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 Courses Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Summer 2007 Course Description: Around the world, wherever Jews have lived, they have distinguished themselves linguistically from their non-Jewish neighbors. They have spoken languages as diverse as Arabic, Spanish, Persian, and Malayalam and infused them with distinctly Jewish features, such as Hebrew and Aramaic words and elements of other Jewish languages. American Jews are no exception to this linguistic trend. This class compares and contrasts "American Jewish English" with Diaspora Jewish languages throughout history, and it explores the linguistic diversity among subgroups of American Jews, especially according to denomination, Jewish education, region, ancestral origin, and orientation towards Israel. *Syllabus (PDF) Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Spring 2007 Course Description: Around the world, wherever Jews have lived, they have distinguished themselves linguistically from their non-Jewish neighbors. They have spoken languages as diverse as Arabic, Spanish, Persian, and English and infused them with distinctly Jewish features, such as Hebrew and Aramaic words and elements of other Jewish languages. This class explores the processes of alignment and distinction that have engendered Jewish language varieties throughout the history of the Diaspora. Students learn some methodologies and theories of linguistics as they analyze Yiddish, Ladino, Jewish English, Jewish Malayalam, and other Jewish language varieties. *Syllabus (PDF) Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion School of Jewish Communal Service Spring 2007 Course Description: This class is designed to expose students to qualitative and quantitative approaches to social science research. Students are expected to become critical consumers of research on contemporary American Jews and to obtain the skills and experience necessary to conduct such research. This class is an opportunity for students to begin research for their masters thesis or project. *Syllabus (PDF) University of Southern California General Education Fall 2006 Course Description: In the multicultural society of the United States, people have multiple allegiances. Racial, ethnic, and immigrant groups construct their identities partly through distinct ways of speaking English. This class explores the connection between language and identity through short stories, essays, memoirs, novels, poetry, film, and music. It fulfills the Arts and Letters humanities requirement. *Syllabus (PDF) Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion School of Jewish Communal Service Summer 2006 Course Description: A social science course examining contemporary issues in Jewish religion, culture, and demographics. Topics include Jewish identities, layers of community, changing patterns of Jewish observance and affiliation, family dynamics, intermarriage, economics, Jewish distinctiveness, and the relationship between universalism and particularism. This class looks at a number of Jewish subpopulations, including gay and lesbian Jews, Deaf Jews, recent immigrants, and multi-racial Jews. *Syllabus (PDF) University of Southern California and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Fall 2005 Course Description: This class is an introduction to Jewish beliefs, practices, and history from the biblical period to the present. Students become familiar with Jewish holidays, lifecycle events, and philosophical issues by reading key texts of the Jewish tradition. The diversity within the Jewish world - according to geography, gender, and modern religious movement - is represented. *Syllabus (PDF) *All syllabi are in PDF Format. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, click here to download the program. Created with help from the Department of Distance Education (desupport@huc.edu). |
