Fall 2024 Courses

Undergraduate Courses

Jewish History to 1492

JWST/HIST/RLST 1818-001

T/TH 2:00PM - 3:15PM | 3.0 | TBD

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Diversity-Global Perspective, Arts & Humanities
Meets Core Requirement: Historical Context, Asia Content

Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

JWST/RLST 1900-001

M/W/F 11:15AM - 12:05PM | 3.0 | Samuel Boyd, Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Diversity-Global Perspective, Arts & Humanities

Introduction to Jewish Culture

JWST/GSLL 2350-001/002

T/TH 9:30 – 10:45PM | 3.0 | Rebecca Wartell, Assistant Teaching Professor in Jewish Studies
Or
Online

Meets Gen Ed Requirements: Diversity-Global Perspective, Diversity-U.S. Perspective, Arts & Humanities
Meets Core Requirement: Human Diversity 

Representing the Holocaust

JWST/GRMN 2502

T/TH 3:30PM- 4:45PM | 3.0 | Gregory Grobmeier, Lecturer in German & Slavic Languages & Literatures and Jewish Studies 

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities
Meets Core Requirement: Ideals and Values

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: Abrahamic Religions 

JWST/RLST 2600

M/W/F 12:20PM - 1:10PM | 3.0 | Samuel Boyd, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities
Meets Core Requirement:  Ideals and Values, Asia Content

History of Arab-Israeli Conflict

JWST 3650/IAFS 3650

T/TH 12:30PM – 1:45PM | 3.0 | Zachary Levey, Visiting Professor in International Affairs Program and Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirements: Arts & Humanities
Meets Core Requirement: Humanities and the Arts

Internship in Jewish Studies

JWST 3930 | 3.0 | TBD

Departmental consent is required; please email CUJewishStudies@colorad.edu if you are interested.

Capstone in Jewish Studies 

JWST 4000 | TBD

Departmental consent is required; please email CUJewishStudies@colorado.edu if you are interested.

History of Modern Jewish-Muslim Relations

JWST 4378/HIST 4800

M/W/F 11:15AM – 12:05PM | 3.0 | Hilary Kalisman, Assistant Professor of History and Endowed Professor of Israel/Palestine Studies in Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirements: Arts & Humanities
Meets Core Requirement: Asia Content

Hebrew Language Courses

Beginning Modern Hebrew, First Semester

HEBR 1010

M/W/F 12:10PM – 1:20PM | 4.0 | Eyal Rivlin, Associate Teaching Professor

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Sciences Foreign Language Requirements

Intermediate Modern Hebrew, First Semester

HEBR 2110

M/W/F 2:20PM – 3:30PM | 4.0 | Eyal Rivlin, Associate Teaching Professor

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Sciences Foreign Language Requirements

Third Year Modern Hebrew, First Semester

HEBR 3010-001

M/W 3:35PM – 4:50PM | 3.0 | Eyal Rivlin, Associate Teaching Professor

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Sciences Foreign Language Requirements

Women, Gender & Sexuality in Jewish Texts & Traditions

HEBR 3202

T/TH 12:30PM – 1:45PM | 3.0 | Rebecca Wartell, Assistant Teaching Professor in Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Sciences Global Perspectives
Meets Core Requirement: Human Diversity

Hebrew Independent Study

HEBR 3850

Instructor TBD – If you are interested in this class with a Jewish Studies faculty member, please email CUJewishStudies@colorado.edu.

Graduate Courses

Graduate Independent Study

JWST 5900-900

If you are interested in this class with a Jewish Studies faculty member, please email CUJewishStudies@Colorado.edu.

Spring 2024 Courses

Undergraduate Courses

Jewish History since 1492

JWST/HIST/RLST 1828

T/Th 9:30AM – 10:45PM | 3.0 | Hilary Kalisman, Assistant Professor of History and Endowed Professor of Israel/Palestine Studies in the Program in Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement:  Arts & Humanities and GT-H1 History
Meets Core Requirement: Historical Context

Global History of Holocaust and Genocide

JWST/RLST/HIST 1830

M/W 3:35PM – 4:50PM | 3.0 | Thomas Pegelow Kaplan, Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Diversity-Global Perspective, Arts & Humanities, Historical Context

Introduction to Jewish Culture

JWST/GSLL 2350 | 3.0

T/TH 9:30AM — 10:45AM
AND
11:00AM — 12:15AM

Rebecca Wartell, Assistant Teaching Professor in Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirements: Diversity-Global Perspective, Diversity-U.S. Perspective, Arts & Humanities
Meets Core Requirement: Human Diversity 

Representing the Holocaust

JWST/GRMN 2502

T/TH 3:30PM- 4:45PM | 3.0 | Gregory Grobmeier, Lecturer of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures and Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities
Meets Core Requirement: Ideals and Values

