Stern College for Women Syllabi -- Spring and Fall 2021-2022 courses: Recent submissions
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JUDS 1410: Women and Jewish law
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)Course Description ¶The status of women in halacha is complex, but ever-evolving. In this course, we will analyze through a critical, but respectful lens the foundations of halachic Judaism and its relationship to women ... -
JUDS 1404: Basic Jewish Concepts - The Shabbat
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)¶Course Description: The course will study the laws and philosophy about Shabbat observance. Objectives: The student will master the laws of the thirty nine Melachot as well as the basic philosophical ideas that Jewish ... -
JUDS 1202: Laws and philosophy of Jewish prayer
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)¶Course Description: This course will focus on the laws that govern daily Jewish prayer. We will study relevant topics including a woman’s obligation in prayer (ex. Must I daven all of Shacharit?), appropriate locations ... -
JPHI 4933H: Malbim and modernity
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)The aim of this class is to explore the thought of one of the most well-known Jewish exegetes of the nineteenth century—Malbim—with a heavy emphasis on his historical and intellectual context. We will survey the major ... -
JPHI 1843: Contemporary Jewish Philosophy
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)The course will explore some of the most recent Chassidic Masters and their Chassidic Thought. Students will study texts written by Rav Moshe Wolfson, students of Rav Yitzchok Meir Morgenstern, Rav Elimelech Biderman, ... -
JPHI 1816: Hashkafa of the Vilna Gaon
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)COURSE OBJECTIVES: The course will consist of an in-depth study of themes in Jewish thought based upon insights and concepts of the Vilna Gaon. Most of the discussions will relate to the holidays of Rosh Hashana, Yom ... -
JPHI 1611: Nachmanides
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)Course Objectives This course focuses on a variety of fascinating theological and philosophical concepts that emerge from the writings of Nachmanides. Special attention will be given to Nachamanides’ Commentary on the ... -
JPHI 1131: Survey of Jewish Philosophy
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-10)¶Throughout the course of history, people have looked at the world and come away with questions, struggling with various aspects of humanity and faith. Jewish philosophers have examined these questions, revealing in their ... -
JHIS 4932: Jewish historical thought
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)¶We take Jewish history for granted. We assume that we know what we mean when we talk about history, but do we? As one of the longest “histories” of any group in the human family, Jewish history spans unimaginable epochs ... -
JHIS 1401: Modern Jewish History
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)¶Modern Jewish history – what is it? When does it begin? Why is it important? While for other eras of Jewish history, these questions seem self-explanatory, in the case of the modern period they have sparked no small ... -
JHIS 1344: Jewish Exegetical Polemics
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)¶This course explores the strategies Jews employed in response to Christian interpretations of Tanakh. The course traces the conflict between the two religions from its beginnings until modern times, concentrating ... -
JHIS 1329H: Topics in the History of Halakhah
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)This course will analyze several variegated topics related to מסכת עבודה זרה , using a wide range of texts of the rishonim. Through careful consideration of the historical and conceptual underpinnings of these works and ... -
HEBR 1010: Hebrew Level I
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)¶ELIGIBILITY: By placement only. Students need to be acquainted with the Hebrew alphabet and able to follow a written text. Free internet resources for learning the Hebrew alphabet are listed at the end of this document. ... -
HEBR 1020: Hebrew Level II
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)ELIGIBILITY: By placement only. GENERAL DESCRIPTION This course is for students who successfully completed level I at YU or came into the program with comparable abilities in Hebrew. It is built upon students’ elementary ... -
HIST 2503: New World encounters: Narratives of discovery and conquest from Columbus and beyond
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)The arrival of Columbus’ caravels to the Caribbean islands of Guanahaní, Haiti and Cuba in the Fall of 1492 forever changed the course of world history. There could be no turning back for either the Europeans or the ... -
HIST 2303: History of Palestine, 1917-1948
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)The course will examine the history of modern Jewish settlement in Palestine under the Ottoman rule and the British Mandate, up to the establishment of the state in 1948. We will begin with a discussion of Zionism, its ... -
HIST 2231: History of New York City: People, communities, politics, culture
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)COURSE DESCRIPTION: The course explores the history of New York from colonial times as a Dutch colony in 17th century, to 21st century and its current character of a postindustrial city. The course will proceed chronologically, ... -
HIST 2159H: History of modern Germany: 1871 To the present
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)“Germany? But where is it? I know not how to find the country” (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller, Xenien, 1797) This course is designed to introduce students to the history of Germany from the age of ... -
HIST 1101: Emergence of Europe
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)Course description: This course will examine the history of Europe from c.500 BCE to c.1650 and will consider some key texts to see what they can tell us about the periods under review. ¶Learning Objectives: a) Students ... -
HEBR 1030: Hebrew Level III
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)ELIGIBILITY: By placement only. ¶GENERAL DESCRIPTION This course is for students who acquired the foundations of Hebrew grammar in levels I and/or II at YU or came into the program with comparable proficiency in Hebrew ...