Schedule of Classes Undergraduate / Spring 2024 / 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)
FA/NEJS 43A 1 Middle Eastern Cities: Navigating the Transition from Empires to Nation-States and the Globalized Wo
[ ca djw hum ]

M,W 4:05 PM–5:25 PM
Mandel Humanities: G12
Open
37 / 40 / 0
Muna Güvenç
Yuval Evri
 

(100-199) For Both Undergraduate and Graduate Students

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
CLAS/NEJ 106B 1
Syllabus
Visions of Byzantium
[ hum ]

M,W 8:30 AM–9:50 AM
Lown: 202
Open
7 / 25 / 0
Darlene Brooks Hedstrom
NEJS 106A 1 Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions
[ hum ]

T,F 9:35 AM–10:55 AM
Mandel Humanities: G11
Open
7 / 10 / 0
Madadh Richey
NEJS 115B 1 Gender and Sexuality in the Bible
[ hum ]

T,F 12:45 PM–2:05 PM
Lown: 301
Open
18 / 25 / 0
Madadh Richey
NEJS 117A 1 Antisemitism: An Intellectual History
[ hum ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Lown: 203
Open
10 / 25 / 0
Eugene Sheppard
NEJS 140B 1 Gender, Ghettos, and the Geographies of Early Modern Jews
[ hum ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Golding Judaica: 107
Open
19 / 50 / 0
ChaeRan Freeze
NEJS 150B 1 Israeli Civil Society: Diversity, Democracy, and Justice
[ djw hum ]

Th 2:20 PM–5:10 PM
Lown: 103
Open
11 / 20 / 0
Edith Pick
NEJS 153A 1 Between Ecstasy and Community: Hasidism in Jewish Thought and History
[ hum oc ]

M,W 4:05 PM–5:25 PM
Lown: 203
Open
20 / 25 / 0
Yehudah Mirsky
NEJS 154B 1 Zionism, Israel, and the Reshaping of Jewish Identity
[ hum ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Brown: 224
Open
17 / 25 / 0
Yehudah Mirsky
NEJS 172A 1 Accelerated Talmud
[ hum ]

M,W 7:15 PM–8:35 PM
Lown: 103
Open
7 / 12 / 0
Lynn Kaye
NEJS 189B 1 Formative Moments in the Disputed Land of Israel-Palestine
[ djw hum ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Shiffman: 201
Open
19 / 20 / 0
Yuval Evri
NEJS 196B 1 Mamluks to Modernity: Islamic History 1300-2000
[ hum ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Lown: 202
Open
8 / 25 / 0
Mariam Sheibani
NEJS 197A 1 Islamic Law: Classical Foundations to Modern Applications
[ djw hum ]

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Olin-Sang: 212
Open
10 / 25 / 0
Mariam Sheibani
NEJS 198A 1 Islam and the West
[ hum ]

M,W,Th 1:20 PM–2:10 PM
Lown: 301
Open
11 / 25 / 0
Carl El-Tobgui
 

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
6 / 15 / 0
Hanan Khashaba
ARBC 40B 1 Intermediate Arabic II
[ fl hum ]

M,T,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Golding Judaica: 107
Open
4 / 15 / 0
Hanan Khashaba
ARBC 103B 1 Middle Advanced Arabic: Contemporary Arab Media
[ fl hum ]

M,W,Th 10:10 AM–11:00 AM
Rabb Center: 345
Open
6 / 15 / 0
Carl El-Tobgui
HBRW 10A 1 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
13 / 15 / 0
Esther Shorr
HBRW 20B 1 Intermediate Hebrew

M,T,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
9 / 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
8 / 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
11 / 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
12 / 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
Golding Judaica: 103
T 12:45 PM–1:35 PM
Golding Judaica: 103
Waitlist
15 / 15 / 0
Guy Antebi
HBRW 121B 1 Life Challenges of an Israeli Family through a TV Series
[ fl hum oc ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
14 / 15 / 0
Sara Hascal
HBRW 167B 1 The Sleeping Beauty: The Revival of Modern Hebrew
[ dl fl hum ]

M,W 4:05 PM–5:25 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
10 / 15 / 0
Sara Hascal
YDSH 20B 1
Syllabus
Continuing Yiddish

M,T,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Lown: 103
Open
Consent Req.