Judaism

JWST/RLST 3100

T/TH 11:00AM – 12:15PM | 3.0 | Samuel Boyd, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities, Historical Context 
Meets Core Requirement: Asia Content

Jerusalem: The Holy City in History, Legend, and Religious Thought

JWST/RLST 3150

T/Th 9:30AM – 10:45AM | 3.0 | Samuel Boyd, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities, Ideals and Values
Meets Core Requirement: Asia Content

Refugees in German Culture

JWST/GSLL/IAFS 3681

T/TH 9:30AM—10:45AM | 3.0 | Beverly Weber, Professor in Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities

Lost Texts of Antiquity: Gnosticism

JWST 3820 | 3.0

M/W/F 10:10AM — 11:00AM | Celine Lillie, Lecturer in Religious Studies and Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities

Internship in Jewish Studies

JWST 3930-001 | TBD | 3.0 

Departmental consent is required; please email Felicia.Martinez@colorado.edu if you are interested.

Capstone in Jewish Studies 

JWST 4000-801 | 3.0 | TBD

Rebecca Wartell, Assistant Teaching Professor in Jewish Studies

Departmental consent is required; please email Felicia.Martinez@colorado.edu if you are interested.

History of Modern Israel/Palestine

JWST/HIST 4338-801 | 3.0

T/Th 2:00PM – 3:15PM | Hilary Kalisman, Assistant Professor of History and Endowed Professor of Israel/Palestine Studies in the Program in Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities

Expulsions and Diasporas: The Jews of Spain and Portugal

JWST/HIST 4524 | 3.0

T/TH 2:00PM — 3:15PM | Rebecca Wartell, Assistant Teaching Professor in Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities

The Holocaust: An Anthropological Perspective 

JWST/ANTH 4580 | 3.0

T/TH 2:00PM – 3:15PM | Paul Shankman, Lecturer in Anthropologie

Meets Gen Ed Requirements: Arts & Humanities 

Independent Study in Jewish Studies 

JWST 4900-900 | TBD

Departmental consent is required; please email Felicia.Martinez@colorado.edu if you are interested.

Hebrew Language Courses

Beginning Modern Hebrew, Second Semester

HEBR 1020-001

M/W/F 12:10PM – 1:20PM | 4.0 | Eyal Rivlin, Associate Teaching Professor

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts& Humanities and Arts & Humanities Foreign Language Requirements

Intermediate Modern Hebrew, Second Semester

HEBR 2120-001

M/W/F 2:20PM – 3:30PM | 4.0 | Eyal Rivlin, Associate Teaching Professor

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts& Humanities and Arts & Humanities Foreign Language Requirements

Third Year Modern Hebrew, Second Semester

HEBR 3020-001

M/W 3:35PM – 4:50PM | 3.0 | Eyal Rivlin, Associate Teaching Professor

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts& Humanities and Arts & Humanities Foreign Language Requirements

Graduate Courses

Graduate Independent Study in Jewish Studies 

JWST 5900-900 

Departmental consent is required; please email Felicia.Martinez@colorado.edu or Samuel.Boyd@colorado.edu if you are interested.

Fall 2023 Courses

Undergraduate Courses

Jewish History to 1492

JWST/HIST/RLST 1818-001

T/TH 11:00AM - 12:15PM | 3.0 | Gregory Grobmeier, Lecturer in German & Slavic Languages & Literatures and Jewish Studies 

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Diversity-Global Perspective, Arts & Humanities
Meets Core Requirement: Historical Context, Asia Content

Global History of Holocaust and Genocide

JWST/HIST/RLST 1830-001

T/TH 2:30–3:15PM | 3.0 | Thomas Pegelow Kaplan, , Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Diversity-Global Perspective, Arts & Humanities
Meets Core Requirement: Historical Context

Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

JWST/RLST 1900-001

M/W/F 10:10AM - 11:00AM | 3.0 | Samuel Boyd, Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Diversity-Global Perspective, Arts & Humanities

Introduction to Jewish Culture

JWST/GSLL 2350-001/002

T/TH 9:30 – 10:45PM | 3.0 | Rebecca Wartell, Assistant Teaching Professor in Jewish Studies
Or
T/TH 3:30PM – 4:45PM | 3.0 | Rebecca Wartell, Assistant Teaching Professor in Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirements: Diversity-Global Perspective, Diversity-U.S. Perspective, Arts & Humanities
Meets Core Requirement: Human Diversity 

Representing the Holocaust

JWST/GRMN 2502

T/TH 2:30PM- 3:15PM | 3.0 | Gregory Grobmeier, Lecturer in German & Slavic Languages & Literatures and Jewish Studies 

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities
Meets Core Requirement: Ideals and Values

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: Abrahamic Religions 

JWST/RLST 2600

M/W/F 12:20PM - 1:10PM | 3.0 | Samuel Boyd, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities
Meets Core Requirement:  Ideals and Values, Asia Content

History of Arab-Israeli Conflict

JWST 3650/IAFS 3650

T/TH 12:30PM – 1:45PM | 3.0 | Zachary Levey, Visiting Professor in International Affairs Program and Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirements: Arts & Humanities
Meets Core Requirement: Humanities and the Arts

Internship in Jewish Studies

JWST 3930 | 3.0 | TBD

Departmental consent is required; please email CUJewishStudies@colorad.edu if you are interested.

