Schedule of Classes Undergraduate / Spring 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 26B 1
Syllabus
Jewish Environmental Ethics
[ djw hum ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Olin-Sang: 112
Open
16 / 35 / 0
Yehudah Mirsky
NEJS 37A 1
Syllabus
The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry
[ hum ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Lown: 103
Open
7 / 20 / 0
Laura Jockusch
 

(100-199) For Both Undergraduate and Graduate Students

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 113A 1 Biblical Aramaic in Context
[ hum ]

M,W 4:05 PM–5:25 PM
Rabb Center: 236
Open
6 / 15 / 0
Madadh Richey
NEJS 116A 1 Mesopotamian Mythology
[ hum nw ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Olin-Sang: 116
Open
18 / 25 / 0
Madadh Richey
NEJS 123B 1 Gender, Species, and Ethnicity in Early Judaism
[ djw hum oc ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Rabb Center: 236
Open
5 / 25 / 0
Lynn Kaye
NEJS 126B 1 Agadic Literature: The Ethics of the Fathers with Avot d'Rabbi Nathan
[ hum ]

T,Th 7:05 PM–8:25 PM
Lown: 103
Open
3 / 15 / 0
Reuven Kimelman
NEJS 127A 1 Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism
[ hum ]

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Rabb Center: 335
Open
6 / 10 / 0
Reuven Kimelman
NEJS 146A 1
Syllabus
World Jewry since 1945
[ hum ]

M,W 4:05 PM–5:25 PM
Shiffman: 202
Open
9 / 40 / 0
Jonathan Sarna
NEJS 157A 1 Spinoza Now
[ hum ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Schwartz: 103
Open
14 / 30 / 0
Eugene Sheppard
NEJS 157B 1 Arab-Jewish Modern Thought and Culture
[ djw hum ]

T 2:20 PM–5:10 PM
Golding Judaica: 106
Open
5 / 20 / 0
Yuval Evri
NEJS 166A 1
Syllabus
Carnal Israel: Exploring Jewish Sexuality from Talmudic Times to the Present
[ hum ]

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Kutz: 132
Open
16 / 20 / 0
ChaeRan Freeze
NEJS 173A 1 Trauma and Violence in Israeli Literature and Film
[ deis-us djw fl hum oc ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Lown: 302
Open
6 / 15 / 0
Ilana Szobel
NEJS 189A 1 The Arab-Israeli Conflict
[ hum ss ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Mandel Humanities: G11
Open
19 / 35 / 0
Alexander Kaye
NEJS 189B 2
Syllabus
Formative Moments in the Disputed Land of Israel-Palestine
[ djw hum ]

Th 2:20 PM–5:10 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
6 / 20 / 0
Yuval Evri
NEJS 192A 1 Islamic Ethics: Theory and Applications
[ djw hum ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Olin-Sang: 116
Open
14 / 25 / 0
Carl El-Tobgui
NEJS 192B 1 Power, Morality and Identity: Jewish Political Thought
[ hum ]

M,W 5:40 PM–7:00 PM
Rabb Center: 236
Open
3 / 999 / 0
Yehudah Mirsky
NEJS/WGS 110A 1 Sexual Violence in Film and Culture
[ deis-us djw hum oc ]

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Lown: 203
Open
24 / 25 / 0
Ilana Szobel
 

NEJS Arabic, Hebrew and Yiddish Courses

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

M,W,Th 10:10 AM–11:00 AM
Golding Judaica: 107
T,F 9:35 AM–10:55 AM
Golding Judaica: 107
Open
10 / 15 / 0
Hanan Khashaba
ARBC 40B 1 Intermediate Arabic II
[ fl hum ]

M,T,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Golding Judaica: 106
Open
3 / 15 / 0
Hanan Khashaba
ARBC 103B 2 Middle Advanced Arabic: Contemporary Arab Media
[ fl hum ]

