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FALL 2014 ON-CAMPUS REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS
Current matriculated students must contact their advisor to register. Non-matriculated students may
register by completing the Non-matriculated Registration form which can be downloaded from
http://www.gratz.edu/page6829.aspx
Fall classes begin the week of September 1, 2014.
JEWISH STUDIES
Writing and Rewriting the Shtetl
Literature 40431/History 40531
Michael Steinlauf, Ph.D.
Tuesday, 6:30 pm – 9:18 pm
Readings from the following books
•Mayer Kirshenblatt and Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, They Called Me Mayer July: Painted
Memories of a Jewish Childhood in Poland Before the Holocaust (University of California)
•Chapters from Steven Katz, ed., The Shtetl: New Evaluations (pdf)
•Sholem Aleichem, Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories (Schocken)
•Ruth Wisse, ed., The I. L. Peretz Reader (Schocken)
•S. Ansky, The Dybbuk and Other Writings, ed. David Roskies (Schocken)
•Ruth Wisse, ed., A Shtetl and Other Yiddish Novellas (Wayne State)
• Sholem Aleichem, "On Account of a Hat" (pdf)
• I. B. Singer, “The Slaughterer” (pdf)
(Readings marked pdf will be provided by the instructor)
The Songs We Sing
Thought 40627
Saul Wachs, Ph.D.
Tuesday, 9:00 am – 11:48 am
Hebrew English Bible (JPS preferred)
Siddur-Koren Publishing is best (Commentary by Jonathan Sacks).
Course booklet to be prepared by instructor.
JEWISH COMMUNAL SERVICE
Seminar in Jewish Communal Service
JCS 41001
Cantor David Green
Wednesday (exact schedule on syllabus) 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
Booklet to be mailed to student. Various readings sent via e-mail.
HEBREW
Hebrew I: Beginners
Hebrew 10301H
Ilana Margolis, MAJS
Monday, Wednesday & Friday, 8:55 am – 11:43 am
Required Textbook: Ringvald, Porath, Peleg, Shorr and Hascal, Brandies Modern Hebrew