Capstone in Jewish Studies 

JWST 4000 | Rebecca Wartell, Assistant Teaching Professor in Jewish Studies

Departmental consent is required; please email CUJewishStudies@colorado.edu if you are interested.

Music in Jewish Culture

JWST/MUSC 4122

TH 3:30PM – 4:45PM | 3.0 | Yonatan Malin, Associate Professor Music Theory and Jewish Studies  

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities 

Topics in Jewish History: Global/1960s-Protest/Revolution

JWST 4348/HIST 4800

T/TH 5PM – 6:15PM | 3.0 | Thomas Pegelow Kaplan, Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities

Jews in the American West

JWST/HIST 4837

T/TH 12:30PM – 1:45PM | 3.0 | Rebecca Wartell, Assistant Teaching Professor in Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirements: Arts & Humanities

Independent Study in Jewish Studies

JWST 4900-900

If you are interested in this class with a Jewish Studies faculty member, please email CUJewishStudies@colorado.edu.

Hebrew Language Courses

Beginning Modern Hebrew, First Semester

HEBR 1010

M/W/F 12:10PM – 1:20PM | 4.0 | Eyal Rivlin, Associate Teaching Professor

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Sciences Foreign Language Requirements

Intermediate Modern Hebrew, First Semester

HEBR 2110

M/W/F 2:20PM – 3:30PM | 4.0 | Eyal Rivlin, Associate Teaching Professor

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Sciences Foreign Language Requirements

Third Year Modern Hebrew, First Semester

HEBR 3010-001

M/W 3:35PM – 4:50PM | 3.0 | Eyal Rivlin, Associate Teaching Professor

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Sciences Foreign Language Requirements

Hebrew Independent Study

HEBR 3850

Instructor TBD – If you are interested in this class with a Jewish Studies faculty member, please email CUJewishStudies@colorado.edu.

Graduate Courses

Graduate Independent Study

JWST 5900-900

If you are interested in this class with a Jewish Studies faculty member, please email CUJewishStudies@Colorado.edu.

Spring 2023 Courses

Undergraduate Courses

Jewish History since 1492

JWST/HIST/RLST 1828-001

T/Th 11:00AM – 12:15PM | 3.0 | Hilary Kalisman, Assistant Professor of History and Endowed Professor of Israel/Palestine Studies in the Program in Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement:  Arts & Humanities and GT-H1 History
Meets Core Requirement: Historical Context

Global History of Holocaust and Genocide

JWST/RLST/HIST 1830-001

T/TH 3:30PM – 4:45PM | 3.0 | Thomas Pegelow Kaplan, Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Diversity-Global Perspective, Arts & Humanities, Historical Context

Introduction to Jewish Culture

JWST/GSLL 2350 | 3.0

M/W/F 2:30PM – 3:30PM | 3.0 | Gregg Drinkwater, Visiting Assistant Professor

Meets Gen Ed Requirements: Diversity-Global Perspective, Diversity-U.S. Perspective, Arts & Humanities
Meets Core Requirement: Human Diversity 

Representing the Holocaust

JWST/GRMN 2502

T/TH 5:00PM- 6:15PM | 3.0 | Gregory Grobmeier, Lecturer of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures and Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities
Meets Core Requirement: Ideals and Values

Judaism

JWST/RLST 3100-001

T/TH 11:00AM – 12:15PM | 3.0 | Samuel Boyd, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities, Historical Context 
Meets Core Requirement: Asia Content

Jerusalem: The Holy City in History, Legend, and Religious Thought

JWST/RLST 3150-001

T/Th 9:30AM – 10:45AM | 3.0 | Samuel Boyd, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities, Ideals and Values
Meets Core Requirement: Asia Content

Women, Gender and Sexuality in Jewish Texts and Traditions

JWST/RLST 3202-001/WGST 3201-001

T/TH 2:00PM – 3:15PM | 3.0 |  Rebecca Wartell, Assistant Teaching Professor in Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirements: Global Perspective, Human Diversity, and Arts & Humanities

The Bible as Literature

JWST/ENGL/HUMN 3310-001

M/W/F 11:15AM – 12:05PM | 3.0 |  Katherine Little, Professor in English

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities
Meets Core Requirement: Ideals and Values

Contemporary Jewish Societies

JWST/IAFS/GSLL 3600-001/002

T/TH 9:30AM – 10:45AM 
or 12:30PM – 1:45PM | 3.0 | Rebecca Wartell, Assistant Teaching Professor in Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Diversity-Global Perspective, Diversity-U.S. Perspective, Human Diversity, Arts & Humanities

Internship in Jewish Studies

JWST 3930-001

TBD | 3.0 | 

Departmental consent is required; please email Angela.Watts@colorado.edu if you are interested.

