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Course # (Section)
Title
Day/Times
Instructor
Location
Term
Course Details
AS.210.120 (01)
Modern Hebrew for Beginners I
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Scott, Cameron David
Homewood Campus
Spring 2024
Modern Hebrew for Beginners I AS.210.120 (01)
Elementary Modern Hebrew is the first exposure to the language as currently used in Israel in all its functional contexts. All components of the language are discussed: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Simple idiomatic sentences and short texts in Hebrew are used. Students learn the Hebrew alphabet, words and short sentences. Cultural aspects of Israel will be intertwined throughout the course curriculum.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM 01-22-2024 to 04-26-2024
Instructor: Scott, Cameron David
Room: Smokler Center Library
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/10
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.210.121 (01)
Modern Hebrew for Beginners II
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Bessire, Mirit
Homewood Campus
Spring 2024
Modern Hebrew for Beginners II AS.210.121 (01)
Hebrew for Beginners 121 is a continuation of Hebrew 120 and as such, students are required to have a foundation in Hebrew. The course will enhance and continue to expose students to Hebrew grammar, vocabulary, and syntax. All components of the Hebrew language will be emphasized in this course; we will highlight verbs, adjectives, and the ability to read longer texts. Speaking in Hebrew will also be highlighted to promote students’ engagement and communication. Cultural aspects of the language will be incorporated into lessons too
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM 01-22-2024 to 04-26-2024
Instructor: Bessire, Mirit
Room: Smokler Center 301
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.210.164 (01)
Elementary Yiddish II
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Lang, Beatrice
Homewood Campus
Spring 2024
Elementary Yiddish II AS.210.164 (01)
This course will focus on the Yiddish language as a key to understanding the culture of Yiddish-speaking Jews. Topics in Yiddish literature, cultural history and contemporary culture will be explored through written and aural texts, and these primary sources will be used as a springboard for work on all the language skills: reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM 01-22-2024 to 04-26-2024
Instructor: Lang, Beatrice
Room: Smokler Center 214
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/10
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.210.221 (01)
Intermediate Modern Hebrew II
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Bessire, Mirit
Homewood Campus
Spring 2024
Intermediate Modern Hebrew II AS.210.221 (01)
Please change description to: Intermediate Hebrew level II is a continuation of the course Hebrew 220 and as such is a requirement for entry. In the course, grammatical aspects of the language will be introduced in the focus of past and future tenses. Combined and complex sentences with proper syntax and reading comprehension and writing skills will be required. Modern Israeli cultural aspects of the Hebrew language will be introduced as well and will be part of the holistic understanding of the modern language.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM 01-22-2024 to 04-26-2024
Instructor: Bessire, Mirit
Room: Smokler Center Library
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/10
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.210.264 (01)
Intermediate Yiddish II
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Lang, Beatrice
Homewood Campus
Spring 2024
Intermediate Yiddish II AS.210.264 (01)
Continuation of Intermediate Yiddish I: this course will focus on the Yiddish language as a key to understanding the culture of Yiddish-speaking Jews. Topics in Yiddish literature, cultural history and contemporary culture will be explored through written and aural texts, and these primary sources will be used as a springboard for work on all the language skills: reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM 01-22-2024 to 04-26-2024
Instructor: Lang, Beatrice
Room: Smokler Center 214
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/10
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.210.321 (01)
Advanced Modern Hebrew II
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Bessire, Mirit
Homewood Campus
Spring 2024
Advanced Modern Hebrew II AS.210.321 (01)
This course will expand students’ fluencies in Modern Hebrew through Hebrew-dialogic Israeli and Palestinian cinema, examining and comparing several layers of a contemporary Hebrew-speaking society. For this class, students will view, discuss, and write about films with Hebrew as the primary spoken language. Through aural interpretation and subtitles, students will understand, analyze, and reflectively discuss the diversity of Hebrew-speaking cultures within society and the provenance and intentionalities of the dialects exhibited throughout a given film. Linguistic nuance, slang, and interpretive aspects of Hebrew as shown in the chosen films will prompt students to examine this modality of the expression of contemporary Hebrew. The course will be taught primarily in Hebrew and will be open to students who have matriculated to at least 200-level coursework of Modern Hebrew.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM 01-22-2024 to 04-26-2024
Instructor: Bessire, Mirit
Room: Smokler Center 214
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/10
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.216.620 (01)
Jesus in Modern Hebrew Literature
T 1:30PM - 3:30PM
Stahl, Neta
Homewood Campus
Spring 2024
Jesus in Modern Hebrew Literature AS.216.620 (01)
This seminar will track the changes in the representations of Jesus in modern Hebrew literature. We will study the connections between intellectual writings and the literary depictions of Jesus, changes in the representations of his figure in the aftermath of the Holocaust and Israeli statehood, and the function of his figure in the cultural and theological modern Jewish imagination. Reading will include prose-fiction, novels, poetry, drama, and intellectual essays from the late 19th century to the beginning of the 21st century.