7 / 10 / 0
Ellen Kellman
YDSH 40B 1
Syllabus
Advanced Intermediate Yiddish
[ fl hum ]

M,W,Th 10:10 AM–11:00 AM
Lown: 103
T 10:00 AM–10:50 AM
Lown: 103
Open
Consent Req.

6 / 15 / 0
Ellen Kellman
 

NEJS Digital Literacy

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
HBRW 167B 1 The Sleeping Beauty: The Revival of Modern Hebrew
[ dl fl hum ]

M,W 4:05 PM–5:25 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
10 / 15 / 0
Sara Hascal
 

NEJS Oral Communication

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
HBRW 121B 1 Life Challenges of an Israeli Family through a TV Series
[ fl hum oc ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
14 / 15 / 0
Sara Hascal
NEJS 153A 1 Between Ecstasy and Community: Hasidism in Jewish Thought and History
[ hum oc ]

M,W 4:05 PM–5:25 PM
Lown: 203
Open
20 / 25 / 0
Yehudah Mirsky
 

NEJS JS Biblical

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 115B 1 Gender and Sexuality in the Bible
[ hum ]

T,F 12:45 PM–2:05 PM
Lown: 301
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 140B 1 Gender, Ghettos, and the Geographies of Early Modern Jews
[ hum ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Golding Judaica: 107
Open
19 / 50 / 0
ChaeRan Freeze
NEJS 172A 1 Accelerated Talmud
[ hum ]

M,W 7:15 PM–8:35 PM
Lown: 103
Open
7 / 12 / 0
Lynn Kaye
 

NEJS JS Modern and Contemporary Jewish Studies

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
HS 125A 1
Syllabus
Contemporary Antisemitism

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Heller-Brown: G053
Open
6 / 999 / 0
Leonard Saxe
LGLS 134B 1 Workers' Rights in the United States
[ deis-us ss ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Shiffman: 123
Open
24 / 25 / 0
Lynn Kaye
NEJS 117A 1 Antisemitism: An Intellectual History
[ hum ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Lown: 203
Open
10 / 25 / 0
Eugene Sheppard
NEJS 150B 1 Israeli Civil Society: Diversity, Democracy, and Justice
[ djw hum ]

Th 2:20 PM–5:10 PM
Lown: 103
Open
11 / 20 / 0
Edith Pick
NEJS 153A 1 Between Ecstasy and Community: Hasidism in Jewish Thought and History
[ hum oc ]

M,W 4:05 PM–5:25 PM
Lown: 203
Open
20 / 25 / 0
Yehudah Mirsky
NEJS 154B 1 Zionism, Israel, and the Reshaping of Jewish Identity
[ hum ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Brown: 224
Open
17 / 25 / 0
Yehudah Mirsky
NEJS 189B 1 Formative Moments in the Disputed Land of Israel-Palestine
[ djw hum ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Shiffman: 201
Open
19 / 20 / 0
Yuval Evri
YDSH 20B 1
Syllabus
Continuing Yiddish

M,T,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Lown: 103
Open
Consent Req.

7 / 10 / 0
Ellen Kellman
YDSH 40B 1
Syllabus
Advanced Intermediate Yiddish
[ fl hum ]

M,W,Th 10:10 AM–11:00 AM
Lown: 103
T 10:00 AM–10:50 AM
Lown: 103
Open
Consent Req.