Capstone in Jewish Studies 

JWST 4000-801 | 3.0 | TBD

Rebecca Wartell, Assistant Teaching Professor in Jewish Studies

Departmental consent is required; please email CUJewishStudies@colorado.edu if you are interested.

History of Modern Israel/Palestine

JWST/HIST 4338-801 

T/Th 2:00PM – 3:15PM | 3.0 | Hilary Kalisman, Assistant Professor of History and Endowed Professor of Israel/Palestine Studies in the Program in Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities

The Holocaust: An Anthropological Perspective 

JWST/HIST 4580-001

T/TH 2:00PM – 3:15PM | 3.0 | TBD

Meets Gen Ed Requirements: Arts & Humanities 

Independent Study in Jewish Studies 

JWST 4900-900 | Faculty | TBD

Departmental consent is required; please email samira.mehta@colorado.edu if you are interested.

Hebrew Language Courses

Beginning Modern Hebrew, Second Semester

HEBR 1020-001

M/W/F 12:10PM – 1:20PM | 4.0 | Eyal Rivlin, Associate Teaching Professor

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts& Humanities and Arts & Humanities Foreign Language Requirements

Intermediate Modern Hebrew, Second Semester

HEBR 2120-001

M/W/F 2:20PM – 3:30PM | 4.0 | Eyal Rivlin, Associate Teaching Professor

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts& Humanities and Arts & Humanities Foreign Language Requirements

Third Year Modern Hebrew, Second Semester

HEBR 3020-001

M/W 3:35PM – 4:50PM | 3.0 | Eyal Rivlin, Associate Teaching Professor

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts& Humanities and Arts & Humanities Foreign Language Requirements

Graduate Courses

Seminar: Current Issues in German Literature and Media: Refuge/Refugees

JWST 5348/GRMN 5520

M 3:35PM – 6:05PM | 3.0 |  Beverly Weber, Associate Professor of German Studies and Jewish Studies

Graduate Independent Study in Jewish Studies 

JWST 5900-900 

Departmental consent is required; please email Angela.Watts@colorado.edu or Hilary.Kalisman@colorado.edu if you are interested.

Fall 2022 Courses

Undergraduate Courses

Jewish History to 1492

JWST/HIST/RLST 1818-001

T/TH 2:00PM - 3:15PM | 3.0 | Gregg Drinkwater, Visiting Assistant Professor 

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Diversity-Global Perspective, Arts & Humanities
Meets Core Requirement: Historical Context, Asia Content

Global History of Holocaust and Genocide

JWST/HIST/RLST 1830-001

T/TH 12:30–1:45PM | 3.0 |  Gregg Drinkwater, Visiting Assistant Professor 

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Diversity-Global Perspective, Arts & Humanities
Meets Core Requirement: Historical Context

Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

JWST/RLST 1900-001

M/W/F 10:10AM - 11:00AM | 3.0 | Samuel Boyd, Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Diversity-Global Perspective, Arts & Humanities

Introduction to Jewish Culture

JWST/GSLL 2350-001/002

T/TH 9:30 – 10:45PM | 3.0 | Rebecca Wartell, Assistant Teaching Professor in Jewish Studies
Or
T/TH 3:30PM – 4:45PM | 3.0 | Rebecca Wartell, Assistant Teaching Professor in Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirements: Diversity-Global Perspective, Diversity-U.S. Perspective, Arts & Humanities
Meets Core Requirement: Human Diversity 

Representing the Holocaust

JWST/GRMN 2502

T/TH 12:30PM- 1:45PM | 3.0 | Gregory Grobmeier, Lecturer of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures and Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities
Meets Core Requirement: Ideals and Values

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: Abrahamic Religions 

JWST/RLST 2600

M/W/F 12:20PM - 1:10PM | 3.0 | Samuel Boyd, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities
Meets Core Requirement:  Ideals and Values, Asia Content

Topics in Jewish Studies: Gender, Justice, Food

JWST 3820/WGST 3701

M/W/F 1:25PM – 2:15PM | 3.0 | Samira Mehta, Assistant Professor of Women and Gender Studies & Jewish Studies, Director of Undergraduate Studies for Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirements: Arts & Humanities
Meets Core Requirement: Humanities and the Arts

Internship in Jewish Studies

JWST 3930 | 3.0 | Elias Sacks, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies, Director of the Program in Jewish Studies  

Departmental consent is required; please email elias.sacks@colorado.edu if you are interested.

