Jewish Studies Opportunities at the 5-Colleges

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Included is a list of classes offered through the 5 College Consortium designated by their teaching professor as relating to topics of Jewish identity, culture, history, religion, and the Hebrew language. These courses rotate; check with the respective colleges for semester offerings.

Here is information on taking courses at the Five Colleges.

  • The Holocaust HIST 111 AC Gordon
  • Ethics and the Hebrew Scriptures RELI 127 AC Niditch
  • Race and Otherness in the Middle Ages ENGL 330 and EUST 330 AC Nelson
  • Beginning the Bible REL 166 AC Niditch
  • Women & Gender in Judaism REL/JWST234 MHC Benjamin
  • Yiddish Nation: Language as Homeland JWST/GRMST/CRPE2xx MHC M Cohen
  • The Jewish Tradition JUD 125 SC Fein
  • Women and Gender in Jewish History JUD 227 SC Fein
  • What is the Good Life? Wisdom from the Bible REL 211 SC Kaminsky
  • Sacred Space in Jewish Antiquity JUD 238 SC Fein
  • Elementary Modern Hebrew I JUD 101 SC Caravita
  • Elementary Modern Hebrew I HEB 110 UMass Caravita
  • Jewish Food in Historical Perspective Judaic 327 UMass Ben-Ur
  • The Jewish Experience II Judaic 102 UMass Ben-Ur
  • The British Mandate for Palestine, 1917-1947 JNE 390STA UMass DeBoard (Spring 2024)
  • The Iron Wall: The Arab-Israeli Conflict and War & Peace in the Middle East JNE 290STA UMass DeBoard (Spring 2024)
  • Water, Oil and Blood: the Middle East in Global Policy SSP/MES 151 UMass Mednicoff