equivalent as determined by placement examination.


M,T,W,Th 1:00 PM–1:50 PM
Olin-Sang: 124
Open
17 / 18 / 0
Guy Antebi View Books
 

NEJS HL Jewish Studies

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
NEJS 140B 1 Gender, Ghettos, and the Geographies of Early Modern Jews
[ hum ]

T,Th 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Lown: 202
Open
16 / 40 / 0
ChaeRan Freeze View Books
 

NEJS HL Text-Intensive

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
NEJS 174A 1 Minorities and Others in Israeli Literature and Culture
[ djw fl hum ]

T,Th 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Schwartz: 110
Open
5 / 15 / 0
Ilana Szobel View Books
 

NEJS JS Comparative

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
NEJS 186A 1 Introduction to the Qur'an
[ djw dl hum nw ]

M,W 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Lown: 203
Open
13 / 40 / 0
Carl El-Tobgui View Books
 

NEJS JS Text-Intensive

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
NEJS 110B 1 Psalms in the Hebrew Bible
[ hum ]

T,F 9:30 AM–10:50 AM
Rabb Center: 203
Open
3 / 40 / 0
Madadh Richey View Books
NEJS 174A 1 Minorities and Others in Israeli Literature and Culture
[ djw fl hum ]

T,Th 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Schwartz: 110
Open
5 / 15 / 0
Ilana Szobel View Books
 

NEJS HL Cross-Listed

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
NEJS 174A 1 Minorities and Others in Israeli Literature and Culture
[ djw fl hum ]

T,Th 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Schwartz: 110
Open
5 / 15 / 0
Ilana Szobel View Books
 

NEJS JS Biblical

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
CLAS 119B 1
Syllabus
Homer and the Hebrew Bible
[ hum ]

M,W 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Lown: 202
Open
11 / 50 / 0
Jillian Stinchcomb
Joel Christensen
View Books
NEJS 110B 1 Psalms in the Hebrew Bible
[ hum ]

T,F 9:30 AM–10:50 AM
Rabb Center: 203
Open
3 / 40 / 0
Madadh Richey View Books
NEJS 115B 1 Gender and Sexuality in the Bible
[ hum ]

T,F 12:30 PM–1:50 PM
Lown: 301
Open
19 / 40 / 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
NEJS 140B 1 Gender, Ghettos, and the Geographies of Early Modern Jews
[ hum ]

T,Th 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Lown: 202
Open
16 / 40 / 0
ChaeRan Freeze View Books
NEJS 144A 1 Jews in the World of Islam
[ hum nw ]

T,F 11:00 AM–12:20 PM
Rabb Center: 203
Open
4 / 40 / 0
Jonathan Decter View Books
NEJS 186A 1 Introduction to the Qur'an
[ djw dl hum nw ]

M,W 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Lown: 203
Open
13 / 40 / 0
Carl El-Tobgui View Books
 

NEJS JS Language

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
NEJS 174A 1 Minorities and Others in Israeli Literature and Culture
[ djw fl hum ]

T,Th 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Schwartz: 110
Open
5 / 15 / 0
Ilana Szobel View Books
 

NEJS JS Modern and Contemporary Jewish Studies

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
ED/NEJS 170B 1 Inside Jewish Education: Language, Literacy, and Reading
[ hum ]

T,F 9:30 AM–10:50 AM
Shiffman: 201
Open
19 / 30 / 0
Ziva Hassenfeld View Books
NEJS 183B* 1
Syllabus
Global Jewish Literature
[ hum wi ]

M,W,Th 1:00 PM–1:50 PM
Lown: 202
Open
3 / 20 / 0
Ellen Kellman View Books
NEJS 144A 1 Jews in the World of Islam
[ hum nw ]

T,F 11:00 AM–12:20 PM
Rabb Center: 203
Open
4 / 40 / 0
Jonathan Decter View Books
NEJS 145A 1 History of the State of Israel
[ hum ]

M,W 8:30 AM–9:50 AM
Lown: 302
Open
5 / 40 / 0
Yehudah Mirsky View Books
NEJS 153A 1 Between Ecstasy and Community: Hasidism in Jewish Thought and History
[ hum oc ]

M,W 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Rabb Center: 236
Open
4 / 40 / 0
Yehudah Mirsky View Books
NEJS 153B 1 The Philosophies of Abraham J. Heschel and Joseph B. Soloveitchik
[ hum ]

T,Th 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Lown: 202
Open
5 / 25 / 0
Reuven Kimelman View Books
NEJS 162A 1 American Judaism
[ hum ss wi ]

M,W 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Lown: 301
Open
26 / 40 / 0
Jonathan Sarna View Books
NEJS 174A 1 Minorities and Others in Israeli Literature and Culture
[ djw fl hum ]

T,Th 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Schwartz: 110
Open
5 / 15 / 0
Ilana Szobel View Books
NEJS 181B 1 Film and the Holocaust
[ hum ]

T,Th 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Kutz: 130
Open
13 / 40 / 0
Sharon Rivo View Books
NEJS 189B 1 Formative Moments in the Disputed Land of Israel-Palestine
[ djw hum ]

T,F 9:30 AM–10:50 AM
Lown: 302
Open
7 / 40 / 0
Yuval Evri View Books
NEJS 196A 1 Cultural Contact Zones in Israel-Palestine
[ djw hum ]

T,F 11:00 AM–12:20 PM
Rabb Center: 333
Open
2 / 40 / 0
Yuval Evri View Books
YDSH 20B 1 Continuing Yiddish

M,T,W,Th 11:00 AM–11:50 AM
Lown: 202
Open
7 / 15 / 0
Ellen Kellman View Books