Credits: 2.00
Level: Graduate
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 3:30PM 01-22-2024 to 04-26-2024
Instructor: Stahl, Neta
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 11/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.216.806 (01)
Hebrew/Yiddish Proposal Prep
Stahl, Neta
Homewood Campus
Spring 2024
Hebrew/Yiddish Proposal Prep AS.216.806 (01)
Hebrew/Yiddish Proposal Prep
Credits: 6.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times: 01-22-2024 to 04-26-2024
Instructor: Stahl, Neta
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.216.850 (01)
Professional Training - Hebrew & Yiddish
Stahl, Neta
Homewood Campus
Spring 2024
Professional Training - Hebrew & Yiddish AS.216.850 (01)
Training for professional academic purposes.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times: 01-22-2024 to 04-26-2024
Instructor: Stahl, Neta
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 12/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.210.120 (01)
Elementary Modern Hebrew
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Bessire, Mirit
Homewood Campus
Fall 2024
Elementary Modern Hebrew AS.210.120 (01)
Elementary Modern Hebrew is the first exposure to the language as currently used in Israel in all its functional contexts. All components of the language are discussed: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Simple idiomatic sentences and short texts in Hebrew are used. Students learn the Hebrew alphabet, words and short sentences. Cultural aspects of Israel will be intertwined throughout the course curriculum.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM 08-26-2024 to 12-06-2024
Instructor: Bessire, Mirit
Room: Smokler Center 301
Status: Open
Seats Available: 15/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.210.121 (01)
Modern Hebrew for Beginners II
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Scott, Cameron David
Homewood Campus
Fall 2024
Modern Hebrew for Beginners II AS.210.121 (01)
Hebrew for Beginners 121 is a continuation of Hebrew 120 and as such, students are required to have a foundation in Hebrew. The course will enhance and continue to expose students to Hebrew grammar, vocabulary, and syntax. All components of the Hebrew language will be emphasized in this course; we will highlight verbs, adjectives, and the ability to read longer texts. Speaking in Hebrew will also be highlighted to promote students’ engagement and communication. Cultural aspects of the language will be incorporated into lessons too
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM 08-26-2024 to 12-06-2024
Instructor: Scott, Cameron David
Room: Smokler Center Library
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/10
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.210.163 (01)
Elementary Yiddish I
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Lang, Beatrice
Homewood Campus
Fall 2024
Elementary Yiddish I AS.210.163 (01)
Look at Jewish history and culture backwards and forwards through the Yiddish language! The vernacular of Ashkenazi Jews for a thousand years, Yiddish connects back to recent and distant generations in Europe, America, and elsewhere. But Yiddish is not just a bridge to the past, it is also the center of vibrant contemporary cultures, both religious and secular.