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Rabb Center: 345
Open
3 / 15 / 0
Carl El-Tobgui
HBRW 10A 1
Syllabus
Beginning Hebrew

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
14 / 18 / 0
Esther Shorr
HBRW 20B 1 Intermediate Hebrew

M,T,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
12 / 15 / 0
Esther Shorr
HBRW 20B 2 Intermediate Hebrew

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
5 / 15 / 0
Esther Shorr
HBRW 34A 1 Intermediate Hebrew II: Aspects of Israeli Culture
[ fl ]

M,W,Th 10:10 AM–11:00 AM
Schwartz: 110
T 10:00 AM–10:50 AM
Schwartz: 110
Open
9 / 15 / 0
Guy Antebi
HBRW 34A 2 Intermediate Hebrew II: Aspects of Israeli Culture
[ fl ]

M,T,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Schwartz: 110
Open
7 / 15 / 0
Guy Antebi
HBRW 44B 1 Advanced Intermediate Hebrew: Israeli Culture and Media
[ fl hum ]

M,W,Th 1:20 PM–2:10 PM
Schwartz: 110
T 12:45 PM–1:35 PM
Schwartz: 110
Open
8 / 15 / 0
Guy Antebi
HBRW 152B 1 Arabic-Speaking Communities in Israel
[ fl hum oc ]

M,W 4:05 PM–5:25 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
6 / 15 / 0
Rima Farah
HBRW 170A 1 Take I: Israeli Cinema
[ djw fl hum wi ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
14 / 15 / 0
Sara Hascal
NEJS 173A 1 Trauma and Violence in Israeli Literature and Film
[ deis-us djw fl hum oc ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Lown: 302
Open
6 / 15 / 0
Ilana Szobel
YDSH 20B 1 Continuing Yiddish

M,T,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Lown: 202
Open
2 / 10 / 0
Alona Bach
 

NEJS Oral Communication

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 123B 1 Gender, Species, and Ethnicity in Early Judaism
[ djw hum oc ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Rabb Center: 236
Open
5 / 25 / 0
Lynn Kaye
NEJS 173A 1 Trauma and Violence in Israeli Literature and Film
[ deis-us djw fl hum oc ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Lown: 302
Open
6 / 15 / 0
Ilana Szobel
NEJS/WGS 110A 1 Sexual Violence in Film and Culture
[ deis-us djw hum oc ]

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Lown: 203
Open
24 / 25 / 0
Ilana Szobel
 

NEJS Writing Intensive

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
HBRW 170A 1 Take I: Israeli Cinema
[ djw fl hum wi ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
14 / 15 / 0
Sara Hascal
 

NEJS BANE Hebrew Bible Ancient Israel

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 113A 1 Biblical Aramaic in Context
[ hum ]

M,W 4:05 PM–5:25 PM
Rabb Center: 236
Open
6 / 15 / 0
Madadh Richey
 

NEJS BANE Ancient Near East

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 113A 1 Biblical Aramaic in Context
[ hum ]

M,W 4:05 PM–5:25 PM
Rabb Center: 236
Open
6 / 15 / 0
Madadh Richey
 

NEJS BANE Early Post-Biblical Rabbinic Judaism Early Christianity Medieval

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 113A 1 Biblical Aramaic in Context
[ hum ]

M,W 4:05 PM–5:25 PM
Rabb Center: 236
Open
6 / 15 / 0
Madadh Richey
NEJS 123B 1 Gender, Species, and Ethnicity in Early Judaism
[ djw hum oc ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Rabb Center: 236
Open
5 / 25 / 0
Lynn Kaye
NEJS 126B 1 Agadic Literature: The Ethics of the Fathers with Avot d'Rabbi Nathan
[ hum ]

T,Th 7:05 PM–8:25 PM
Lown: 103
Open
3 / 15 / 0
Reuven Kimelman
NEJS 127A 1 Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism
[ hum ]

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Rabb Center: 335
Open
6 / 10 / 0
Reuven Kimelman
 