6 / 15 / 0
Ellen Kellman
 

NEJS JS Comparative

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
CLAS 118B 1 Archaeology of the Holy Land
[ hum ]

T 9:35 AM–12:25 PM
Rabb Center: 338
Open
3 / 50 / 0
Alexandra Ratzlaff
HIST 117B 1
Syllabus
The History of Modern Christianity
[ ss ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Shiffman: 125
Open
29 / 35 / 0
David Katz
NEJS 117A 1 Antisemitism: An Intellectual History
[ hum ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Lown: 203
Open
10 / 25 / 0
Eugene Sheppard
NEJS 196B 1 Mamluks to Modernity: Islamic History 1300-2000
[ hum ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Lown: 202
Open
8 / 25 / 0
Mariam Sheibani
NEJS 198A 1 Islam and the West
[ hum ]

M,W,Th 1:20 PM–2:10 PM
Lown: 301
Open
11 / 25 / 0
Carl El-Tobgui
 

NEJS JS Text-Intensive

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 172A 1 Accelerated Talmud
[ hum ]

M,W 7:15 PM–8:35 PM
Lown: 103
Open
7 / 12 / 0
Lynn Kaye
 

NEJS JS Cross-Listed

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
ITAL 134B 1 Voci e storie della cultura ebraica italiana
[ fl hum wi ]

M,W 4:05 PM–5:25 PM
Shiffman: 123
Open
9 / 15 / 0
Paola Servino
 

NEJS BAW Hebrew Bible Ancient Israel

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 115B 1 Gender and Sexuality in the Bible
[ hum ]

T,F 12:45 PM–2:05 PM
Lown: 301
Open
18 / 25 / 0
Madadh Richey
 

NEJS BAW Ancient and Medieval Judaism and Early Christianity

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
CLAS/NEJ 106B 1
Syllabus
Visions of Byzantium
[ hum ]

M,W 8:30 AM–9:50 AM
Lown: 202
Open
7 / 25 / 0
Darlene Brooks Hedstrom
 

NEJS BAW Comparative

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

M,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Volen Center: 119
Open
20 / 40 / 0
Keith Plaster
LING 125B 1
Syllabus
Linguistic Typology
[ ss ]

M,W 4:05 PM–5:25 PM
Abelson-Bass: 131
Open
20 / 35 / 0
Lotus Goldberg
 

NEJS BAW 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
6 / 15 / 0
Hanan Khashaba
GRK 20B 1 Continuing Ancient Greek

M,W,Th 9:05 AM–9:55 AM
Mandel Humanities: G10
Open
4 / 20 / 0
Philip Levine
HBRW 20B 1 Intermediate Hebrew

M,T,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
9 / 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
8 / 15 / 0
Esther Shorr
 

NEJS BAW Cross-Listed

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

M,W,Th 9:05 AM–9:55 AM
Mandel Humanities: G10
Open
4 / 20 / 0
Philip Levine
LING 110A 1
Syllabus
Phonology I
[ ss ]

M,W,Th 11:15 AM–12:05 PM
Volen Center: 119
Open
20 / 40 / 0
Keith Plaster
LING 125B 1
Syllabus
Linguistic Typology
[ ss ]

M,W 4:05 PM–5:25 PM
Abelson-Bass: 131
Open
20 / 35 / 0
Lotus Goldberg
 

NEJS HL Israel Studies

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 154B 1 Zionism, Israel, and the Reshaping of Jewish Identity
[ hum ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Brown: 224
Open
17 / 25 / 0
Yehudah Mirsky
NEJS 189B 1 Formative Moments in the Disputed Land of Israel-Palestine
[ djw hum ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Shiffman: 201
Open
19 / 20 / 0
Yuval Evri
 

NEJS HL Jewish Studies

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

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Golding Judaica: 107
Open
19 / 50 / 0
ChaeRan Freeze
 

NEJS AIS Modern

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
HIST 111B 1 The Iranian Revolution in Global Context
[ djw dl nw ss ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Mandel Humanities: G12
Open
22 / 999 / 0
Naghmeh Sohrabi
HIST 185B 1 Turkey: From Ataturk to Erdogan
[ djw ss ]

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Golding Judaica: 109
Open
14 / 35 / 0
Amy Singer
NEJS 189B 1 Formative Moments in the Disputed Land of Israel-Palestine
[ djw hum ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Shiffman: 201
Open
19 / 20 / 0
Yuval Evri
 

NEJS IS Israeli Society, History, and Culture

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
HBRW 121B 1 Life Challenges of an Israeli Family through a TV Series
[ fl hum oc ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
14 / 15 / 0
Sara Hascal
HBRW 167B 1 The Sleeping Beauty: The Revival of Modern Hebrew
[ dl fl hum ]

