Schedule of Classes Undergraduate / Fall 2023 / 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 7:05 PM–8:25 PM
Shiffman: 201
Open
6 / 25 / 0
Reuven Kimelman
NEJS 6A 1
Syllabus
Jewish History: From Ancient to Modern Worlds
[ hum nw ]

M,W,Th 10:10 AM–11:00 AM
Shiffman: 201
Open
6 / 25 / 0
Eugene Sheppard
NEJS 10A 1 Biblical Hebrew Grammar and Texts
[ dl fl hum ]

M,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Pearlman: 202
Open
3 / 25 / 0
Lynn Kaye
 

(100-199) For Both Undergraduate and Graduate Students

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

M,W 8:30 AM–9:50 AM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
8 / 25 / 0
Carl El-Tobgui
NEJS 107A 1 Biblical Prophecy
[ hum ]

T,F 9:35 AM–10:55 AM
Brown: 115
Open
8 / 15 / 0
Madadh Richey
NEJS 122A 1 Magic and Witchcraft in the Ancient Near East
[ hum nw ]

T,F 12:45 PM–2:05 PM
Brown: 115
Open
15 / 25 / 0
Madadh Richey
NEJS 125B 1 Midrashic Literature: Sifre Deuteronomy
[ hum ]

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
4 / 25 / 0
Reuven Kimelman
NEJS 128B 1 Gender, Multiculturalism, and the Law
[ hum wi ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Rabb Center: 236
Open
6 / 25 / 0
Lisa Joffe
NEJS 136A 1
Syllabus
Israeli Popular Culture: Language, Gender, and Politics
[ hum ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Brown: 224
Open
13 / 25 / 0
Shayna Weiss
NEJS 136B 1 Revenge, Justice, and Reconciliation: Mass Atrocity Trials in the Long Shadow of Nazi Crimes
[ djw hum ]

T,F 9:35 AM–10:55 AM
Brown: 224
Open
17 / 25 / 0
Laura Jockusch
NEJS 137B 1 Dreams and Dream Interpretation in Jewish Thought
[ dl hum ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Shiffman: 120
Open
16 / 25 / 0
Lynn Kaye
NEJS 157B 1 Arab-Jewish Modern Thought and Culture
[ djw hum ]

T,F 12:45 PM–2:05 PM
Schwartz: 110
Open
5 / 25 / 0
Yuval Evri
NEJS 160B 1 Legal Controversies in Israeli History
[ djw hum nw ]

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Shiffman: 219
Open
30 / 50 / 0
Alexander Kaye
NEJS 171A 1
Syllabus
Teaching and Learning Modern Jewish History, the Holocaust, and Israel
[ hum ]

T,F 12:45 PM–2:05 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 204
Open
7 / 25 / 0
Jonathan Krasner
NEJS 171B 1 Tikkun Olam/Repairing the World: Service and Social Justice in Theory and Practice
[ hum ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 204
Open
8 / 25 / 0
Jon Levisohn
NEJS 172A 1 Accelerated Talmud
[ hum ]

M,W 7:15 PM–8:35 PM
Lown: 201
Open
5 / 25 / 0
Lynn Kaye
NEJS 194B 1 Sufism: Mystical Traditions in Classical and Modern Islam
[ hum nw ]

T 2:20 PM–5:10 PM
Rabb Center: 333
Open
0 / 25 / 0
Mariam Sheibani
NEJS 195B 1 Early Islamic History from Muhammad to the Mongols
[ hum nw ]

W 2:30 PM–5:20 PM
Shiffman: 201
Open
10 / 25 / 0
Mariam Sheibani
NEJS 196A 1 Cultural Contact Zones in Israel-Palestine
[ djw hum ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Schwartz: 110
Open
5 / 25 / 0
Yuval Evri
 

