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This course is the first half of a two-semester sequence introducing Modern Hebrew language and culture, with a focus on development of the five language proficiencies: reading, writing, speaking, listening, and cultural. By the end of the year, you will be able to comprehend short and adapted literary and journalistic texts, describe yourself and your environment, and express your thoughts and opinions. Learning will be amplified by use of online resources (YouTube, tutorials, etc) and examples from Hebrew songs and television/film. This course is available to Mount Holyoke students though a simultaneous video-conferencing option. No previous knowledge of Hebrew language is necessary.
The in-class portion of the course will be heavily based on active listening and speaking practice; you can expect to spend the vast majority of class time speaking with and listening to your classmates.
May only be taken S/U with approval of the instructor and the director of Jewish Studies.
- Instructor: Joanna Caravita
This course is the second half of a two-semester sequence introducing Modern Hebrew language and culture, with a focus on equal development of the four language skills: reading, writing, speaking, and listening. By the end of the year, students will be able to comprehend short and adapted literary and journalistic texts, describe themselves and their environment, and express their thoughts and opinions. Learning will be amplified by use of online resources (YouTube, Slack, tutorials, etc) and examples from Hebrew song and television/film. This course is available to Mount Holyoke students though a simultaneous video-conferencing option.
The in-class portion of the course will be heavily based on active listening and speaking practice; you can expect to spend the vast majority of class time speaking with and listening to your classmates.
May only be taken S/U with approval of the instructor and the director of Jewish Studies.
The JUD 101-102 sequence is required for Smith students wishing to study abroad in Israel.
- Instructor: Joanna Caravita
How did the feminist movement impact Judaism and Jewish self-identity, and how and why did Jews play a formative role at key moments in feminist history? Discussions include feminist midrash, ritual innovation and contested issues such as divorce, women's religious leadership and LGBTQ Jews in religious law and practice. Experiential learning is emphasized through lectures from guest speakers, work in the Smith archives which houses the papers of several groundbreaking American (Jewish) feminists and visits to local sites. A prior course in Jewish Studies is helpful, but not required.
- Instructor: Sari Fein
- Instructor: Monica Ginanneschi
- Instructor: Guido Reverdito
- Instructor: Rob Dorit
- Instructor: Elizabeth Essa?
- Instructor: Elisabeth Essaan
- Instructor: Elisabeth ESSAIAN
- Instructor: Mehammed Mack
- Instructor: Elizabeth Essa?
- Instructor: Elisabeth Essaan
- Instructor: Elisabeth ESSAIAN
- Instructor: Elisabeth ESSAIAN
- Instructor: Leslie King
- Instructor: Shihyun Kim
- Instructor: Maki Hirano Hubbard
- Instructor: Jamie Hubbard
- Instructor: Velma García
- Instructor: Rebecca Worsham
In this course, we will begin a study of Latin, the language of the ancient Romans. The study of Latin yields many benefits. Though sometimes referred to as a “dead language,” Latin remains critical for the understanding of not only Romance Languages (Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian), but also of English. A great deal of English vocabulary is derived either directly from Latin or from French. In addition to its impact on English, Latin, as the language first of the Romans and then of diverse communities throughout Europe and the Mediterranean world, has left its mark on numerous aspects of modern society, from law to Harry Potter. The overall goal of this course is to prepare you to read and understand unaltered Latin texts, and to enjoy Latin literature in subsequent courses. A second goal is to contextualize the language within the cultures that used it, including particularly the Romans themselves. This course does not presuppose any prior knowledge of Latin or the ancient Roman world.
- Instructor: Rebecca Worsham
Before he penned arguably ancient Rome’s most famous and widely-read work of literature, the Aeneid, the young poet Vergil began his career with two very different works. This course explores these two poems: the Eclogues, a collection of 10 short pastoral poems, and the Georgics, a learned instructional poem on agriculture. Through close readings of their original Latin, translations and modern scholarship, we will explore major stylistic and thematic elements of each work: how they depict agriculture and the natural world, how they interact with Greek and Latin poetic models, and how they speak to the rapidly shifting cultural and political landscape of Rome as it transitions into the Augustan Age.
- Instructor: Colin MacCormack