Capstone in Jewish Studies 

JWST 4000 | Rebecca Wartell, Assistant Teaching Professor in Jewish Studies

Departmental consent is required; please email CUJewishStudies@colorado.edu if you are interested.

God and Politics

JWST/RLST 4170 

TH 3:30PM – 6:00PM | 3.0 | Elias Sacks, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies, Director of the Program in Jewish Studies  

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities 

Religion and Reproductive Politics in the United States

JWST/WGST 4200

M/W 3:35PM – 4:50PM | 3.0 | Samira Mehta, Assistant Professor of Women and Gender Studies and Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Diversity-U.S. Perspective, Arts & Humanities

Topics in Jewish History: Antisemitism

JWST/HIST 4348

T/TH 9:30AM – 10:45AM | 3.0 | Thomas Pegelow Kaplan, Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities

Expulsions and Diasporas: The Jews of Spain and Portugal

JWST/HIST 4524

T/TH 12:30PM – 1:45PM | 3.0 | Rebecca Wartell, Assistant Teaching Professor in Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirements: Arts & Humanities

Independent Study in Jewish Studies

JWST 4900-900

If you are interested in this class with a Jewish Studies faculty member, please email CUJewishStudies@colorado.edu.

Hebrew Language Courses

Beginning Modern Hebrew, First Semester

HEBR 1010

M/W/F 12:10PM – 1:20PM | 4.0 | Eyal Rivlin, Associate Teaching Professor

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts& Humanities and Arts & Humanities Foreign Language Requirements

Intermediate Modern Hebrew, First Semester

HEBR 2110

M/W/F 2:20PM – 3:30PM | 4.0 | Eyal Rivlin, Associate Teaching Professor

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts& Humanities and Arts & Humanities Foreign Language Requirements

Third Year Modern Hebrew, First Semester

HEBR 3010-001

M/W 3:35PM – 4:50PM | 3.0 | Eyal Rivlin, Associate Teaching Professor

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts& Humanities and Arts & Humanities Foreign Language Requirements

Hebrew Independent Study

HEBR 3850

Instructor TBD – If you are interested in this class with a Jewish Studies faculty member, please email CUJewishStudies@colorado.edu.

Graduate Courses

God and Politics

JWST/RLST 5170

TH 3:30PM – 6:00PM | 3.0 | Elias Sacks, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies, Director of the Program in Jewish Studies  

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities 

Religion and Reproductive Politics in the United States

JWST/WGST 5200

M/W 3:35PM – 4:50PM | 3.0 | Samira Mehta, Assistant Professor of Women and Gender Studies and Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Diversity-U.S. Perspective, Arts & Humanities

Graduate Independent Study

JWST 5900-900

If you are interested in this class with a Jewish Studies faculty member, please email CUJewishStudies@Colorado.edu.

Spring 2022 Courses

Undergraduate Courses

Jewish History since 1492

JWST/HIST/RLST 1828-001

T/Th 11:00AM – 12:15PM | 3.0 | Hilary Kalisman, Assistant Professor of History and Endowed Professor of Israel/Palestine Studies in the Program in Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement:  Arts & Humanities and GT-H1 History
Meets Core Requirement: Historical Context

Global History of Holocaust and Genocide

JWST/RLST/HIST 1830-001

M/W/F 10:10AM – 11:00AM | 3.0 | Gregg Drinkwater, Visiting Assistant Professor

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Diversity-Global Perspective, Arts & Humanities, Historical Context

Introduction to Jewish Culture

JWST/GSLL 2350 | 3.0

T/Th 9:30AM – 10:45AM 
or     3:30PM – 4:45PM | 3.0 | Rebecca Wartell, Assistant Teaching Professor in Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirements: Diversity-Global Perspective, Diversity-U.S. Perspective, Arts & Humanities
Meets Core Requirement: Human Diversity 

Judaism

JWST/RLST 3100-001

T/TH 11:00AM – 12:15PM | 3.0 | Elias Sacks, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies, Director of the Program in Jewish Studies 

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities, Historical Context 
Meets Core Requirement: Asia Content

Jerusalem: The Holy City in History, Legend, and Religious Thought

JWST/RLST 3150-001

T/Th 9:30AM – 10:45AM | 3.0 | Samuel Boyd, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities, Ideals and Values
Meets Core Requirement: Asia Content

