Jewish Studies Concentration

Undergraduate Concentration

Jewish studies at Clark is designed to introduce the student to the major historical and religious trends in Jewish civilization since its inception in antiquity. The courses reflect the broad range of developments both encountered and fostered by the Jewish people including their contact with other world civilizations, classical literature, social and religious institutions, as well as their interaction with the modern world. In these courses, Jews and Judaism are studied both in their own internal context and as paradigms for wider trends in history and religion.

For more information, please visit the Jewish Studies Department’s website.

Concentration Requirements

All students must take JS 174 - The Jewish Experience , a survey of Jewish history and thought. In addition to JS 174 , students must take six courses of which at least two must be in the Classical area and at least two in the Modern area. One of the six courses must be an integrating capstone project (internship, independent study, or advanced seminar with the approval of the program director). Two courses in Hebrew language may also count toward concentration.

Program Faculty

Everett Fox, Ph.D.
Elizabeth Imber, Ph.D.
Willem Klooster, Ph.D.
Shelly Tenenbaum, Ph.D.

Courses

Courses offered within the last 2 Academic Year

• HEBR 101 - Elementary Hebrew I
• HEBR 102 - Elementary Hebrew II
• HEBR 103 - Intermediate Hebrew I
• HEBR 104 - Intermediate-Advanced Hebrew
• HIST 121 - Jewish History After 1492
• HIST 122 - Jewish History in the Ancient and Medieval World
• HIST 128 - History of Modern Israel
• HIST 152 - Jews in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America
• HIST 175 - Holocaust: Agency and Action
• HIST 276 - Collective Memory and Mass Violence
• JS 117 - Reading the Narratives of the Hebrew Bible
• JS 125 - Changing Images of King David
• JS 130 - Suffering and Evil in Jewish Tradition