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SPRING 2014 ONLINE Required Textbook List
JEWISH STUDIES
Mechina Hebrew 10300H-OL
Rivka Markovitz, M.Ed.
No books required for purchase—just internet access for Mechina. However,since we are aware that
many Mechina students will be enrolling in Hebrew I later in the semester, please refer to the materials
listed for that class below.
1. You are required to purchase a headset for the web conferences. A good, relatively inexpensive
option is the Everyman headset available from Amazon.com for $27.99:
http://www.amazon.com/FreeTalk-Everyman-Headset-Microphone-TALK5115/dp/B002YHAFF2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1341925129&sr=81&keywords=everyman+headset
Participating in the web conferences without a headset will disturb instructor and students.
Please make sure to turn off your speakers during the web conferences.
2. Add Hebrew language function to your computer:
Go to the control panel.
Go to Regional and Language Options: Scroll down to Hebrew and click OK. Good Luck! Now
you can type in Hebrew and English.
3. Please download the audio recording software from http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
4. A webcam will also be useful for the weekly web conferences, but not absolutely required.
Hebrew I: Beginners
Hebrew 10301H-OL Rivka Markovitz, M.Ed.
Here is a list of required books and software for Hebrew online:
1. Hebrew Word Processing – for a PC: DavkaWriter Platinum 7 (When using the DavkaWriter, make
sure your computer is set to English).
For MAC, there is a version of DavkaWriter through www.davka.com http://www.davka.com/cgibin/product.cgi?product=576 ($129)
OR
Mellel II ($69.95)
http://www.jewishsoftware.com/products/Mellel_II_for_Mac_Hebrew_English_Wordprocessing_1303.asp
All assignments need to be typed and sent to the instructor in pdf format.
2.. Hebrew letters stickers for the keyboard
http://www.davka.com/cgi-bin/product.cgi?product=17
3. Textbook
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– Ben-Ami, Tsipi, Ulpan Ivrit.. Prolog (2011)
ASIN: B0064B5Y6E
Available through http://www.myhebrewbooks.com/prodView.asp?idproduct=3440
There is also an iphone app for this book:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hebrew-ulpan-video-lessons/id416443084?mt=8
5. You are required to purchase a headset for the web conferences. Participating in the web
conferences without a headset will disturb instructor and students.
Please make sure to turn off your speakers during the web conferences.
4. Add Hebrew language function to your computer:
Go to the control panel.
Go to Regional and Language Options: Scroll down to Hebrew and click OK. Good Luck! Now
you can type in Hebrew and English.
5. Please download the audio recording software from http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
6 A webcam will also be useful for the weekly web conferences, but not absolutely required.
8. If you are just learning to read the alphabet or need a refresher please consider enrolling in the
Mechinah class in early January, as this class assumes a knowledge of decoding skills.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hebrew-ulpan-video-lessons/id416443084?mt=8
Hebrew II: Advanced Beginners
Hebrew 10302H-OL
Rivka Markovitz, M.Ed.
1. Hebrew Word Processing – for a PC: DavkaWriter Platinum 7 (When using the DavkaWriter, make
sure your computer is set to English).
For MAC, there is a version of DavkaWriter through www.davka.com: http://www.davka.com/cgibin/product.cgi?product=576 ($129)
OR
Mellel II ($69.95)
http://www.jewishsoftware.com/products/Mellel_II_for_Mac_Hebrew_English_Wordprocessing_1303.asp
All assignments need to be typed and sent to the instructor in pdf format.
2.. Hebrew letters stickers for the keyboard
http://www.davka.com/cgi-bin/product.cgi?product=17
3. Textbook

– Ben-Ami, Tsipi, Ulpan Ivrit.. Prolog (2011)
ASIN: B0064B5Y6E
Available through http://www.myhebrewbooks.com/prodView.asp?idproduct=3440
There is also an iphone app for this book:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hebrew-ulpan-video-lessons/id416443084?mt=8
4.You are required to purchase a headset for the web conferences. A good, relatively inexpensive option
is the Everyman headset available from Amazon.com for $27.99: http://www.amazon.com/FreeTalkEveryman-Headset-Microphone-TALK5115/dp/B002YHAFF2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1341925129&sr=8-1&keywords=everyman+headset
Participating in the web conferences without a headset will disturb instructor and students.