NEJS BANE Comparative

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
CLAS 156B 1
Syllabus
Living and Dying in Roman and Byzantine Egypt
[ djw hum wi ]

T,F 9:35 AM–10:55 AM
Mandel Humanities: G10
Open
9 / 25 / 0
Darlene Brooks Hedstrom
CLAS 190B 1
Syllabus
Ancient Mystery Cults
[ hum ]

M,W,Th 12:20 PM–1:10 PM
Mandel Humanities: G03
Open
46 / 75 / 0
Alexandra Ratzlaff
LING 110A 1
Syllabus
Phonology I
[ ss ]

M,W,Th 1:20 PM–2:10 PM
Volen Center: 119
Open
29 / 40 / 0
Keith Plaster
NEJS 123B 1 Gender, Species, and Ethnicity in Early Judaism
[ djw hum oc ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Rabb Center: 236
Open
5 / 25 / 0
Lynn Kaye
 

NEJS BANE Cross-Listed

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
CLAS 190B 1
Syllabus
Ancient Mystery Cults
[ hum ]

M,W,Th 12:20 PM–1:10 PM
Mandel Humanities: G03
Open
46 / 75 / 0
Alexandra Ratzlaff
GRK 20B 1
Syllabus
Continuing Ancient Greek

M,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Mandel Humanities: G10
Open
10 / 20 / 0
Rebecca Sausville
LING 110A 1
Syllabus
Phonology I
[ ss ]

M,W,Th 1:20 PM–2:10 PM
Volen Center: 119
Open
29 / 40 / 0
Keith Plaster
 

NEJS HL Israel Studies

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 173A 1 Trauma and Violence in Israeli Literature and Film
[ deis-us djw fl hum oc ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Lown: 302
Open
6 / 15 / 0
Ilana Szobel
NEJS 189A 1 The Arab-Israeli Conflict
[ hum ss ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Mandel Humanities: G11
Open
19 / 35 / 0
Alexander Kaye
NEJS 189B 2
Syllabus
Formative Moments in the Disputed Land of Israel-Palestine
[ djw hum ]

Th 2:20 PM–5:10 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
6 / 20 / 0
Yuval Evri
 

NEJS BANE Secondary Language

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

M,W,Th 10:10 AM–11:00 AM
Golding Judaica: 107
T,F 9:35 AM–10:55 AM
Golding Judaica: 107
Open
10 / 15 / 0
Hanan Khashaba
GRK 20B 1
Syllabus
Continuing Ancient Greek

M,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Mandel Humanities: G10
Open
10 / 20 / 0
Rebecca Sausville
HBRW 20B 1 Intermediate Hebrew

M,T,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
12 / 15 / 0
Esther Shorr
HBRW 20B 2 Intermediate Hebrew

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
5 / 15 / 0
Esther Shorr
NEJS 113A 1 Biblical Aramaic in Context
[ hum ]

M,W 4:05 PM–5:25 PM
Rabb Center: 236
Open
6 / 15 / 0
Madadh Richey
 

NEJS HL Jewish Studies

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 123B 1 Gender, Species, and Ethnicity in Early Judaism
[ djw hum oc ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Rabb Center: 236
Open
5 / 25 / 0
Lynn Kaye
NEJS 127A 1 Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism
[ hum ]

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Rabb Center: 335
Open
6 / 10 / 0
Reuven Kimelman
 

NEJS HL Text-Intensive

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 173A 1 Trauma and Violence in Israeli Literature and Film
[ deis-us djw fl hum oc ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Lown: 302
Open
6 / 15 / 0
Ilana Szobel
 

NEJS JS Text-Intensive

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 113A 1 Biblical Aramaic in Context
[ hum ]

M,W 4:05 PM–5:25 PM
Rabb Center: 236
Open
6 / 15 / 0
Madadh Richey
NEJS 126B 1 Agadic Literature: The Ethics of the Fathers with Avot d'Rabbi Nathan
[ hum ]

