JWST 355 - Modern European Jewish History

Unit(s): 4

Since the fifteenth century, Europe has been the major cradle of Jewish civilization and culture. This class, beginning in 1492 and ending in the present, will focus on and examine Jews’ place in European history and how Europe has functioned in Jewish history. Examining Jews communities and cultures in Germany, France, Spain, England, Eastern Europe, Russia, The Ottoman Empire and Turkey, and Greece. This course ends with an exploration of Jewish life and culture in Western, Central and Eastern Europe over the past sixty-five years.

GE Category: Satisfies GE Area D2
Typically Offered Fall Only
Grading: GRD