Women, Gender and Sexuality in Jewish Texts and Traditions

JWST/RLST 3202-001/WGST 3201-001

M/W/F 2:30PM – 3:20PM | 3.0 |  Gregg Drinkwater, Visiting Assistant Professor

Meets Gen Ed Requirements: Global Perspective, Human Diversity, and Arts & Humanities

Contemporary Jewish Societies

JWST/IAFS/GRMN 3600-001

T/TH 12:30PM – 1:45PM | 3.0 | Rebecca Wartell, Assistant Teaching Professor in Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Diversity-Global Perspective, Diversity-U.S. Perspective, Human Diversity, Arts & Humanities

Internship in Jewish Studies

JWST 3930-001

M 2:40PM – 5:15PM | 3.0 | Eyal Rivlin, Associate Teaching Professor

Departmental consent is required; please email CUJewishStudies@colorado.edu if you are interested.

Capstone in Jewish Studies 

JWST 4000-801 | 3.0 | TBD

Rebecca Wartell, Assistant Teaching Professor in Jewish Studies

Departmental consent is required; please email CUJewishStudies@colorado.edu if you are interested.

History Today: Global Intensive in Israel/Palestine

JWST/HIST 4388-801 

T/Th 9:30AM – 10:20AM | 3.0 | Hilary Kalisman, Assistant Professor of History and Endowed Professor of Israel/Palestine Studies in the Program in Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Human Diversity, Arts & Humanities

The Holocaust: An Anthropological Perspective 

JWST/HIST 4580-001

T/TH  2:00PM – 3:15PM | 3.0 | Gregory Grobmeier, Lecturer of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures and Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirements: Arts & Humanities 

Jewish-American Literature

JWST/ENGL 4677-001

M/W/F 1:25PM – 2:15PM | 3.0 | Nan Goodman, Professor in English and Jewish Studies 

Meets Gen Ed Requirements: Arts & Humanities 

Independent Study in Jewish Studies 

JWST 4900-900 | Faculty | TBD

Departmental consent is required; please email samira.mehta@colorado.edu if you are interested.

Hebrew Language Courses

Beginning Modern Hebrew, Second Semester

HEBR 1020-001

M/W/F 11:30AM – 12:40PM | 4.0 | Eyal Rivlin, Associate Teaching Professor

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts& Humanities and Arts & Humanities Foreign Language Requirements

Intermediate Modern Hebrew, Second Semester

HEBR 2120-001

M/W/F 1:00PM – 2:10PM | 4.0 | Eyal Rivlin, Associate Teaching Professor

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts& Humanities and Arts & Humanities Foreign Language Requirements

Third Year Modern Hebrew, Second Semester

HEBR 3020-001

M/W 3:35PM – 4:50PM | 3.0 | Rona Schank, Lecturer in Hebrew

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts& Humanities and Arts & Humanities Foreign Language Requirements

Hebrew Independent Study

HEBR 3840-900 | TBD

If you are interested in this class, please email eyal.rivlin@colorado.edu.

Graduate Courses

Graduate Independent Study in Jewish Studies 

JWST 5900-900 

Departmental consent is required; please email elias.sacks@colorado.edu or beverly.weber@colorado.edu if you are interested.

History Today: Global Intensive in Israel/Palestine

JWST/HIST 4388-801 

T/Th 9:30AM – 10:20AM | 3.0 | Hilary Kalisman, Assistant Professor of History and Endowed Professor of Israel/Palestine Studies in the Program in Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Human Diversity, Arts & Humanities, Global Perspective

All Fall 2021 Courses will be Offered In Person.

Jewish History to 1492

JWST/HIST/RLST 1818-001

T/TH 2:20PM - 3:35PM | 3.0 | Gregg Drinkwater, Visiting Assistant Professor 

Meets Core Requirement: Asia Content, Historical Context | Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Diversity-Global Perspective, Arts & Humanities

Global History of Holocaust and Genocide

JWST/HIST/RLST 1830-001

T/TH 9:35AM - 10:50AM | 3.0 |  Gregg Drinkwater, Visiting Assistant Professor 

Meets Core Requirement: Historical Context | Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Diversity-Global Perspective, Arts & Humanities

Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

JWST/RLST 1900-001

M/W/F 10:20AM - 11:10AM | 3.0 | Samuel Boyd, Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies, Director of Undergraduate Studies for Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Diversity-Global Perspective, Arts & Humanities

Introduction to Jewish Culture

JWST/GSLL 2350-001/002

T/TH 11:10AM - 12:25PM | 3.0 | Rebecca Wartell, Instructor in Jewish Studies

Or

T/TH 7:05PM - 8:20PM | 3.0 | Rebecca Wartell, Instructor in Jewish Studies

Meets Core Requirement: Human Diversity | Meets Gen Ed Requirements: Diversity-Global Perspective, Diversity-U.S. Perspective, Arts & Humanities