Please make sure to turn off your speakers during the web conferences.
1. Add Hebrew language function to your computer:
Go to the control panel.
Go to Regional and Language Options: Scroll down to Hebrew and click OK. Good Luck! Now
you can type in Hebrew and English.
2.
Please download the audio recording software from http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Hebrew III
Hebrew
Rivka Markovitz, M.Ed.
1.Hebrew Word Processing – For a PC: DavkaWriter Platinum 7(When using the DavkaWriter, make sure
your computer is set to English).http://www.davka.com/cgi-bin/product.cgi?product=367
All assignments must be typed and emailed to instructor in a PDF file.
2. Or Mellel II for
MAC http://www.jewishsoftware.com/products/Mellel_II_for_Mac_Hebrew_English_Wordprocessing_130
3.asp
All assignments must be typed and emailed to instructor in a PDF file.
3. Hebrew letters stickers for the keyboard http://www.davka.com/cgi-bin/product.cgi?product=171
4. A year subscription to the Hebrew newspaper Breshit
Online:http://www.hebrewtoday.com/content/bereshit-online
5. Textbook: Sichot shel Yom Yom : http://www.myhebrewbooks.com/prodView.asp?idproduct=3438
6. You are required to purchase a headset for the web conferences. A good, relatively inexpensive option
is the Everyman headset available from Amazon.com for $27.99: http://www.amazon.com/FreeTalkEveryman-Headset-Microphone-TALK5115/dp/B002YHAFF2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1341925129&sr=81&keywords=everyman+headsetPlease make sure to turn off your speakers during the web conferences.
Before Hitler: East European Jewish Civilization
History 30533-OL
Michael Steinlauf, Ph.D.
Gershon Hundert, Jews in Poland-Lithuania in the Eighteenth Century: A Genealogy of Modernity ISBN
0520249941
Paul Mendes-Flohr and Jehuda Reinharz, eds., The Jew in the Modern World, 3rd edition, 2010, ISBN
0195389069
Lucy Dawidowicz, ed., The Golden Tradition: Jewish Life and Thought in Eastern Europe ISBN
0815604238
Making Leviticus Relevant
Rabbinics 40631-OL
Ruth Sandberg, Ph.D.
All you need is a copy of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) in English. The following translation with
commentary is required:
The Jewish Study Bible, edited by Adele Berlin. The hardcover edition can be purchased new for $27.85
from www.barnesandnoble.com (Barnes and Noble). The ISBN number for the hardcover edition is:
0195297512. The paperback edition can be purchased new for $28.66 from www.barnesandnoble.com
(Barnes and Noble). The ISBN number for the paperback edition is: 0195297547.
All other readings will be available online.
Job and the Problem of Evil
Bible 40112-OL
Joseph Davis, Ph.D.
Berlin, Brettler, Fishbane, eds. ( 2004). The Jewish Study Bible: featuring The Jewish Publication Society
TANAKH translation. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 0195297512
Introduction to Classical Judaism
Thought 30750-OL
Joseph Davis, Ph.D.
A Short History of the Jewish People, by Raymond Scheindlin. ISBN: 019-5139-410. Scheindlin,
incidentally, is a Gratz alumnus. There is another version of this same book, with more pictures, called A
Chronicle of the Jewish People.
Back to the Sources, ed. Barry Holtz. ISBN: 0-671-60596-8 (pbk.)
Both of the course textbooks are available on Amazon, among many other websites.
The Tanakh in some readable English translation. I myself use the Revised Standard Version (Christian,
late 19th century), which is an updated and corrected version of the old “King James” translation that you
find in motels and such-like. Many Gratz students like The Tanakh, which is a Jewish translation from
about the 1960’s, or the recent JPS Study Bible, which includes a short but useful commentary.
Other texts will be distributed on the course website.
Comparative Theology of Judaism and Christianity
Thought 40703-OL
Ruth Sandberg, Ph.D.
1. Irreconcilable Differences? A Learning Resource for Jewish and Christians. Edited by David Sandmel,
Rosann Catalano, and Christopher Leighton. It is available on amazon.com for $33.87 ISBN numbers
are:
ISBN-10: 0813365686
ISBN-13: 978-0813365688
2. The Limits of Orthodox Theology: Maimonides' Thirteen Principles Reappraised, by Marc Shapiro. It is
available on amazon.com for $25.16. ISBN numbers are:
ISBN-10: 1906764239
ISBN-13: 978-1906764234
All other readings will be available online.