NEJS Arabic, Hebrew and Yiddish Courses

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

M,W,Th 10:10 AM–11:00 AM
Schwartz: 103
T,F 9:35 AM–10:55 AM
Schwartz: 103
Open
9 / 15 / 0
Hanan Khashaba
ARBC 30A 1 Intermediate Arabic I
[ fl ]

M,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Schwartz: 103
T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Schwartz: 103
Open
5 / 15 / 0
Hanan Khashaba
ARBC 103A 1 Lower Advanced Arabic
[ fl hum ]

M,W,Th 1:20 PM–2:10 PM
Schwartz: 110
Open
4 / 15 / 0
Carl El-Tobgui
HBRW 10A 1 Beginning Hebrew

Class taught remotely on Mondays.


M,W,Th 10:10 AM–11:00 AM
Lown: 302
T 10:00 AM–10:50 AM
Lown: 302
Open
11 / 15 / 0
Esther Shorr
HBRW 19A 1 Beginning Hebrew: Honors

Class taught remotely on Mondays.


M,T,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Lown: 302
Open
8 / 15 / 0
Esther Shorr
HBRW 20B 1 Intermediate Hebrew

Class taught remotely on Mondays.


M,W,Th 1:20 PM–2:10 PM
Lown: 302
T 12:45 PM–1:35 PM
Lown: 302
Open
10 / 15 / 0
Esther Shorr
HBRW 34A 1 Intermediate Hebrew II: Aspects of Israeli Culture
[ fl ]

Class taught remotely on Tuesdays.


M,W,Th 10:10 AM–11:00 AM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
T 10:00 AM–10:50 AM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
12 / 15 / 0
Guy Antebi
HBRW 34A 2 Intermediate Hebrew II: Aspects of Israeli Culture
[ fl ]

Class taught remotely on Tuesdays.


M,T,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
11 / 15 / 0
Guy Antebi
HBRW 41A 1 Intensive Conversations about Israeli Culture
[ fl hum ]

Class taught remotely on Tuesdays.


M,W,Th 1:20 PM–2:10 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
T 12:45 PM–1:35 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
13 / 15 / 0
Guy Antebi
HBRW 144A 1 Plays and Drama in Israeli Society
[ ca djw fl hum oc wi ]

M,W 4:05 PM–5:25 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
11 / 15 / 0
Sara Hascal
HBRW 161B 1 What’s up in Israel Today?: Diverse Perspectives in Film and Media
[ fl hum wi ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
10 / 15 / 0
Sara Hascal
YDSH 10A 1
Syllabus
Beginning Yiddish

M,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Olin-Sang: 201
T 11:10 AM–12:00 PM
Olin-Sang: 201
Open
8 / 15 / 0
Ellen Kellman
YDSH 30A 1
Syllabus
Intermediate Yiddish
[ fl wi ]

M,W,Th 10:10 AM–11:00 AM
Rabb Center: 345
T 10:00 AM–10:50 AM
Rabb Center: 345
Open
4 / 15 / 0
Ellen Kellman
 

NEJS Digital Literacy

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

M,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Pearlman: 202
Open
3 / 25 / 0
Lynn Kaye
NEJS 137B 1 Dreams and Dream Interpretation in Jewish Thought
[ dl hum ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Shiffman: 120
Open
16 / 25 / 0
Lynn Kaye
 

NEJS Writing Intensive

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

M,W 4:05 PM–5:25 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
11 / 15 / 0
Sara Hascal
HBRW 161B 1 What’s up in Israel Today?: Diverse Perspectives in Film and Media
[ fl hum wi ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
10 / 15 / 0
Sara Hascal
NEJS 128B 1 Gender, Multiculturalism, and the Law
[ hum wi ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Rabb Center: 236
Open
6 / 25 / 0
Lisa Joffe
YDSH 30A 1
Syllabus
Intermediate Yiddish
[ fl wi ]

M,W,Th 10:10 AM–11:00 AM
Rabb Center: 345
T 10:00 AM–10:50 AM
Rabb Center: 345
Open
4 / 15 / 0
Ellen Kellman
 

