Below are courses currently offered in the Jewish Studies departments of Laurier and Waterloo.
University of Waterloo:
FALL
RS 112 LEC 0.50 | Course ID: 010109 |
Power and Corruption in the Bible (Old Testament) | |
This course will deal with the period of the Prophets, e.g., Joshua, Kings, and Samuel. It will examine the uses and abuses of power analyzing the historical narratives and study the conflict between Saul and David, the political as well as the moral rise and fall of David. | |
[Note: Knowledge of Hebrew is not required. This course fulfills an Area 1B or Area 2A requirement for Religious Studies majors but not both.] | |
(Cross-listed with JS 130) |
RS 114 LEC 0.50 | Course ID: 014871 | ||||||||||||||
Jews and Jewishness | |||||||||||||||
This course examines the central elements that make up contemporary Jewish identity/identities, traditional and otherwise, with particular focus on the North American Jewish experience and the nature of Jewish modernity. It explores historical, literary, religious, and social issues that have contributed to the formation of these identities. | |||||||||||||||
(Cross-listed with JS 114) | |||||||||||||||
Only offered Online
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WINTER
GC 280G - Jewish Medical Ethics
RS 272 LEC 0.50 | Course ID: 011636 | ||||||||||||
The Holocaust and Film | |||||||||||||
An examination of the Holocaust as portrayed in feature films and documentaries. Do cinematic attempts capture the horror of the Holocaust faithfully, or trivialize it? The background to anti-semitism, use of religious imagery in propaganda films, and what counts as "success" or "failure" in cinematic representations are discussed. | |||||||||||||
[Note: This course fulfils an Area 3B requirement for Religious Studies majors.] | |||||||||||||
(Cross-listed with JS 233)
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