The Modern Era and the Jews
Jews in the Modern World
(HI 219)
Prof. Simon Rabinovitch
Fall 2013, MWF 1:00-2:00
Course Description
Examines how Jewish society, religion, and political definition changed in relation to how Europe, and the world, became modern. Considers Jewish interaction with non-Jewish society from medieval Spain to Eastern Europe today and explores this relationship’s creative and destructive products