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. The five courses will normally include an introductory course in Judaism (JWST 208 /RELG 208  or JWST 283 /RELG 283 ) and a 400-level seminar or independent study.

No more than three courses from one department may be counted toward the minor.

Only one independent study and one non-Colgate course may be counted.

• HEBR 121 - Elementary Hebrew I
• HEBR 122 - Elementary Hebrew II
• HEBR 201 - Intermediate Hebrew I
• HEBR 202 - Intermediate Hebrew II
• HIST 272 - War and Holocaust in Europe (EU)
• HIST 346 - Germany and Eastern Europe, 1848 - 1989 (EU)
• JWST 181 - The Many Faces of Israel
• JWST 204 - Jewish Fiction since the Holocaust (in English)
• JWST 205 /REST 205 - Yiddish Fiction in Translation  
• 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 228
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  RELG 228 - Jerusalem: City of Gods
    
• JWST 251
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  RELG 251 - Faith after the Holocaust
    
• JWST 283
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  RELG 283 - Experiencing Judaism
    
• JWST 303 - Jewish Fiction before the War (in English)
• JWST 308
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  RELG 308 - End of the World: Apocalyptic Thought and Movements in Historical Perspective
    
• JWST 339
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  RELG 339 - Modern Jewish Philosophy
    
• JWST 340 /RELG 340 - The Land of Israel  
• JWST 343 /RELG 343 - Gender and Judaism  
• JWST 354
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  REST 354 - Terror, Dissent, Russians, Jews: Literature and Life in 20th-Century Russia (SO)
    
• ENGL 368
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  PCON 368 - After Genocide: Memory and Representation
    
• POSC 215
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  MIST 215 - Comparative Politics: Middle East
    
• RELG 226 - Reason, Religion, and God
• RELG 230 - Feasting and Fasting: Religion and Food