Representing the Holocaust

JWST/GRMN 2502-002

T/TH 9:35AM- 10:50AM | 3.0 | Gregory Grobmeier, Lecturer of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures and Jewish Studies

Meets Core Requirement: Ideals and Values | Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: Abrahamic Religions 

JWST/RLST 2600-001

M/W/F 12:40PM - 1:30PM | 3.0 | Samuel Boyd, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies, Director of Undergraduate Studies for Jewish Studies

Meets Core Requirement:  Asia Content, Ideals and Values | Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities

Contemporary Jewish Societies

JWST/GRMN/IAFS 3600-001

T/TH 3:55PM - 5:10PM | 3.0 | Rebecca Wartell, Instructor in Jewish Studies

Meets Core Requirement: Human Diversity | Meets Gen Ed Requirements: Diversity-Global Perspective, Diversity-U.S. Perspective, Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities

Internship in Jewish Studies

JWST 3930-001

M 2:40PM – 5:10PM | 3.0 | Eyal Rivlin, Senior Instructor in Hebrew Language

Departmental consent is required; please email linda.park@colorado.edu if you are interested.

Music in Jewish Culture

JWST/MUSC 4122-001

M/W/F 9:10AM – 10:00AM | 3.0 | Yonatan Maiin, Associate Professor of Music Theory and Jewish Studies 

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities 

Is God Dead?

JWST/RLST 4180-001

TH 3:55PM – 6:25PM | 3.0 | Elias Sacks, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies, Director of the Program in Jewish Studies  

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities 

Religion and Reproductive Politics in the United States

JWST/WGST 4200-001

M/W 4:10PM – 5:25PM | 3.0 | Samira Mehta, Assistant Professor of Women and Gender Studies and Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Diversity-U.S. Perspective, Arts & Humanities

History of Modern Israel/Palestine

JWST/HIST 4338-001

M/W/F 1:50PM – 2:40PM | 3.0 | Hilary Kalisman, Assistant Professor of History and Endowed Professor of Israel/Palestine Studies in Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities

Jews in the American West

JWST/HIST 4837-001

T/TH 2:20PM - 3:35PM | 3.0 | Rebecca Wartell, Instructor in Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirements: Arts & Humanities

Independent Study in Jewish Studies

JWST 4900-900

If you are interested in this class with a Jewish Studies faculty member, please email CUJewishStudies@colorado.edu.

Capstone in Jewish Studies 

JWST 4000-001 | Elias Sacks, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies, Director of the Program in Jewish Studies 

Departmental consent is required; please email linda.park@colorado.edu if you are interested.

Hebrew Language Courses

Beginning Modern Hebrew, First Semester

HEBR 1010-001

M/W/F 11:30AM – 12:40PM | 4.0 | Eyal Rivlin, Senior Instructor in Hebrew Language

Meets Foreign Language Requirements: Core and Gen Ed

Intermediate Modern Hebrew, First Semester

HEBR 2110-001

M/W/F 1:00PM – 2:10PM | 4.0 | Eyal Rivlin, Senior Instructor in Hebrew Language

Meets Foreign Language Requirements: Core, Gen Ed, and GT-AH4 – Arts and Humanities

Third Year Modern Hebrew, First Semester

HEBR 3010-001

M/W 3:10PM – 4:25PM | 3.0 | Rona Schank, Lecturer in Hebrew Language

Hebrew Independent Study

HEBR 3850-001

Instructor TBD – If you are interested in this class with a Jewish Studies faculty member, please email CUJewishStudies@colorado.edu.

Graduate Courses

Is God Dead?

RLST 5180-001

T/TH 3:55PM – 6:25PM | 3.0 | Elias Sacks, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies, Director of the Program in Jewish Studies  

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities 

Sex, Politics, Religion in the U.S.

WGST 6290-001

M 12:30PM – 3:00PM | 3.0 | Samira Mehta, Assistant Professor of Women and Gender Studies and Jewish Studies

Graduate Independent Study

JWST 5900-900

If you are interested in this class with a Jewish Studies faculty member, please email beverly.weber@colorado.edu.