The Jewish Family: Institution in Transition
Sociology 40904-OL
Marsha Friedman, Ph.D.
Double or Nothing? Jewish Families and Mixed Marriage. Sylvia Barack Fishman, Hanover, Brandeis
University Press 2004
Beyond Patriarchy: Jewish Fathers and Families. Lawrence H. Fuchs. Hanover, Brandeis University
Press, 2000
HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE STUDIES
Anne Frank’s Representation in Theater, Film and Beyond
Literature 40434-OL
Anna Scanlon, M.A.
The Diary of Anne Frank: Definitive Edition by Anne Frank, Susan Massotty and Mirjam Pressler--$9.57
Anne Frank Unbound: Media, Imagination and Memory by Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett and Jeffrey
Shandler--$20.53
The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank by Willy Lindwer--$10.99
The Diary of Anne Frank by Goodrich and Albert Hackett (published in 1986)- $6.79
The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, Wendy Kesselman update- $6.79
A Scholarly Look at The Diary of Anne Frank by Harold Bloom, Bruno Bettelheim and Sylvia Iskander-this one is a bit tricky as it seems to be out of print...but it can be bought from Amazon second hand for as
little as $0.92.
Recommended:
Annexed by Sharon Dogar. Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2010
ISBN-10 0547501951
$6.80 on Amazon, Kindle version available.
Comparative Genocide
History 40557A-OL
Polly Zavadivker, Ph.D.
The Specter of Genocide: Mass Murder in Historical Perspective, eds. Robert Gellately and Ben Kiernan
(Cambridge University Press, 2003). ISBN-13: 978-0521527507. Purchase online at Amazon
($21.18),Abebooks, or through the Cambridge University Press
website http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/history/twentieth-century-regional-history/spectergenocide-mass-murder-historical-perspective.
The Holocaust and Other Genocides: An Introduction, eds. Barbara Boender and Wichert ten Have
(Amsterdam University Press, 2012). ISBN 978-9089643810. Download for free on the NIOD
website:http://www.niod.nl/en/holocaust-and-other-genocides (e-ISBN 978-9048515288)
Print copies can be ordered at Amazon ($18), Abebooks, or through the University of Chicago Press
website: http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/H/bo16170247.html
Native American Genocides
History 30527-OL
Jeff Benvenuto, M.A.
Waziyatawin, What Does Justice Look Like?: The Struggle for Liberation in
Dakota Homeland. 2008. ( Kindle edition 2011)
ISBN-10: 0972188657
( Prices range from $9.99 on Kindle edition to $17.10 new on Amazon)
Before Hitler: East European Jewish Civilization
History 30533-OL
Michael Steinlauf, Ph.D.
Gershon Hundert, Jews in Poland-Lithuania in the Eighteenth Century: A Genealogy of ModernityISBN
0520249941
Paul Mendes-Flohr and Jehuda Reinharz, eds., The Jew in the Modern World, 3rd edition, 2010, ISBN
0195389069
Lucy Dawidowicz, ed., The Golden Tradition: Jewish Life and Thought in Eastern Europe ISBN
0815604238
Holocaust and Memory
History 40555-OL
Michael Steinlauf, Ph.D.
Novick, Peter. (2000) The Holocaust in American Life. Mariner Books.
ISBN 0618082328
Segev, Tom.(2000) The Seventh Million: The Israelis and the Holocaust. Holt Paperbacks.
ISBN 0805066608
Steinlauf, Michael. (1997) Bondage to the Dead: Poland and the Memory of the Holocaust.Syracuse University
Press. ISBN 0815604033
Gruber, Ruth. ( 2002 ) Virtually Jewish: Reinventing Jewish Culture in Europe. University of California
Press. ISBN 0520213637
JEWISH EDUCATION
Supervision in Jewish Education
Jewish Education 40222-OL
Lonna Picker, M.A.
