Modern Yiddish Culture

Catalog description

This course examines the organizations and systems that make up the Jewish community in the United States. The course aims to both deconstruct the concept of “community” and understand how institutions fulfill the purposes of community. The main part of the course will explore the rich, diverse, and complex landscape of Jewish communal organizations. Taught in English. Student that have taken a 200-level version of Modern Yiddish Culture will not receive credit for this course. Offered regularly.