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Faculty offer courses in numerous disciplines, including archaeology, art, history, languages, literature, performance, philosophy, political science, religion and sociology. Jewish Studies classes are noted for their combination of close textual study and vigorous intellectual debate. While languages such as Hebrew and Yiddish, along with texts from biblical and rabbinic literature, remain crucial to Jewish Studies, the topics studied have expanded dramatically to include many courses in modern Jewish history, thought and culture, the Holocaust, Israeli society and Jewish popular culture. The appeal of Jewish Studies rests on the role of Judaism as one of the fountainheads of Western civilization. In addition, because Jewish communities have developed ways of inheriting the past through a highly critical engagement both with Jewish traditions and with other cultures, Jewish Studies classes provide an excellent education in critical thinking for students of all backgrounds. Indeed, Judaism has survived by reinventing itself in response to adverse circumstances, so Jewish Studies classes also offer an excellent education in survival at a time when social and economic change proceed at ever increasing rates and thus demand repeated reinventions. Moreover, because Jewish thought and culture have engaged in perhaps the longest sustained discussion of the role of minorities within majority cultures, Jewish Studies classes provide many resources for critical and fruitful reflection on Canada's remarkable diversity and on Canada's place in an increasingly global society.
Enquiries: Centre for Jewish Studies (416) 978-8118/(416) 978-1624, jewish.studies@utoronto.ca/anna.shternshis@utoronto.ca
www.cjs.utoronto.ca
The Jewish Studies Undergraduate Program is divided into four areas of concentration:
A: Classical Judaism
B: Jewish Philosophy and Thought
C: History and Social Sciences
D: Modern Culture, Languages, and Literatures
Enrolment in this program requires the completion of 4.0 courses.
(10 FCEs or equivalent, including at least 4 FCEs at the 300+ level and at least 1 FCE at the 400-level)
1. CJS200H1/CJS201H1, CJS400H1
2. 3 FCEs or proof of proficiency at the third-year level in one of the following languages: Aramaic, Hebrew, Yiddish. Other languages are accepted with special permission. Students entering the program with requisite linguistic proficiency will choose any 3 FCEs in their first or second areas of concentration (see below) in addition to the regular requirements described in sections 3 and 4.
3. 4 FCEs in one of the four Jewish Studies areas of concentration, of which at least 0.5 FCE at the 400 level. This is in addition to the language requirements in section 2 (above).
4. Additional 2 FCEs in one other area of concentration, with at least 1 FCE at 300+ level.
5. At least 0.5 FCE among the courses in sections 1-4 must satisfy the quantitative reasoning requirement. If no Jewish Studies courses meeting this requirement are available in the first and second areas of concentration (sections 3 and 4), students, in consultation with a Jewish Studies advisor, may take a course with a quantitative reasoning component in any Jewish Studies area. This course will also count toward the requirements in section 4.
Enrolment in this program requires the completion of 4.0 courses.
(7 FCEs or equivalent, including at least 2 FCEs at the 300+ level and at least 0.5 FCE at the 400-level)
1. CJS200H1/CJS201H1, CJS400H1
2. 4.5 FCEs in one of the four Jewish Studies areas of concentration, with at least 2 FCEs at the 300+ level. Students choosing “Classical Judaism” concentration must take 2 FCEs of Jewish Studies approved language or demonstrate linguistic proficiency at the second year level.
3. Additional 1.5 FCE in one other area of Jewish Studies concentration.
4. At least 0.5 FCE among the courses in sections 1-3 must satisfy the quantitative reasoning requirement. If no Jewish Studies courses meeting this requirement are available in the first and second areas of concentration (sections 2 and 3), students, in consultation with a Jewish Studies advisor, may take a course with a quantitative reasoning component in any Jewish Studies area. This course will also count toward the requirements in section 3.
Enrolment in this program requires the completion of 4.0 courses.
(4 FCEs or their equivalent, including at least 1 FCE at the 300+ level)
1. CJS200H1/CJS201H1
2. 3.5 FCEs in one of the four Jewish Studies areas of concentration, including at least 1 FCE at the 300+ level.
Please note: For the most up-to-date lists of courses qualifying for each concentration, see the undergraduate handbook issued by the Centre for Jewish Studies.
