The Department of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Literatures (NESA) oversees the Jewish studies and Hebrew majors and minors, and the Jewish Oral History Minor.
For more information on these courses, contact department listing the course by clicking on the subject heading.
SPRING 2026 JEWISH STUDIES COURSES*
If you are age 60+, you can take these courses free of charge. | *subject to change | ||
CLASSICS | |||
3210 | Classics and African American Political Thought | Tuesday and Thursday - 11:10 am - 12:30 pm | Harriet Fertik |
4501 | The Good Life: Ancient Ethical Philosophy | Wednesday and Friday - 9:35 am - 10:55 am | Ben Folit-Weinberg |
DANCE | |||
DANCE 7403 | Postmodernism in Dance I | Tuesday and Thursday - 2:15 pm - 5:00 pm | Hannah Kosstrin |
GERMAN | |||
GERMAN 3252.02 | The Holocaust in German Literature and Film | Tuesday and Thursday 12:45 pm - 2:05 pm | Kevin Alan Richards |
HEBREW | |||
HEBREW 2700H (Cross-listed with JEWSHST 2700H) | Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament | Tuesday and Thursday - 9:35 am - 10:55 am | Daniel Frank |
HEBREW 2105 | Intermediate Hebrew II | Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday - 10:20 am - 11:15 am | Galit Elli Golan |
HEBREW 1102.01 | Elementary Hebrew II | Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday - 11:30 am - 12:25 pm | Galit Elli Golan |
HISTORY | |||
HISTORY 2455 | Jews in American Film | Mondays - 11:10 am - 12:30 pm | Matt Goldish |
HISTORY 4475 | Seminar in Jewish History | Tuesdays - 2:15 pm - 5:00 pm | Ori Yehudai |
HISTORY 3475 | History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict | Tuesday and Thursday - 9:35 am - 10:55 am | Ori Yehudai |
JEWISH STUDIES | |||
JEWSHST 3245 (Cross-listed with HEBREW 3245) | Israeli Film & Society | Wed & Friday - 12:45 pm - 2:05 pm | Galit Elli Golan |
JEWSHST 2201 | Introduction to Jewish Culture, Thought, and Practice | Tuesday & Thursday - 3:55 pm - 5:15 pm | Adena Tanenbaum |
JEWSHST 3704 (Cross-listed with HEBREW 3704) | Biblical Women | Online Asynchronous | Yoni Nadiv |
NELC | |||
NELC 5568 (Cross-listed with COMPSTD 5668) | Studies in Orality and Literacy | Wednesday and Friday - 11:10 am - 12:30 pm | Daniel Frank |
NELC/International Studies 2200 | Introduction to the Modern Middle East | Wednesday & Friday - 11:10-12:30 | Parvaneh Hosseini Fahraji |
POLITICAL SCIENCE | |||
POLITSC 4327 | Politics in the Middle East | Tuesday & Thursday - 9:35 am - 10:55 am | Donald Avery Sylvan |
YIDDISH | |||
YIDDISH 3399 | The Holocaust in Yiddish Writing and Film | Tuesday and Thursday - 3:50 pm - 5:10 pm | Karen Sobul |
YIDDISH 5194 | Group Studies | Monday & Wednesdays - 12:45 pm - 2:05 pm | Saul Zaritt |