Jewish Studies Minor

Minor Requirements

To complete the minor in Jewish studies the student must consult with a member of the advisory committee and/or the director to identify a course of study that includes five courses from the list below, at least one of which must be in Hebrew language. Only one independent study and one non-Colgate course may be counted.

• ENGL 368
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  PCON 368 - After Genocide: Memory and Representation
    
• HEBR 121 - Elementary Hebrew I
• HEBR 122 - Elementary Hebrew II
• HEBR 201 - Intermediate Hebrew I
• HEBR 202 - Intermediate Hebrew II
• HEBR 291 - Independent Study
• HEBR 295 - Intermediate-Level Hebrew Language Abroad
• HEBR 391 - Independent Study
• HEBR 395 - Advanced-Level Hebrew Language Abroad
• HEBR 491 - Independent Study
• HIST 272 - War and Holocaust in Europe (EU)
• JWST 181 - The Many Faces of Israel
• JWST 204 - Jewish Fiction since the Holocaust
• JWST 208
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  RELG 208 - The Hebrew Bible in America
    
• JWST 213
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  RELG 213 - The Bible as/and Literature
    
• JWST 222
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  RELG 222 - Comparative Scripture
    
• JWST 226
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  RELG 226 - Reason, Religion, and God
      
• JWST 242 - Antisemitism, past and present
• JWST 260 - Rabbis Reinventing: The Making of Judaism as We Know It
• JWST 275
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  HIST 275 - Modern Jewish History
     
• JWST 283
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  RELG 283 - Introduction to Judaism
    
• JWST 291 - Independent Study
• JWST 308
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  RELG 308 - End of the World: Apocalyptic Thought and Movements in Historical Perspective
     
• JWST 329
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  POSC 329 - The Politics of Nationalism and Memory in Eastern Europe (Extended Study)
     
• JWST 339
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  RELG 339 - Modern Jewish Philosophy
     
• JWST 343
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  RELG 343 - Gender and Judaism
     
• JWST 374
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  HIST 374 - Jews and Autobiography
      
• JWST 391 - Independent Study
• JWST 463
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  GERM 463 - Contemporary Jewish German Literature
    
• JWST 491 - Independent Study
• MIST 215
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  POSC 215 - Comparative Politics: Middle East (CO)
      
• RELG 230 - Feasting and Fasting: Religion and Food