Spring 2023; This course is Cross-Listed with JUDC 1028.
An introduction to the history of Jewish civilization in the early modern and modern period as interpreted through Jewish historical, religious, literary, and cultural developments from 1500 to the present. Special attention is paid to Jewish life in the Ottoman Empire Western and Eastern Europe and North America. Topics include the false messiah Shabbetai Zevi Hasidism, the Jewish Enlightenment, Emancipation, European Antisemitism, religious reforms, Yiddish culture, early Zionism, the Holocaust, Israel, and the challenges of modernity.
History students must enroll under HIST 1028 for this course to count toward the Major or Minor.
