UVM Jewish Studies Minor Explores Civilizations
Jewish Studies examines Judaism not only as a religion but as a civilization with deep roots and as a culture encompassing a rich tradition in language, literature, philosophy and religion, customs and ritual, art, music, and film. Jewish Studies is by its nature interdisciplinary and cross-cultural, so UVM offers courses from religion, history, classics, literature (English, French, German, and Italian), Hebrew, sociology, and theater.
Neither the Holocaust, nor the religion of Judaism, exhausts the wide world of what has come to be called ‘Jewish Studies.’ Literature by and about Jews, films about Jewish life, music, and art created by Jews, the history not just of the religion but of people who identified themselves (or were identified as) Jews: the whole panoply of Jewish history and culture and life, are also central to Jewish Studies
Surveying this broad array of Jewish religion, thought, history, life, and culture is the focus of Jewish Studies at the University of Vermont. Some courses – the gateway course: “Introduction to Jewish Studies,” modern Jewish history, and introductions to the Bible – are taught regularly; others, such as the influence of Yiddish theater on the development of the American stage, or the history of Zionism, are taught occasionally. Some courses have Judaism or Jews as their sole content; others seek to study Jewish culture and history in the broader context of Western civilization.
UVM's Award-winning Holocaust Center Offers Opportunity, Partnerships
The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) has chosen the Carolyn and Leonard Miller Center for Holocaust Studies at the University of Vermont as the recipient of its 2016 Robert J. McKenna Award for Program Achievement. Visit the Holocaust Center Website
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