This four-skills language class (reading, writing, listening, speaking) places emphasis on the active use of Yiddish in oral and written communication while guiding students towards the use of Yiddish as a tool for the study of Yiddish literature and Ashkenazi history and culture.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM 08-26-2024 to 12-06-2024
Instructor: Lang, Beatrice
Room: Smokler Center 213
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/10
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.210.220 (01)
Intermediate Hebrew I
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Bessire, Mirit
Homewood Campus
Fall 2024
Intermediate Hebrew I AS.210.220 (01)
Intermediate Modern Hebrew enhances and enforces previous knowledge of Hebrew as acquired from previous foundational coursework and/or experience. Grammatical aspects of the language such as past and present tenses as well as combined and complex sentence syntax and construction would be applied. Reading comprehension and writing skills will be emphasized. Modern Israeli cultural links and facets of the Hebrew language will also be introduced to inform the holistic understanding of the modern language.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM 08-26-2024 to 12-06-2024
Instructor: Bessire, Mirit
Room: Smokler Center 301
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/10
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.210.269 (01)
Intermediate Yiddish Texts I
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Lang, Beatrice
Homewood Campus
Fall 2024
Intermediate Yiddish Texts I AS.210.269 (01)
For students who have completed at least one year of Yiddish language study, this course will provide the opportunity to broaden and deepen their knowledge of Yiddish culture while continuing to improve their skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking Yiddish. Alongside textbook-based language work, students will read, listen to and interact with a variety of texts, for example literature, journalism and oral history. Prerequisite: AS.210.164 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM 08-26-2024 to 12-06-2024
Instructor: Lang, Beatrice
Room: Smokler Center Library
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/10
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.210.320 (01)
Advanced Modern Hebrew I
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Bessire, Mirit
Homewood Campus
Fall 2024
Advanced Modern Hebrew I AS.210.320 (01)
Advanced Modern Hebrew I will focus on conversational and interactive language skills to expose learners to attributes of different genres and layers of the language. Students will be introduced to various original texts and lingual patterns to better understand and formulate proper syntax. The course will include contemporary readings from Israeli journalism and essays, along with other relevant Hebrew resources to inform class discussions and students’ reflective writings. Israeli cultural aspects will be integral to the course curriculum.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM 08-26-2024 to 12-06-2024
Instructor: Bessire, Mirit
Room: Smokler Center Library
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/10
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.216.410 (01)
Yiddish Theatre from the Purim-shpil to the Present Day
M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Lang, Beatrice
Homewood Campus
Fall 2024
Yiddish Theatre from the Purim-shpil to the Present Day AS.216.410 (01)
In traditional Ashkenazi Jewish society, the purim-shpil was the only kind of drama performed, but with the advent of modernity Yiddish-speaking Jews embraced theatre as playwrights, actors, and audiences. This course will survey Yiddish theatre from its traditional beginnings through its many permutations from the late eighteenth century to the present day, with examples of plays from the popular to the highly literary. All readings, discussion, and written responses will be in Yiddish.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 1:30PM - 4:00PM 08-26-2024 to 12-06-2024
Instructor: Lang, Beatrice
Room: Smokler Center Library
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/8
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.216.411 (01)
The Evolution of Hebrew Linguistic Thought
M 5:30PM - 8:00PM
Chen, Elnatan
Homewood Campus
Fall 2024
The Evolution of Hebrew Linguistic Thought AS.216.411 (01)
This course will explore the evolution of Hebrew linguistic thought, focusing on the seminal works of early Hebrew grammarians in Muslim Spain during the 10th–11th centuries, including Judah Hayyuj and Jonah Ibn Janah. It will then trace the intellectual journey across Christian Central Europe up to the late modern era, highlighting contributions from both Jewish and non-Jewish grammarians. Notably, it will feature figures such as David Kimhi at the beginning of this period and Wilhelm Gesenius at its conclusion. The exploration will conclude with an overview of modern contributions, from within Israel and abroad, to Hebrew linguistic thought, showcasing linguists like Naphtali Tur-Sinai and Geoffrey Khan.