T,Th 7:05 PM–8:25 PM
Lown: 103
Open
3 / 15 / 0
Reuven Kimelman
NEJS 173A 1 Trauma and Violence in Israeli Literature and Film
[ deis-us djw fl hum oc ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Lown: 302
Open
6 / 15 / 0
Ilana Szobel
 

NEJS JS Cross-Listed

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
ED 161B 1
Syllabus
Religious Education in America
[ hum ]

T,F 9:35 AM–10:55 AM
Shiffman: 202
Waitlist
27 / 26 / 0
Ziva Hassenfeld
 

NEJS JS Biblical

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 113A 1 Biblical Aramaic in Context
[ hum ]

M,W 4:05 PM–5:25 PM
Rabb Center: 236
Open
6 / 15 / 0
Madadh Richey
NEJS 116A 1 Mesopotamian Mythology
[ hum nw ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Olin-Sang: 116
Open
18 / 25 / 0
Madadh Richey
 

NEJS JS Early Post-Biblical Rabbinic Medieval Judaism

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 123B 1 Gender, Species, and Ethnicity in Early Judaism
[ djw hum oc ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Rabb Center: 236
Open
5 / 25 / 0
Lynn Kaye
NEJS 126B 1 Agadic Literature: The Ethics of the Fathers with Avot d'Rabbi Nathan
[ hum ]

T,Th 7:05 PM–8:25 PM
Lown: 103
Open
3 / 15 / 0
Reuven Kimelman
NEJS 127A 1 Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism
[ hum ]

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Rabb Center: 335
Open
6 / 10 / 0
Reuven Kimelman
NEJS 166A 1
Syllabus
Carnal Israel: Exploring Jewish Sexuality from Talmudic Times to the Present
[ hum ]

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Kutz: 132
Open
16 / 20 / 0
ChaeRan Freeze
 

NEJS JS Language

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 173A 1 Trauma and Violence in Israeli Literature and Film
[ deis-us djw fl hum oc ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Lown: 302
Open
6 / 15 / 0
Ilana Szobel
 

NEJS JS Modern and Contemporary Jewish Studies

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 37A 1
Syllabus
The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry
[ hum ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Lown: 103
Open
7 / 20 / 0
Laura Jockusch
NEJS 123B 1 Gender, Species, and Ethnicity in Early Judaism
[ djw hum oc ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Rabb Center: 236
Open
5 / 25 / 0
Lynn Kaye
NEJS 146A 1
Syllabus
World Jewry since 1945
[ hum ]

M,W 4:05 PM–5:25 PM
Shiffman: 202
Open
9 / 40 / 0
Jonathan Sarna
NEJS 157A 1 Spinoza Now
[ hum ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Schwartz: 103
Open
14 / 30 / 0
Eugene Sheppard
NEJS 166A 1
Syllabus
Carnal Israel: Exploring Jewish Sexuality from Talmudic Times to the Present
[ hum ]

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Kutz: 132
Open
16 / 20 / 0
ChaeRan Freeze
NEJS 173A 1 Trauma and Violence in Israeli Literature and Film
[ deis-us djw fl hum oc ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Lown: 302
Open
6 / 15 / 0
Ilana Szobel
NEJS 189A 1 The Arab-Israeli Conflict
[ hum ss ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Mandel Humanities: G11
Open
19 / 35 / 0
Alexander Kaye
NEJS 189B 2
Syllabus
Formative Moments in the Disputed Land of Israel-Palestine
[ djw hum ]

Th 2:20 PM–5:10 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
6 / 20 / 0
Yuval Evri
THA 146A 1 Theater and the Holocaust
[ ca djw ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Spingold: 205
Open
20 / 25 / 0
Dmitry Troyanovsky
YDSH 20B 1 Continuing Yiddish

M,T,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Lown: 202
Open
2 / 10 / 0
Alona Bach