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The 199Y1 and 199H1 seminars are designed to provide the opportunity to work closely with an instructor in a class of no more than twenty-four students. These interactive seminars are intended to stimulate the students’ curiosity and provide an opportunity to get to know a member of the professorial staff in a seminar environment during the first year of study. Details here.

CJS100Y1
Basic Language Skills for Jewish Studies [96P]

Acquisition of basic reading, writing, speaking and listening (where applicable) skills in a language instrumental to a student’s chosen concentration in Jewish Studies, but unavailable through regular curricular offerings in the Faculty of Arts & Science.
Prerequisite: Enrolment in a Jewish Studies POSt or permission of the Centre for Jewish Studies
DR=HUM; BR=1

CJS101H1
Basic Language Skills for Jewish Studies I [48P]

Acquisition of basic reading, writing, speaking and listening (where applicable) skills in a language instrumental to a student’s chosen concentration in Jewish Studies, but unavailable through regular curricular offerings in the Faculty of Arts & Science.
Prerequisite: Enrolment in a Jewish Studies POSt or permission of the Centre for Jewish Studies
DR=HUM; BR=1

CJS102H1
Basic Language Skills for Jewish Studies II [48P]

Acquisition of basic reading, writing, speaking and listening (where applicable) skills in a language instrumental to a student’s chosen concentration in Jewish Studies, but unavailable through regular curricular offerings in the Faculty of Arts & Science.
Prerequisite: Enrolment in a Jewish Studies POSt and CJS101H1, or permission of the Centre for Jewish Studies
Recommended preparation: At least one semester of the target language
DR=HUM; BR=1

CJS200H1
Introduction to Jewish Studies [24L]

A balanced presentation of the multifaceted approach to the discipline by treating Jewish history, literature, religion, and culture and the interaction of Jews and Judaism with other groups. The course introduces students not only to a chronological and thematic overview of the subject, but also to different methodological approaches.
DR=HUM; BR=3

CJS210Y1
Language Skills for Advanced Research in Jewish Studies [96P]

Acquisition of advanced reading, writing, speaking and listening (where applicable) skills in a language instrumental to a student’s chosen concentration in Jewish Studies, but unavailable through regular curricular offerings in the Faculty of Arts & Science.
Prerequisite: Enrolment in a Jewish Studies POSt or permission of the Centre for Jewish Studies
Recommended preparation: At least one year of the target language
DR=HUM; BR=1

CJS211H1
Language Skills for Advanced Research in Jewish Studies I [48P]

Acquisition of advanced reading, writing, speaking and listening (where applicable) skills in a language instrumental to a student’s chosen concentration in Jewish Studies, but unavailable through regular curricular offerings in the Faculty of Arts & Science.
Prerequisite: Enrolment in a Jewish Studies POSt or permission of the Centre for Jewish Studies
Recommended preparation: At least one year of the target language
DR=HUM; BR=1

CJS212H1
Language Skills for Advanced Research in Jewish Studies II [48P]

Acquisition of advanced reading, writing, speaking and listening (where applicable) skills in a language instrumental to a student’s chosen concentration in Jewish Studies, but unavailable through regular curricular offerings in the Faculty of Arts & Science.
Prerequisite: Enrolment in a Jewish Studies POSt and CJS211H1, or permission of the Centre for Jewish Studies
Recommended preparation: At least one year of the target language
DR=HUM; BR=1

CJS220H1
The Holocaust in Fiction [24S]

The course examines literary works written in different languages, in ghettos and concentration camps during the Holocaust, as well as those reflecting on the genocide in its aftermath. We focus on literature as a means of engaging with the unimaginable and on the cross analysis of “eye-witness” and “memory” writing.
Recommended Preparation: CJS200H1
DR=HUM; BR=1

CJS221H1
The Schlemiel in Modern Jewish Art and Culture [24S]

The course explores the schlemiel – the stock Jewish comic type – in the context of modern Jewish thought, identity, and culture. Using literary and artistic material, we study various approaches to the problem of addressing, articulating, and theorizing the schlemiel type in the European and American contexts of modernity and post-modernity.
Recommended Preparation: CJS200H1
DR=HUM; BR=2

CJS230H1
God, Nation, and Self Transformed: The Secularization of the Jewish Experience [24S]

The course provides a theoretical background to the issue of secularization and examines the diverse attempts to define on a secular basis the Jew, the Jewish nation, and the Jewish God since the breakdown of “traditional” Jewish society. A variety of Jewish secularisms are examined in a larger, non-Jewish context.
Recommended Preparation: CJS200H1
DR=HUM; BR=2

CJS290H1
Topics in Jewish Studies [24L]

An examination of issues in Jewish Studies. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
DR=HUM; BR=None (This course has no status for breadth requirement purposes)

