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Spring 2005 Judaic Studies offerings
Day Courses
American Jewish History after WW II
History 410/510 CRN 65315/65316 & noncredit
Tuesday, Thursday 2 - 4 pm
Neuberger Hall 222
Michael Weingrad
To understand how a religious and ethnic minority transforms and is transformed by postwar America's pluralistic environment, the course examines issues of separatism, integration, assimilation, and continuity by focusing on cultural, political, and religious upheavals in American Jewish life. Topics include suburbanization, Jews and the New Left, the havurah movement, neconservatism, Jewish radicalism, feminism, and orthodoxy. For information, contact weingrad@pdx.edu
Holocaust through Film
History 497U/597 CRN 65679/65680 & noncredit
Tuesday, Thursday 2 - 4 pm
Science Building 1 Room 107
Alon Raab
The Holocaust, the systematic genocide of Jews, Roma, and others by the Nazis and their accomplices, has been portrayed in thousands of films from many countries and in many styles. Examining historical events through films and film clips, the course focuses on the limits of representation and the politics of various films and their reception. Special attention will be given to acts of resistance. For information,
alonraab@darkwing.uoregon.edu
Hebrew
Literature in Translation: Literature of the Hebrew Revival
Hebrew 410/510 CRN 65182/66239 or noncredit 66068
Tuesday, Thursday 10-12
Science Building 2 room 166
Michael Weingrad
The rise of modern Hebrew literature, from its beginnings in Russia to its flowering in the land of Israel. All readings in English translation. Contact weingrad@pdx.edu
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict through Film and Literature
History 497U/597 CRN 65811/65680 or noncredit
Tuesday, Thursday 4:40 - 6:30 pm
Shattuck Hall 207
Alon Raab
Artistic expressions of the tangled relationship between these nations, emphasizing representations of self and "other" in films of Gitai, Suleiman, and others and the writings of Agnon, Habibi, Grossman, and Darwish.
For information, contact
alonraab@darkwing.uoregon.edu
Jewish-American Literature
English 308U CRN 60947 or noncredit
MWF 12:45-1:50
Portland Center for Advanced Technology 140
Lee Medovoi
Significant recent Jewish American writing, including novels and short stories. For information, contact medovoi@pdx.edu
1st Year Modern Hebrew
Hebrew 103 CRN 61291 or non-credit 61290
TTh 6:40 - 8:30 pm
Neuberger 472
Ema Horovitz
Third in a three-course introductory sequence for study of grammar and syntax, literary texts, writing, and speaking. Prerequisite: Hebrew 102 or equivalent. Contact: emahorovitz@hotmail.com
Intermediate Hebrew
Hebrew 299 CRN 64830 or non-credit 61289
Tuesday, Thursday 4:40 - 5:55 pm
Science One Room 107
Ema Horovitz
Third in a three-course intermediate sequence for study of grammar and syntax, literary texs, writing, and speaking. Contact: emahorovitz@hotmail.com
Spinoza: Life and Thought
Philosophy 410/510 CRN 64275/64276 or noncredit
Tuesday, Thursday 2 - 4 pm
Cramer 401
Angela Coventry
Spinoza as a systemic philosopher whose work on knowledge and ethics helped make modern thought. Selections from The Theological-Political Treatise and the Ethics. Spinoza was excommunicated by the Jewish community. Learn why. Contact Coventry@pdx.edu
The Middle East
Geography 364 CRN 61210 or noncredit
Tuesday, Thursday 12 - 2 pm
Cramer 413
Susanne Steinmann
Spatial and social approach to the modern Middle East, addressing economic and political transformation of the region. For information, contact nomadsusi@comcast.net
Evening Courses
Psychology of Trauma through the Jewish Experience
Psychology 410/510 CRN 64236/64237 or noncredit
Aart Lovenstein
Monday 5:30 - 9:10 pm
How
do events such as Holocaust, terrorism, and combat impact victims, survivors, family, generations, and treatment providers? Students learn history, theory, and therapeutic strategies to prepare for face-to-face interviews of victims or family or for internet conversations with Israelis (soldiers, settlers, Holocaust survivors, Palestinians). Aart Lovenstein worked in Israel and now practices in Portland. Contact
lovefam@earthlink.net
Israel and Palestine
History 487U/587
Monday 5:30--9:10 pm CRN 61338/61365 or noncredit
Jon Mandaville
Neuberger 11
CRN 61338 or noncredit
19th and 20th century history of Israel and Palestine. Surveys a range of interpretations by contemporary scholars. Contact mandavillej@pdx.edu
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Politics 362U
Tuesday 6 - 9:40 pm
CRN 64439 or noncredit
Portland Center for Advanced Technology 128
John Damis
History and politics of the Arab-Israeli conflict. damisj@pdx.edu
For information and registration, call 503 72 LEARN
For program information, see www.judaic.pdx.edu
Contact Robert Liebman, Academic Director, 503 725-3601 liebmanr@pdx.edu
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