Courses

The Center for Jewish Civilization offers a variety of courses for students pursuing the minor in Jewish Civilization. These courses are also open to students who are not seeking the minor.

CJC courses are identified with both JCIV and INAF course numbers. The list of courses that count towards the minor is not limited to those courses with a JCIV or INAF course number, as some departments choose to x-list courses with the CJC rather than list the course under two different departments.

See below for a list of current courses being offered. Click the title to read a description of each course.

Current (Fall 2024)

Holocaust Studies

• German Catholics in Hitler’s Army
• Theological Implications of the Holocaust
• Who saved the Jews?
• Kristallnacht as Global History
• Forgotten Women: Victims of Violence in Mass Crimes and the Holocaust
• Memory Wars: Ukraine, Russia & Eastern Europe

Culture and Humanities

• Poetry Writing Workshop
• Interfaith Marriage in Lit & Film
• Jerusalem: City and Symbol
• Introduction to JCIV
• Jews on Trial
• Arguing with God: The Bible as Art
• Music & Gender: Global Perspective
• Jews, Muslims & Europe
• Religion, Politics, and Society in Israel
• Jewish Civilization Senior Colloquium

International Affairs

• Israel and the Global South
• Congress & Making Middle East Foreign Policy
• The Weaponization of Hate: Antisemitism, Racism, Islamophobia, and Xenophobia in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era
• The Societal, Political and Security Implications of Israel’s Relations with the Arab and Muslim World
• History of Peace-Making in the Middle East
• Clash of Civilizations: Past, Present, Future Terrorism: Middle East and North Africa
• Jewish-Muslim Coexistence in the Middle East and North Africa Nuclear Middle East

Hebrew

• Intensive Beginning Modern Hebrew I
• Intermediate Modern Hebrew I
• Advanced Modern Hebrew I

Upcoming (Spring 2025)

To be announced