USC Catalogue 2023-2024 [ARCHIVED CATALOGUE]
Jewish Studies
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Jewish Studies is offered by the Louchheim School for Judaic Studies, administrated by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in coordination with USC Dornsife’s School of Religion. Students registering for classes in the program do so through the regular USC registration process and receive USC course credit and degrees. Hebrew courses may be used to fulfill graduation requirements in a foreign language. Courses that meet humanities general education requirements may be used as electives or may be used for major or minor credit with the approval of an adviser.
Louchheim School for Judaic Studies
HUC-JIR
3077 University Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90007
(213) 765-2113
FAX: (213) 747-6128
Email: louchheim@huc.edu, hochman@usc.edu
dornsife.usc.edu/jewishstudies
Chair: Leah Hochman, PhD
Faculty
Professors: Sarah Benor, PhD; Reuven Firestone, PhD; Joshua Garroway, PhD; Bruce Phillips, PhD; Dvora Weisberg, PhD
Associate Professors: Leah Hochman, PhD; Joshua Holo, PhD
Visiting Assistant Professors: Kristine Garroway, PhD; Candice Levy, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor: Yaffa Weisman, PhD
Hebrew Language Coordinator: Hagit Arieli-Chai, MAEd
Bachelor of Arts in Jewish Studies
Program requirements are listed in this catalogue under Religion .
Bachelor of Arts in Middle East Studies
See the Department of Middle East Studies for a complete listing of requirements.
Minor in Middle East Studies
See the Department of Middle East Studies .
Jewish Studies Minor
See Religion for a listing of requirements.
Jewish Studies Graduate Certificate
See Religion for program requirements.
ProgramsMinorCoursesHebrewJudaic Studies- JS 100gp Jewish History
- JS 180gp Judaism
- JS 211gw The Holocaust
- JS 214 Zionism, Israel, and the Modern World
- JS 258gp Food, Faith and Conflict
- JS 300 American Jewish History
- JS 314gp Holy War And History: Jews, Christians, Muslims
- JS 315g Anti-Semitism, Racism and Other Hatreds
- JS 321 Gender and Judaism
- JS 328gw Blacks and Jews: Conflicts and Alliances
- JS 330 Jewish Power, Powerlessness, and Politics in the Modern Era
- JS 340 Modern Jewish History
- JS 342 Reading in Two Directions: Connecting Law and Literature in Jewish Tradition
- JS 360m Identity, Community, and Service: Jews and Other Americans
- JS 361 Scripture and Polemic in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
- JS 362 Terror and Resistance in Literature and the Media
- JS 370gp Digs and Dispute: Religion and Archaeology in Israel
- JS 374 Messiah: The History of an Idea
- JS 375 Issues of American Jewish Literature
- JS 378 Jewish Magic in the Ancient World
- JS 379gm Mixing and Matching: Intermarriage in the 21st Century
- JS 381 The Jew in American Society
- JS 382g Judaism as an American Religion
- JS 383 Jews in American Popular Culture
- JS 389 Culture and Society in Israel: Inventing the Dream
- JS 390 Special Problems
- JS 415 The American Jewish Experience in Film
- JS 467 Modern Jewish Thought
- JS 490x Directed Research
- JS 499 Special Topics
- JS 501a Bible Texts
- JS 501b Bible Texts
- JS 501c Bible Texts
- JS 504 Modern Hebrew Literature
- JS 590 Directed Research
- JS 680 Boundaries of Jewish Normative Behavior
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