A: Classical Judaism
CJS100Y1, CJS101H1, CJS102H1, CJS200H1, CJS201H1, CJS210Y1, CJS211H1, CJS390H1, CJS400H1, CJS491H1; RLG100Y1, RLG202Y1, RLG239H1, RLG280Y1, RLG319H1, RLG320H1, RLG325H1, RLG326H1, RLG340Y1, RLG342Y1, RLG343H1, RLG345H1, RLG346H1, RLG432H1; NML150Y1, NML220Y1, NML250Y1, NML251Y1, NML320H1, NML350H1, NML351H1, NML352H1, NML354H1, 356H1, NML357H1, NML358H1, NML359H1, NML420Y1, NML450H1, NML451H1, NML452H1, NML454H1, NML457H1; NMC150H1, NMC151H1, NMC250H1, NMC252H1, NMC254Y1, NMC257Y1, NMC281H1, NMC282H1, NMC284H1, NMC324H1, NMC360H1, NMC361H1, NMC370Y1, NMC384H1, NMC388Y1, NMC450H1, NMC484H1; SMC421H1
B: Jewish Philosophy and Thought
CJS100Y1, CJS101H1, CJS102H1, CJS200H1, CJS201H1, CJS210Y1, CJS211H1, CJS390H1, CJS400H1, CJS491H1; GER412H1, GER430H1; RLG100Y1, RLG202Y1, RLG220H1, RLG221H1, RLG239H1, RLG280Y1, RLG340Y1, RLG341H1, RLG342Y1, RLG343H1, RLG345H1, RLG346H1, RLG388H1, RLG432H1, RLG434H1, RLG445H1, RLG446H1; NMC388Y1; PHL310H1, PHL322H1, PHL323H1, PHL338H1, PHL370H1; POL381H1, POL407Y1, POL421H1, POL430Y1; SMC421H1
C: History and Social Sciences
ANT426H1; CJS100Y1, CJS101H1, CJS102H1, CJS200H1, CJS201H1, CJS201H1, CJS210Y1, CJS211H1, CJS390H1, CJS400H1, CJS491H1; GER362H1, GER363Y1; HIS208Y1, HIS301H1, HIS303Y1, HIS308H1, HIS317H1, HIS338Y1, HIS352H1, HIS356H1, HIS361H1, HIS389H1, HIS403Y1, HIS414H1, HIS431H1, HIS433H1, HIS442Y1, HIS444H1, HIS451H1; NMC275Y1, NMC278H1, NMC477H1; POL345H1, POL381H1, POL407Y1, POL430Y1, POL453Y1; RLG344Y1, RLG430H1, RLG453H1; SLA202H1, SLA302H1; SMC421H1; SOC250Y1, SOC341Y1; UNI280H1, UNI380H1
D. Modern Culture, Languages, and Literatures
ANT426H1; CJS100Y1, CJS101H1, CJS102H1, CJS200H1, CJS201H1, CJS210Y1, CJS211H1, CJS390H1, CJS400H1, CJS491H1; FAH381H1; ENG275Y1, ENG375H1; GER260Y1, GER360H1, GER361H1, GER362H1, GER363Y1, GER412H1, GER462H1; HIS352H1, HIS389H1; NML155H1, NML156H1, NML255Y1, NML355Y1, NML455H1, NML456H1; NMC256Y1, NMC352Y1; RLG344Y1, RLG430H1; SLA202H1, SLA302H1, SLA303H1, SLA318H1; SMC421H1; UNI380H1
Acquisition of basic reading, writing, speaking and listening (where applicable) skills in a language instrumental to a students 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 StudiesAcquisition of basic reading, writing, speaking and listening (where applicable) skills in a language instrumental to a students 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 StudiesAcquisition of basic reading, writing, speaking and listening (where applicable) skills in a language instrumental to a students 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 StudiesA balanced presentation of the multifaceted approach to the discipline by treating Jewish religion and thought. The course introduces students not only to a chronological and thematic overview of the subject, but also to different methodological approaches.
Distribution Requirement Status: This is a Humanities courseGeneral introduction to history, literatures and cultures of Jewish people from antiquity to contemporary. A balanced presentation of multi-disciplinary approaches and multi-methodological approaches to Jewish studies, with a special emphasis on Jewish cultural studies and Jewish secularity.
Distribution Requirement Status: This is a Humanities courseAcquisition of advanced reading, writing, speaking and listening (where applicable) skills in a language instrumental to a students 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 StudiesAcquisition of advanced reading, writing, speaking and listening (where applicable) skills in a language instrumental to a students 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 StudiesAcquisition of advanced reading, writing, speaking and listening (where applicable) skills in a language instrumental to a students 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 StudiesThe 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: CJS200H1The 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
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: CJS200H1An examination of issues in Jewish Studies. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
Distribution Requirement Status: This is a Humanities courseThis 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: CJS200H1An examination of issues in Jewish Studies. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor/programAn 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/programAn in-depth investigation of topics in Jewish Studies. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor/programAn in-depth investigation of topics in Jewish Studies. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor/programA scholarly project on an approved topic supervised by a faculty affiliated with the Centre for Jewish Studies.
Prerequisite: CJS200H1 and permission of the CentreA scholarly project on an approved topic supervised by a faculty affiliated with the Centre for Jewish Studies.
Prerequisite: CJS200H1 and permission of the CentreThe 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
Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies (416-946-8464)
DTS200Y1
Introduction to Diaspora and Transnational Studies
DTS404H1
Jewish Storytelling
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)
GER150H1
German Cultural Studies
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
GER364H1
History of Yiddish Cinema
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
Conflicted Loyalties: Problems of Jewish Modernity
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
HIS437H1
Telling Lies about Hitler
HIS442Y1
European Women in the 20th Century
HIS444H1
Topics in Jewish History: Jewish Identity in the Modern World
HIS450H1
The Writing of Jewish History.
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)
PHL217H1
Introduction to Continental Philosophy
PHL310H1
The Rationalists
PHL321H1
Heidegger
PHL322H1
Contemporary Continental Philosophy
PHL323H1
Social and Cultural Theory
PHL338H1
Jewish Philosophy
PHL370H1
Issues in Philosophy of Law
PHL408H1
Seminar in Philosophy
Department of Political Science (416-978-3343)
POL101Y1
Democracy, Dictatorship, War & Peace
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)
MHB155H1
Elementary Modern Hebrew I
MHB156H1
Elementary Modern Hebrew II
MHB255H1
Intermediate Modern Hebrew I
MHB256H1
Intermediate Modern Hebrew II
MHB355H1
Advanced Hebrew I
MHB356H1
Advanced Hebrew II
RLG100Y1
Religions East and West
RLG202Y1
The Jewish Religious Tradition
RLG213H1
Reading Sacred Texts
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
RLG389H1
Special Topics
RLG445H1
Maimonides and His Modern Interpreters
RLG446H1
The Thought of Leo Strauss
RLG451H1
The Parables of Jesus
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