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 ]

M,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Pearlman: 202
Open
3 / 25 / 0
Lynn Kaye
NEJS 107A 1 Biblical Prophecy
[ hum ]

T,F 9:35 AM–10:55 AM
Brown: 115
Open
8 / 15 / 0
Madadh Richey
NEJS 122A 1 Magic and Witchcraft in the Ancient Near East
[ hum nw ]

T,F 12:45 PM–2:05 PM
Brown: 115
Open
15 / 25 / 0
Madadh Richey
 

NEJS BANE Ancient Near East

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

T,F 12:45 PM–2:05 PM
Brown: 115
Open
15 / 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 125B 1 Midrashic Literature: Sifre Deuteronomy
[ hum ]

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
4 / 25 / 0
Reuven Kimelman
 

NEJS BANE Comparative

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
CLAS 100A 1 Survey of Greek History: Bronze Age to 323 BCE
[ hum ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Shiffman: 202
Open
10 / 50 / 0
Rebecca Sausville
LING 100A 1
Syllabus
Introduction to Linguistics
[ ss ]

M,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Gerstenzang: 121
Open
63 / 75 / 0
Keith Plaster
LING 120B 1
Syllabus
Syntax I
[ ss wi ]

M,W,Th 10:10 AM–11:00 AM
Rosenstiel: 118
F 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Rosenstiel: 118
Waitlist
42 / 40 / 0
Lotus Goldberg
NEJS 122A 1 Magic and Witchcraft in the Ancient Near East
[ hum nw ]

T,F 12:45 PM–2:05 PM
Brown: 115
Open
15 / 25 / 0
Madadh Richey
 

NEJS BANE Cross-Listed

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
ANTH 105A 1 Myth and Ritual
[ nw ss ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Gerstenzang: 121
Open
27 / 35 / 0
Ellen Schattschneider
CLAS 100A 1 Survey of Greek History: Bronze Age to 323 BCE
[ hum ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Shiffman: 202
Open
10 / 50 / 0
Rebecca Sausville
LING 100A 1
Syllabus
Introduction to Linguistics
[ ss ]

M,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Gerstenzang: 121
Open
63 / 75 / 0
Keith Plaster
LING 120B 1
Syllabus
Syntax I
[ ss wi ]

M,W,Th 10:10 AM–11:00 AM
Rosenstiel: 118
F 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Rosenstiel: 118
Waitlist
42 / 40 / 0
Lotus Goldberg
 

NEJS HL Israel Studies

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 196A 1 Cultural Contact Zones in Israel-Palestine
[ djw hum ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Schwartz: 110
Open
5 / 25 / 0
Yuval Evri
 

NEJS BANE Secondary Language

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

Class taught remotely on Mondays.


M,W,Th 1:20 PM–2:10 PM
Lown: 302
T 12:45 PM–1:35 PM
Lown: 302
Open
10 / 15 / 0
Esther Shorr
NEJS 10A 1 Biblical Hebrew Grammar and Texts
[ dl fl hum ]

M,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Pearlman: 202
Open
3 / 25 / 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 7:05 PM–8:25 PM
Shiffman: 201
Open
6 / 25 / 0
Reuven Kimelman
NEJS 6A 1
Syllabus
Jewish History: From Ancient to Modern Worlds
[ hum nw ]

M,W,Th 10:10 AM–11:00 AM
Shiffman: 201
Open
6 / 25 / 0
Eugene Sheppard
 

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 ]

M,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Pearlman: 202
Open
3 / 25 / 0
Lynn Kaye
NEJS 107A 1 Biblical Prophecy
[ hum ]

T,F 9:35 AM–10:55 AM
Brown: 115
Open
8 / 15 / 0
Madadh Richey
 

NEJS JS Comparative

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

T,F 12:45 PM–2:05 PM
Brown: 115
Open
15 / 25 / 0
Madadh Richey
NEJS 194B 1 Sufism: Mystical Traditions in Classical and Modern Islam
[ hum nw ]