CJS389H1
Jewish Secularism and Messianic Thought: From Spinoza to Derrida [24S]

This course examines the critical role that Messianic thought plays in the emergence of modern Jewish secular thought. A study of the secular dimension of Messianism in the writings of Jewish philosophers, from Spinoza to Derrida, leading to the larger question of its place in the project of Jewish modernity.
Recommended Preparation: CJS200H1
DR=HUM; BR=TBA

CJS390H1
Special Topics in Jewish Studies [24L]

An examination of issues in Jewish Studies. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor/program
DR=HUM; BR=TBA

CJS400H1
Research Seminar in Jewish Studies [24S]

An interdisciplinary seminar in which Jewish Studies topics are explored intensively, culminating in a major research paper by each student.
Prerequisite: JSP200H1; permission of the instructor/program
DR=HUM; BR=TBA

CJS490H1
Advanced Topics in Jewish Studies [24S]

An in-depth investigation of topics in Jewish Studies. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor/program
DR=HUM; BR=TBA

CJS491H1
Advanced Topics in Jewish Studies [24S]

An in-depth investigation of topics in Jewish Studies. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor/program
DR=HUM; BR=TBA

CJS498Y1
Independent Study [TBA]

A scholarly project on an approved topic supervised by a faculty affiliated with the Centre for Jewish Studies.
Prerequisite: CJS200H1 and permission of the Centre
Recommended preparation: CJS400H1
DR=HUM; BR=TBA

CJS499H1
Independent Study [TBA]

A scholarly project on an approved topic supervised by a faculty affiliated with the Centre for Jewish Studies.
Prerequisite: CJS200H1 and permission of the Centre
Recommended preparation: CJS400H1
DR=HUM; BR=TBA

Jewish Studies Courses Offered by Affiliated Academic Units

The following is a list of undergraduate courses offered by the academic units affiliated with Centre for Jewish Studies. Courses not appearing below may be considered for credit in a Jewish Studies program with permission of the Director or Associate Director. For up-to-date information, please check the Jewish Studies website (www.cjs.utoronto.ca).

Department of Anthropology (416-978-4805)

ANT426H1 Orientalism: Western Views of the Other

Department of Art (416-946-7624)

FAH381H1
Problems in Jewish Art

Canadian Studies (University College; 416-978-8153)

UNI280H1
Canadian Jewish History

UNI380H1
Socio-Cultural Perspective of the Canadian Jewish Community

Department of English (416-978-3190)

ENG275Y1
Jewish Literature in English

ENG375H1
Studies in Jewish Literature and Culture

Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures (416-926-2324)

GER260Y1
Elementary Yiddish

GER360H1
Intermediate Yiddish

GER361H1
Yiddish Literature and Culture in Translation

GER362H1
Soviet and Kosher: Jewish Culture in the Soviet Union

GER363Y1
Cultural History of the East European Community, 1800-2000

GER412H1
Modernity and Its Discontents

GER430H1
Spinoza: Secularization in Modern Jewish Thought

GER462H1
Advanced Yiddish

Department of History (416-978-3363)

HIS208Y1
History of the Jewish People

HIS301H1
Imperial Spain

HIS303Y1
The Mediterranean, 600-1300

HIS308H1
The Mediterranean, 1300-1800

HIS317H1
Modern GermANY 1914 to the Present

HIS338Y1
The Holocaust, to 1942

HIS352H1
Secularism and Strife: Modern Jewish Politics and Culture

HIS356H1
Zionism and Israel

HIS361H1
The Holocaust, fROM 1942

HIS389H1
Outsiders Inside: Jews and American Popular Culture

HIS403Y1
Jews and Christians in Medieval and Renaissance Europe

HIS414H1
The Third Reich

HIS431H1
Gender and the Holocaust

HIS433H1
Polish Jews Since the Partitions of Poland

HIS442Y1
European Women in the 20th Century

HIS444H1
Topics in Jewish History: Jewish Identity in the Modern World

HIS451H1
World War II in East Central Europe

Department of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations (416-978-3180)