Spring 2021 Courses

Undergraduate Courses

Jewish History since 1492

JWST/HIST/RLST 1828-001

M/W/F 1:50PM - 2:40PM | 3.0 | Jacob Flaws, Lecturer in History 

Meets Core Requirement:  Historical Context; Meets Gen Ed Requirement:  Arts & Humanities and GT-H1 History

Global History of Holocaust and Genocide

JWST/RLST/HIST 1830-001

M/W/F 10:20AM - 11:10AM | 3.0 | Jacob Flaws, Lecturer in History 

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Historical Context; Diversity-Global Perspective, Arts & Humanities

Introduction to Jewish Culture

JWST/GSLL 2350-001

T/Th 11:10AM - 12:25PM | 3.0 | Rebecca Wartell, Instructor in Jewish Studies

Meets Core Requirement: Human Diversity | Meets Gen Ed Requirements: Diversity-Global Perspective, Diversity-U.S. Perspective, Arts & Humanities

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: Abrahamic Religions

JWST/RLST 2600-001

T/Th 9:35AM- 10:50AM | 3.0 | Samuel Boyd, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies, Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Program in Jewish Studies 

Meets Core Requirement: Asia Content; Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities, Ideals and Values

Judaism

JWST/RLST 3100-001

T/TH 9:35AM - 10:50AM | 3.0 | Elias Sacks, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies, Director of the Program in Jewish Studies 

Meets Core Requirement: Asia Content; Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities, Historical Context 

Women, Gender and Sexuality in Jewish Texts and Traditions

JWST/RLST 3202-001/WGST 3201-001

T/TH 12:45PM - 2:00PM | 3.0 |  Rebecca Wartell, Instructor in Jewish Studies

Meets Core Requirement: Meets Gen Ed Requirements: Human Diversity, Global Perspective, and Arts & Humanities

The German-Jewish Experience: From Enlightenment to the Present

JWST/GRMN 3501-001

T/TH 9:35AM– 10:50AM | 3.0 | Davide Stimilli, Associate Professor German, Comparative Literature, and Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Human Diversity: Meets Gen Ed Requirements: Arts & Humanities, Global Perspective

Internship in Jewish Studies

JWST 3930-001

T 3:55PM– 6:25PM | 3.0 | Rebecca Wartell, Instructor in Jewish Studies

Departmental consent is required; please email linda.park@colorado.edu if you are interested.

Independent Study in Jewish Studies

JWST 4900-900

If you are interested in this class with a Jewish Studies faculty member, please email CUJewishStudies@colorado.edu.

Capstone in Jewish Studies 

JWST 4000-801 | 3.0 | TBD

Elias Sacks, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies, Director of the Program in Jewish Studies 

Departmental consent is required; please email linda.park@colorado.edu if you are interested.

History of Israeli Culture 

JWST/HIST 4348-001

M/W/F 9:10AM– 10:00AM | 3.0 | Uri Dorchin, Israeli Institute Visiting Faculty Fellow

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Meets Gen Ed Requirements: Arts & Humanities

 The Jews of Spain and Portugal: After Explusion

JWST/HIST 4524-001

T/TH  9:35AM– 10:50AM | 3.0 | Rebecca Wartell, Instructor in Jewish Studies

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Meets Gen Ed Requirements: Arts & Humanities, Diversity

The Holocaust: An Anthropological Perspective 

JWST/HIST 4580-001

T/TH  2:20PM– 3:35PM | 3.0 | Jacob Flaws, Lecturer in History 

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Meets Gen Ed Requirements: Arts & Humanities 

Independent Study in Jewish Studies 

JWST 4900-001 | Faculty | TBD

Departmental consent is required; please email linda.park@colorado.edu if you are interested.

Hebrew Language Courses

Beginning Modern Hebrew, Second Semester

HEBR 1020-001

M/W/F 11:15AM– 12:25PM | 4.0 | Eyal Rivlin, Senior Instructor, Hebrew Language

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts& Humanities and Arts & Humanities Foreign Language Requirements

Intermediate Modern Hebrew, Second Semester

HEBR 2120-001

M/W/F 12:30PM– 1:40PM | 4.0 | Eyal Rivlin, Senior Instructor, Hebrew Language

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts& Humanities and Arts & Humanities Foreign Language Requirements

Third Year Modern Hebrew, Second Semester

HEBR 3020-001

M/W 1:45PM– 3:00PM | 3.0 | Eyal Rivlin, Senior Instructor in Hebrew Language

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts& Humanities and Arts & Humanities Foreign Language Requirements

Hebrew Independent Study

HEBR 3850-001

Instructor TBD – If you are interested in this class with a Jewish Studies faculty member, please email CUJewishStudies@colorado.edu.

Auxillary Courses

Topics in Writing: After the Holocaust

WRTG 3020-017

M/W/F 11:30 AM– 12:20PM | 3.0 | Sarah Barkin, Lecturer in the Program for Writing and Rhetori

Meets Gen Ed Requirement: Arts & Humanities and Arts & Humanities Core Requirements, Art & Humanities Written Communication

Graduate Courses

Graduate Independent Study in Jewish Studies 

JWST 4900-001 | Faculty | TBD

Departmental consent is required; please email linda.park@colorado.edu if you are interested.

Studies in Special Topics: Coming and Going in America 

ENGL 5529-002 

M 1:00PM– 3:00PM | 3.0 | Nan Goodman, Professor in English and Jewish Studies