10. Social, Cultural, and Religious Institutions of Judaism. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Judaism's basic beliefs, institutions, and practices. Topics include development of biblical and rabbinic Judaism; concepts of god, sin, repentance, prayer, and the messiah; history of Talmud and synagogue; evolution of folk beliefs and year-cycle and life-cycle practices.
M111E. Ethnic Groups and Their Bibliographies: Jewish History and Culture. (Same as Library and Information Science M111E.) Basic reference sources on specific topics on Judaica, ranging from biblical studies to the Holocaust to Jewish life in the U.S.
130. Modern Jewish Religious Movements and Their Ideologies. Lecture, three hours. Introduction to and overview of Jewish religious movements and evolution of their ideologies in the Western world from time of the Enlightenment to the present.
140A-140B. American Jewish History. Lecture, three hours. Examination of social and cultural history of American Jewish community from its inception to the present, with emphasis on integration of successive immigrants and development of institutions. P/NP or letter grading. 140A. 1654 to 1914; 140B. 1914 to the Present.
141. Modern Anti-Semitism. Lecture, three hours. Examination of modern anti-Semitism from the 18th century to the present; comparison of modern racist ideologies with premodern theories; case studies (e.g., Dreyfus affair, Beiliss Trail, Holocaust); Jewish reactions to these phenomena.
142. History and Institutions of State of Israel. Lecture, three hours. Study of social and cultural development of State of Israel from its pre-state institutional structures to the present, with emphasis on major trends, personalities, and ideologies, and state's position in wider framework of modern Jewish history.
M143. Introduction to Jewish Folklore. (Same as Folklore M142.) Nature of Jewish folklore; narrative, folk song, folk art, folk religion, and methods and perspectives used in their analysis.
M150A-150B. Hebrew Literature in English. Lecture, three hours. Each course may be taken independently for credit. M150A. Literary Traditions of Ancient Israel: Bible and Apocrypha. (Same as Comparative Literature M101.) Study of literary culture of ancient Israel through examination of principal compositional strategies of the Hebrew Bible and the Apocrypha (read in translation). P/NP or letter grading. 150B. Rabbinic Judaism. Topics include emergence of rabbinic Judaism; its original literary forms; rabbinic worldview; forms of medieval rabbinic literature; modern Jewish religious movements and their attitude to rabbinic Judaism.
151A-151B. Modern Jewish Literature in English. Lecture, three hours. Each course may be taken independently for credit. 151A. Diaspora Literature. Study of literary responses of Jews to modernity, its challenges and threats. Readings in texts originally written in English or translated from Hebrew, Yiddish, German, Russian, French, and Italian. Analysis of formal aspects of each work. 151B. Israeli Literature. Study of translations from Hebrew literature written in Israel and reflecting cardinal facets of Israeli life: social issues, security problems, identity of the state, role of individual. Analysis of formal aspects of each work.
155. Literature of the Cabala. Lecture, three hours. Cabalistic literature in the broad sense (i.e., Jewish esoteric literature from the rabbinic to modern period). Topics include precabalistic esoteric texts, the early cabala, the Zohar, Lurianic cabala, nature of mysticism, the question of whether there was a Jewish mysticism.
175. Modern Hebrew Novel as a Film. Reading of literary works written by modern Hebrew writers which have been translated into English and then made into movies. Lectures, readings, and discussion of novels and movies and guest speakers from movie industry and UCLA.
M187. The Holocaust in Literature. (Same as Comparative Literature M165.) Lecture, three hours. Requisite: History 191E, 191F, or 191G. Investigation of how the Holocaust informs a variety of literary and cinema works and raises a wide range of aesthetic and moral questions. P/NP or letter grading.
190. Undergraduate Seminar: Jewish Studies. Examination of a single topic in depth with object of encouraging and guiding students' research in area of Jewish studies. Literary, cultural, and historical subjects included.
M191A-M191B. Survey of Jewish History. (Same as History M191A-M191B.) Survey of social, political, and religious developments. M191A. From Biblical Times to End of the Middle Ages; M191B. From End of the Middle Ages to the Present.
M191C-M191D. Focal Themes in Jewish History. (Same as History M191C-M191D.) Treatment in depth of one major theme in Jewish history (such as history of Messianic Movements, structure of the Jewish communities) through the ages.
M192A-M192B. Jewish Intellectual History. (Same as History M192A-M192B.) M192A. Medieval Period. Examination of three intellectual worldviews that competed for hegemony in the medieval Jewish world -- rabbinic Judaism, medieval rationalism as embodied in philosophy, and cabala; M192B. Modern Period. Exploration of some of most important currents and figures in Jewish intellectual history from the 18th century to the present.
197A-197Z. Variable Topics in Jewish Studies. Lecture or seminar, three hours. Variable topics; consult Schedule of Classes for topics to be offered in a specific term. P/NP or letter grading. 197A. 20th-Century Jewish Thought. May not be repeated for credit. 197B. Jewish Feminist Theology.
199. Special Studies in Jewish Studies (2 to 8 units). Limited to Jewish studies majors.