T 2:20 PM–5:10 PM
Rabb Center: 333
Open
0 / 25 / 0
Mariam Sheibani
NEJS 195B 1 Early Islamic History from Muhammad to the Mongols
[ hum nw ]

W 2:30 PM–5:20 PM
Shiffman: 201
Open
10 / 25 / 0
Mariam Sheibani
 

NEJS JS Text-Intensive

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 125B 1 Midrashic Literature: Sifre Deuteronomy
[ hum ]

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
4 / 25 / 0
Reuven Kimelman
NEJS 172A 1 Accelerated Talmud
[ hum ]

M,W 7:15 PM–8:35 PM
Lown: 201
Open
5 / 25 / 0
Lynn Kaye
 

NEJS JS Cross-Listed

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

M,W 8:30 AM–9:50 AM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
8 / 25 / 0
Carl El-Tobgui
 

NEJS JS Biblical

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

M,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Pearlman: 202
Open
3 / 25 / 0
Lynn Kaye
NEJS 107A 1 Biblical Prophecy
[ hum ]

T,F 9:35 AM–10:55 AM
Brown: 115
Open
8 / 15 / 0
Madadh Richey
NEJS 122A 1 Magic and Witchcraft in the Ancient Near East
[ hum nw ]

T,F 12:45 PM–2:05 PM
Brown: 115
Open
15 / 25 / 0
Madadh Richey
 

NEJS JS Early Post-Biblical Rabbinic Medieval Judaism

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 6A 1
Syllabus
Jewish History: From Ancient to Modern Worlds
[ hum nw ]

M,W,Th 10:10 AM–11:00 AM
Shiffman: 201
Open
6 / 25 / 0
Eugene Sheppard
NEJS 104B 1 Islam: Civilization and Institutions
[ hum nw ]

M,W 8:30 AM–9:50 AM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
8 / 25 / 0
Carl El-Tobgui
NEJS 137B 1 Dreams and Dream Interpretation in Jewish Thought
[ dl hum ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Shiffman: 120
Open
16 / 25 / 0
Lynn Kaye
NEJS 172A 1 Accelerated Talmud
[ hum ]

M,W 7:15 PM–8:35 PM
Lown: 201
Open
5 / 25 / 0
Lynn Kaye
NEJS 194B 1 Sufism: Mystical Traditions in Classical and Modern Islam
[ hum nw ]

T 2:20 PM–5:10 PM
Rabb Center: 333
Open
0 / 25 / 0
Mariam Sheibani
 

NEJS JS Modern and Contemporary Jewish Studies

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
HIST 188B 1
Syllabus
The Varieties of Religious Experience, 1350-1900
[ ss ]

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Mandel Humanities: G12
Open
20 / 35 / 0
David Katz
NEJS 171A 1
Syllabus
Teaching and Learning Modern Jewish History, the Holocaust, and Israel
[ hum ]

T,F 12:45 PM–2:05 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 204
Open
7 / 25 / 0
Jonathan Krasner
NEJS 171B 1 Tikkun Olam/Repairing the World: Service and Social Justice in Theory and Practice
[ hum ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 204
Open
8 / 25 / 0
Jon Levisohn
NEJS 196A 1 Cultural Contact Zones in Israel-Palestine
[ djw hum ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Schwartz: 110
Open
5 / 25 / 0
Yuval Evri
YDSH 10A 1
Syllabus
Beginning Yiddish

M,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Olin-Sang: 201
T 11:10 AM–12:00 PM
Olin-Sang: 201
Open
8 / 15 / 0
Ellen Kellman
YDSH 30A 1
Syllabus
Intermediate Yiddish
[ fl wi ]

M,W,Th 10:10 AM–11:00 AM
Rabb Center: 345
T 10:00 AM–10:50 AM
Rabb Center: 345
Open
4 / 15 / 0
Ellen Kellman