The syllabus will serve both as a schedule for and a guide to the readings. Each of the reproduced readings is noted as a xerox, and the volume in which it is located is indicated. For many of the readings, a focus note is provided. Read the note both before doing the reading so that it can serve as a filter, and after the reading so that you can organize your thoughts on this subject in preparation for the class lecture.

Books

Course Requirements

UNIT I- The Israelite Religion

UNIT II: The Emerging of Classical Judaism: The Rabbis

UNIT III- Enacting Study and Prayer

UNIT IV: Civil Judaism in North America: Secular and Jewish

UNIT V: Civil (and Un-civil) Judaism in Israel:
The Paradox of a Jewish (Secular) State