Assignments
- Response paper 1Due Feb 26, 2016 at 11:59pm15 Points Possible
- Discussion auditDue Mar 18, 2016 at 11:59pm15 Points Possible
- Response paper 2Due Apr 3, 2016 at 11:59pm15 Points Possible
- Response paper 3Due Apr 27, 2016 at 11:59pm15 Points Possible
- SPOT surveyDue May 5, 2016 at 11:59pm1 Points Possible
- Pomegranate seeds activityDue May 10, 2016 at 11:59pm2 Points Possible
- Response paper 4Due May 10, 2016 at 11:59pm15 Points Possible
- Roll Call Attendance100 Points Possible
- Class 2. 1/21 Foundational beliefs and narratives4 Points Possible
- Extra credit event 12 Points Possible
- Participation10 Points Possible
- Class 3. 1/26 Creation, covenant, and chosenness4 Points Possible
- Extra credit event 22 Points Possible
- Class 4. 1/28 Revelation and redemption4 Points Possible
- Class 5. 2/2 Rabbinic literature: Mishnah4 Points Possible
- Class 6. 2/4 Rabbinic literature: Talmud4 Points Possible
- Class 7. 2/9 Rabbinic literature: midrash4 Points Possible
- Class 8. 2/11 Contemporary midrash4 Points Possible
- Class 9. 2/16 Exile4 Points Possible
- Class 10. 2/18 Sacred time: Shabbat (the Sabbath)4 Points Possible
- Class 11. 2/23 God and mitzvot (commandments)4 Points Possible
- Class 12. 2/25 Sin and repentence4 Points Possible
- Class 14. 3/3 Political emancipation and Judaism as a religion4 Points Possible
- Class 13. 3/1 Prayer as theology and practice4 Points Possible
- Class 15. 3/15 Reform and Orthodox movements4 Points Possible
- Class 16. 3/17 Conservative, Reconstructionist, and Renewal4 Points Possible
- Class 17. 3/22 Pluralism4 Points Possible
- Class 18. 3/24 Am Yisrael (the People of Israel)4 Points Possible
- Class 19. 3/29 Jews and the state4 Points Possible
- Class 20. 3/31 Anti-Judaism, anti-semitism, and the Holocaust4 Points Possible
- Class 23. 4/12 Jewish nationalism and the State of Israel4 Points Possible
- Class 25. 4/19 Contemporary Jewish identities4 Points Possible
- Class 26. 4/21 Conversion to Judaism4 Points Possible
- Class 28. 4/28 Jewish homes4 Points Possible
- Class 27. 4/29 Diaspora and homelands4 Points Possible
- Aviv & Shneer argumentDue Apr 26, 2016 at 11:59pm3 Points Possible
- Dorff - pluralismDue Mar 22, 2016 at 11:59pm3 Points Possible
- Mid-semester evaluationDue Mar 21, 2016 at 11:59pm3 Points Possible
- M. Kaplan prayerDue Mar 1, 2016 at 11:59pm3 Points Possible
- Dorff repentanceDue Feb 25, 2016 at 11:59pm3 Points Possible
- Heschel's architecture in timeDue Feb 18, 2016 at 11:59pm3 Points Possible
- Midrash characteristicsDue Feb 9, 2016 at 11:59pm3 Points Possible