The course will primarily involve reading texts written by leading grammarians and biblical commentators, examining fundamental issues in Hebrew language, the various theories proposed, and the transformations that have taken place in Hebrew linguistic thought. The texts will be read in English, with reference to the original languages (if other than English), Hebrew or Arabic.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 5:30PM - 8:00PM 08-26-2024 to 12-06-2024
Instructor: Chen, Elnatan
Room: Gilman 479
Status: Open
Seats Available: 12/12
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.216.643 (01)
Realism and Anti-Realism in Modern Hebrew Literature
T 1:30PM - 3:30PM
Stahl, Neta
Homewood Campus
Fall 2024
Realism and Anti-Realism in Modern Hebrew Literature AS.216.643 (01)
This seminar seeks to trace the narrative dynamics and literary means of modern Hebrew Literature through a close examination of the tension between its realistic and anti-realistic trends. It begins with theoretical questions regarding the definition of realism as a literary genre. After this introductory section, the seminar is divided to three different periods in modern Hebrew literature, each is analyzed within the framework of its relation to realism. The first period is the turn of the 20th century and its first decades, reading works by writers such as Yosef Haim Brenner, Shmuel Yosef Agnon and Devora Baron. In the second period we study the post Israeli statehood period through reading works by A.B. Yehoshua, Amos Oz, Amalia Khanana Carmon and Yehoshua Knaz. The third part of the course deals with prose-fiction that is considered post-modernistic and includes writers such as David Grossman, Orly Castel-Bloom Yoel Hofmann, and Ronit Matalon.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Graduate
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 3:30PM 08-26-2024 to 12-06-2024
Instructor: Stahl, Neta
Room: Smokler Center 213
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/10
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.216.800 (01)
Independent Study
Stahl, Neta
Homewood Campus
Fall 2024
Independent Study AS.216.800 (01)
This research course focuses on surveying and deepening the students’ familiarity with the historical, cultural, and linguistic aspects of modern Jewish literature.
Credits: 3.00 - 9.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times: 08-26-2024 to 12-06-2024
Instructor: Stahl, Neta
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/10
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.216.800 (02)
Independent Study
Spinner, Samuel Jacob
Homewood Campus
Fall 2024
Independent Study AS.216.800 (02)
This research course focuses on surveying and deepening the students’ familiarity with the historical, cultural, and linguistic aspects of modern Jewish literature.
Credits: 3.00 - 9.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times: 08-26-2024 to 12-06-2024
Instructor: Spinner, Samuel Jacob
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/10
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.216.806 (01)
Hebrew/Yiddish Proposal Prep
Spinner, Samuel Jacob
Homewood Campus
Fall 2024
Hebrew/Yiddish Proposal Prep AS.216.806 (01)
Hebrew/Yiddish Proposal Prep
Credits: 6.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times: 08-26-2024 to 12-06-2024
Instructor: Spinner, Samuel Jacob
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.216.806 (02)
Hebrew/Yiddish Proposal Prep
Stahl, Neta
Homewood Campus
Fall 2024
Hebrew/Yiddish Proposal Prep AS.216.806 (02)
Hebrew/Yiddish Proposal Prep
Credits: 6.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times: 08-26-2024 to 12-06-2024
Instructor: Stahl, Neta
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.216.808 (01)
Hebrew/Yiddish Dissertation Research
Spinner, Samuel Jacob
Homewood Campus
Fall 2024
Hebrew/Yiddish Dissertation Research AS.216.808 (01)
Hebrew/Yiddish Dissertation Research
Credits: 9.00
Level: Graduate
Days/Times: 08-26-2024 to 12-06-2024
Instructor: Spinner, Samuel Jacob
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.216.850 (01)
Professional Training - Hebrew & Yiddish
Bessire, Mirit
Homewood Campus
Fall 2024
Professional Training - Hebrew & Yiddish AS.216.850 (01)
