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 (Spring 2026)
Holocaust Studies
- C-Lab: Holocaust Forensics
- The Forensics of Mass Killings
- Hitler, Putin, and Ukraine
- The Vatican and Nazi/Axis War Criminals
Culture and Humanities
- History of the Jewish People
- Neighbors and Strangers: Catholic-Jewish Encounters in Poland
- Psychedelics and Spiritual Healing
- God and the Goal Posts
- Symbols of Faith
- Re-Examining the Israel-Palestine Crisis Through the Literature and Film
- Introduction to Jewish Civilization
- Jewish Civilization Senior Colloquium
International Affairs
- Untangling the Middle East: Religion, Politics, and Ethnicity
- Israel and World Politics
- Race, Religion, and Terrorism
- Combating Terrorist Financing 20 Years After 9/11
- Jewish-Catholic, Israel, Vatican Relations
- Conflict, Security, and Strategy in the Middle East
- Insurgency and Counterinsurgency
- Nuclear Age in the Middle East
- Statecraft and Negotiation
- Irregular Warfare in the Middle East
- Fascism and its Legacy
- War & Coercion in the Middle East
- Countering Violent Extremism: The Role We All Play
- UN and Arab Israeli Conflict
Hebrew
- Intensive Beginning Modern Hebrew II
- Intermediate Modern Hebrew II
- Advanced Modern Hebrew II
Upcoming (Fall 2026)
Holocaust Studies
- Theological Implications of the Holocaust
- Field Investigation of Mass violence and War Crimes: Methods, practices and Case Studies
- Heroines and Forgotten Women in Mass Crimes and the Holocaust
- German Catholics in Hitler’s Army
- The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials: A Society Investigates Itself
Culture and Humanities
- Interfaith Marriage in Literature & Film
- Jerusalem: City and Symbol
- Fiction-Writing Workshop: What Is a Story?
- Moses to Muhammad: Jews and Muslims in Theology and History
- Psychedelics, Spirituality, and Healing
- Judaism and the Crisis of Modernity: 20th Century Jewish Philosophy
- Introduction to Jewish Civilization
- Jewish Civilization Senior Colloquium
International Affairs
- Normalizing Israel
- The Weaponization of Hate: Antisemitism, Racism, Islamophobia, and Xenophobia in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era
- Israel’s Relations with the Arab and Muslim World
- Terrorism: Middle East and North Africa
- Nuclear Age in the Middle East
- Israeli National Security Strategy, Policy and Decision Making: Primary Issues and Future Dilemmas
- Britain’s Palestine Mandate: Seeds of Statehood, Cradle of Conflict
- The 1936-1939 Great Revolt and the Genesis of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- History of Peace-Making in the Middle East
- Congress & Making Middle East Foreign Policy
- Memory Wars: Ukraine, Russia & Eastern Europe
- Islam, Judaism, and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Ideals vs. Realities
Hebrew
- Intensive Beginning Modern Hebrew I
- Intermediate Modern Hebrew I
- Advanced Hebrew I