Glickman, Carl D., Gordon, Stephen P. & Ross-Gordon, Jovita M., (2010), SuperVision and Instructional
Leadership: A Developmental Approach, Eighth Edition, Boston, Allyn & Bacon, ISBN# 13:978-0-20562503-1
Goodman, R. L., Flexner, Paul A. and Bloomberg, Linda Dale, ed. (2008) What We Now Know About
Jewish Education: Perspectives on Research for Practice, Los Angeles, Torah Aura Productions, ISBN#
10:1-934527-07-6
Action Research
Jewish Education 75199-OL
Shirah Hecht, Ph.D.
Dorothy Valcarcel Craig, Action Research Essentials. Jossey-Bass, 2009
ISBN-10- 0470189290
ISBN-13 978-0470189290
$31.99 new $20.39 rental on Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Action-Research-Essentials-DorothyValcarcel/dp/0470189290/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1380740742&sr=81&keywords=Action+Research+Essentials-Craig
Methods of Teaching Prayer: Skills, Concepts, and Affect
Jewish Education 40206-OL/ 70206-OL
Saul Wachs, Ph.D.
Tenakh-Hebrew and English
ARTSCROLL Siddur
Saul P. Wachs, Teacher’s Manual Tefillah Curriculum for Gan and Alef Classes
This book is available from the USCJ bookservice.To order online go to www.uscj.org/bookservice In the
search line, type in “Gan” and it will bring you to the correct page. As an alternative, Robert at USCJ told
us you can just call him directly at tel:646-519-9222 and he’ll put in the order for you. $40
http://goo.gl/bCRwM
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Saul P. Wachs Teenagers,Prayer and Spirituality in the Jewish Community
Secondary Day School.
ISBN-10: 1480296074
Available on Amazon.com for $11.66
Steven M. Brown, Higher and Higher. Order from USCJ bookservice: $12.00 http://goo.gl/kEK3z
Teaching Torah to Young Children
Jewish Education 30226-OL/Bible 30107-OL
Miriam Feinberg, Ph.D.
Hebrew English Chumash (Pentateuch)
Berk, L. E. & Winsler, A., (1995) Scaffolding Children's Learning: Vygotsky and Early Childhood
Education, Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children, (ISBN 0-19530438-1; available from www.naeyc.org, or phone: 800.424.2460).
Chubara, Y., Feinberg, M., & Rotenberg, R., (1989), Torah Talk: An Early Childhood Teaching Guide,
Denver, CO.:A.R.E., Inc. (ISBN 0-86705-023-3; available from www.behrmanhouse.com).
Gadzikowski, A. ,(2007), Story Dictation: A Guide For Early Childhood Professionals, St. Paul, MN:
Redland Press, (ISBN: 978-1-933653-28-0; available from www.redleafpress.org, and www.amazon.com).
Telushkin, J., (1997), Biblical Literacy, New York, NY: William Morrow and Company, Inc. (ISBN: 0-68814297-4 ; available from www.amazon.com).
Philosophy and History of Jewish Education
Jewish Education 70201-OL
Saul Wachs, Ph.D. and Joseph Davis, Ph.D.
Seymour Fox, et al. Visions of Jewish Education
http://www.amazon.com/Visions-Jewish-Education-SeymourFox/dp/0521528992/ref=tmm_pap_title_popover?ie=UTF8&qid=1342723060&sr=8-1
$41 new on Amazon, from $12.33 used
The Journal of Jewish Education, commencing with the Fall 2010 issue. This is available in the Gratz
library, but online access to current and back copies of the Journal is available with Network for Research
in Jewish Education membership.:
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ujje20/current
Introduction to the Curriculum of the Jewish School
Jewish Education 40227-OL
Joshua Gutoff, Ed.D.
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TBA
JEWISH COMMUNAL SERVICE AND NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT
Essentials of Jewish Non-profit Management
JCS 30910-OL/Jewish Education 30210-OL
Allan Glazerman, MBA
The Jossey-Bass Handbook of Nonprofit Leadership and Management – Third Edition
David O. Renz, editor
Jossey-Bass
ISBN 978-0-470-39250-8
The Jewish Family: Institution in Transition
Sociology 40904-OL
Marsha Friedman, Ph.D.
Double or Nothing? Jewish Families and Mixed Marriage. Sylvia Barack Fishman, Hanover, Brandeis
University Press 2004
Beyond Patriarchy: Jewish Fathers and Families. Lawrence H. Fuchs. Hanover, Brandeis University
Press, 2000