NML150Y1
Introductory Biblical Hebrew

NML155H1
Elementary Modern Hebrew I

NML156H1
Elementary Modern Hebrew II

NML220Y1
Introductory Aramaic

NML250Y1
Intermediate Biblical Hebrew

NML251Y1
Intermediate Biblical Hebrew: Pentateuch

NML255Y1
Intermediate Modern Hebrew

NML320H1
Intermediate Aramaic: Targum

NML350H1
Wisdom Literature

NML351H1
History Writings

NML352H1
Myth and Story

NML353H1
Jewish Apocalyptic Literature

NML354H1
Law and Ritual

NML355Y1
Advanced Modern Hebrew

NML356Y1
Babylonian Talmud

NML357H1
Midrash Aggadah

NML358H1
Mishnah and Tosefta

NML359H1
Prophecy

NML420Y1
The Jerusalem Talmud

NML450H1
Advanced Biblical Hebrew Grammar

NML451H1
Advanced Babylonian Talmud

NML452H1
Halakhic Midrashim

NML454H1
Midrash Before the Rabbis

NML455H1
Modern Hebrew Poetry

NML456H1
Modern Hebrew Prose

NML457H1
Introduction to Comparative Semitics

NMC150H1
Hebrew Bible and Ancient Jewish Literature in Translation

NMC151H1
The Bible and Its Interpreters

NMC250H1
Dead Sea Scrolls

NMC252H1
Ancient West Semitic Literature

NMC254Y1
Modern Hebrew Literature in Translation

NMC256Y1
Literature and Culture of Modern Israel

NMC257Y1
Introduction to the Literature of Jewish Sages

NMC275Y1
Muslims & Jews: The Medieval Encounter

NMC278H1
Introduction to the Modern Middle East

NMC281H1
Prophets: Ancient Jewish Prophecy and Inspired Exegesis

NMC282H1
The Politics of Prophecy in Biblical Narrative

NMC284H1
Judaism and Feminism

NMC324H1
Greek Speaking Judaism of the Second Temple Period

NMC352Y1
Faith and Doubt in Modern Hebrew Poetry

NMC360H1
Archaeology of the Biblical World I: The Bronze Age

NMC361H1
Archaeology of the Biblical World II: The Iron Age

NMC370Y1
Ancient Israel

NMC384H1
Life Cycle and Personal Status in Judaism

NMC388Y1
Medieval Jewish and Islamic Philosophy and Theology

NMC450H1
Advanced Biblical Hebrew Grammar

NMC477H1
Nationalism, Ethnicity and Minority Rights in the Middle East

NMC484Y1
Gender-related Topics in Law and Religion

Department of Philosophy (416-978-3311)

PHL310H1
The Rationalists

PHL322H1
Contemporary Continental Philosophy

PHL323H1
Social and Cultural Theory

PHL338H1
Jewish Philosophy

PHL370H1
Issues in Philosophy of Law

Department of Political Science (416-978-3343)

POL345H1
Becoming Israel: War, Peace and the Politics of Israel’s Identity

POL381H1
Topics in Political Theory

POL407Y1
Politics of Origins

POL421H1
Maimonides and His Modern Interpreters

POL430Y1
Comparative Studies in Jewish and Non- Jewish Political Thought

POL453Y1
The Politics of Post-Communism

Department for the Study of Religion (416-978-2395)

RLG100Y1
Religions East and West

RLG202Y1
The Jewish Religious Tradition

RLG220H1
Philosophical Responses to the Holocaust

RLG221H1
Religious Ethics: The Jewish Tradition

RLG239H1
Special Topics: Jewish and Christian Polemics

RLG280Y1
World Religions: A Comparative Study

RLG319H1
Reconception of Biblical Figures in Early Jewish and Christian Sources

RLG320H1
Judaism and Christianity in the Second Century

RLG325H1
Visions and Revelations in Ancient Judaism and Christianity

RLG326H1
Judaism and the Roots of Christianity

RLG340Y1
Classical Jewish Theology

RLG341H1
Dreaming of Zion: Exile and Return in Jewish Thought

RLG342Y1
Judaism in the Modern Age

RLG343H1
Kabbalah: A History of Mystical Thought in Judaism

RLG344Y1
Antisemitism

RLG345H1
Social Ecology and Judaism

RLG346H1
Time and Place in Judaism

RLG388H1
Special Topics: Kabbalah and Modernity

RLG430H1
Advanced Topics in Judaism

RLG432H1
Natural Law in Judaism and Christianity

RLG434H1
Modern Jewish Thought

RLG445H1
Maimonides and His Modern Interpreters

RLG446H1
The Thought of Leo Strauss

RLG453H1
Christianity and Judaism in Colonial Context

Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures (416-926-2075)

SLA202H1
Jewish Communities in Slavic Countries

SLA302H1
The Imaginary Jew

SLA303H1
Literary Imagination and Jewish Identity in Modern Europe

SLA318H1
Kyiv-Kiev-Kijow: A City through Cultures and Centuries

Department of Sociology (416-978-3412)

SOC250Y1
Sociology of Religion

SOC341Y1
The Jewish Community in Europe and North America

St. Michael’s College (416-926-1300)

SMC421H1
Jews and Judaism in Christian Traditions

University College (416-978-8083)

UNI380H1 Socio-Cultural Perspective of the Canadian- Jewish Community