M,W 4:05 PM–5:25 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
10 / 15 / 0
Sara Hascal
NEJS 150B 1 Israeli Civil Society: Diversity, Democracy, and Justice
[ djw hum ]

Th 2:20 PM–5:10 PM
Lown: 103
Open
11 / 20 / 0
Edith Pick
NEJS 189B 1 Formative Moments in the Disputed Land of Israel-Palestine
[ djw hum ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Shiffman: 201
Open
19 / 20 / 0
Yuval Evri
POL 177B 1 Seminar: National Security Strategy: The Case of Israel
[ ss ]

M 2:30 PM–5:20 PM
Lown: 302
Open
5 / 30 / 0
Shai Feldman
 

NEJS IS Jewish History, Thought, or Culture

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
HBRW 167B 1 The Sleeping Beauty: The Revival of Modern Hebrew
[ dl fl hum ]

M,W 4:05 PM–5:25 PM
Abraham Shapiro Academic: 209
Open
10 / 15 / 0
Sara Hascal
HS 125A 1
Syllabus
Contemporary Antisemitism

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Heller-Brown: G053
Open
6 / 999 / 0
Leonard Saxe
NEJS 117A 1 Antisemitism: An Intellectual History
[ hum ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Lown: 203
Open
10 / 25 / 0
Eugene Sheppard
NEJS 140B 1 Gender, Ghettos, and the Geographies of Early Modern Jews
[ hum ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Golding Judaica: 107
Open
19 / 50 / 0
ChaeRan Freeze
NEJS 150B 1 Israeli Civil Society: Diversity, Democracy, and Justice
[ djw hum ]

Th 2:20 PM–5:10 PM
Lown: 103
Open
11 / 20 / 0
Edith Pick
NEJS 154B 1 Zionism, Israel, and the Reshaping of Jewish Identity
[ hum ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Brown: 224
Open
17 / 25 / 0
Yehudah Mirsky
 

NEJS IS Middle Eastern Society

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
ECON 122B 1 The Economics of the Middle East
[ nw ss ]

M,W 4:05 PM–5:25 PM
Shiffman: 122
Open
21 / 25 / 0
Nader Habibi
HIST 111B 1 The Iranian Revolution in Global Context
[ djw dl nw ss ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Mandel Humanities: G12
Open
22 / 999 / 0
Naghmeh Sohrabi
HIST 185B 1 Turkey: From Ataturk to Erdogan
[ djw ss ]

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Golding Judaica: 109
Open
14 / 35 / 0
Amy Singer
 

NEJS IS Theoretical Frameworks

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
AAAS/WGS 121A 1 Black Visibility
[ deis-us ss ]

T,Th 5:30 PM–6:50 PM
Schwartz: 103
Open
21 / 30 / 0
Anya Wallace
AAAS/WGS 136A 1 Black Feminist Thought
[ deis-us oc ss ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Golding Judaica: 109
Waitlist
30 / 30 / 0
Shoniqua Roach
CLAS 118B 1 Archaeology of the Holy Land
[ hum ]

T 9:35 AM–12:25 PM
Rabb Center: 338
Open
3 / 50 / 0
Alexandra Ratzlaff
ECON 69A 1
Syllabus
The Economics of Race and Gender
[ deis-us ss ]

T,F 9:35 AM–10:55 AM
Lemberg Acad Center: 055
Waitlist
32 / 25 / 0
Elizabeth Brainerd
HSSP 192B 1 Sociology of Disability
[ ss ]

T 2:20 PM–5:10 PM
Pearlman: 113
Waitlist
23 / 0 / 0
Stephen Gulley
SOC 127A 1 Religion, Ethnicity, and Nationalism
[ nw oc ss ]

T,F 9:35 AM–10:55 AM
Schwartz: 103
Open
18 / 20 / 0
Chandler Rosenberger
SOC 129A 1 Sociology of Religion
[ deis-us ss ]

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Shiffman: 219
Waitlist
35 / 35 / 0
Kristen Lucken