2017-2018 Academic Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2017-2018 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

SOC 258 - Women in Jewish Culture


Uncovers the experiences of Jewish women and uses gender analysis as a means to enrich our understanding of Jewish life. The course begins with images of women in the Hebrew Bible followed by discussion of Rabbinic Judaism. A central focus will be Jewish women’s encounters with modernity in a variety of contexts: Western and Eastern Europe, United States, and Israel.

Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other year