All courses are offered in-person, and online, on the days and times listed below.
Fall 2026
The course numbers below are for in-person classes. With the exception of HJGN 642, all courses below are offered synchronously online (Zoom). When registering in Banner to attend the class via Zoom, look for the course number with an -01, e.g. BJSN 602-01.
| Day | Course | Instructor | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | BJSN 602 - Medieval Biblical Exegesis | Dr. Samuel Hoenig | 11:00 am - 1:00 pm |
| Monday | HJGN 666- History of Jewish Ethical Literature | Dr. Moshe Sokol | 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
| Tuesday | HJGN 674 - Premodern Demons and Monsters: The Supernatural as a Lens into Jewish Social and Cultural History | Dr. Dana Fishkin | 11:00 am - 12:50 pm |
| Tuesday | HJGN 644 - The Holocaust through the Lens of Documentary Films | Dr. Alexandra Birch | 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm |
| Wednesday | HJGN 645 - Jewish Life in Europe after the Holocaust: Community and Memory | Dr. Alexandra Birch | 11:00 am - 12:50 pm |
| Wednesday | HJGN 642 - Israel and the International Protection of Human Rights | Professor Anne Bayefsky | 2:00 pm - 3:50 pm |
| Wednesday | HJGN 647 - Varieties of Jewish Memoir Literature: From the Late Middle Ages to the Modern Period | Dr. Moshe Sherman | 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm |
| Thursday | HJGN 641 - Zionism and Non-Zionism: Attitudes of Jewish Religious Thinkers | Dr. Moshe Sherman | 11:00 am - 1:00 pm |
| Thursday | HJGN 600 - History of the Jews in the Middle Ages | Dr. Michael Shmidman | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
| TBA | HJGN 668 - Individual Reading and Research | Dr. Moshe Sokol | TBA |
| TBA | HJGN 672- Research Seminar | Dr. Michael Shmidman | TBA |
| HJGN 000 - Maintenance of Matriculation |
Spring 2027
The course numbers below are for in-person classes. All courses below are offered synchronously online (Zoom). When registering in Banner to attend the class via Zoom, look for the course number with an -01, e.g. BJSN 603-01.
| Day | Course | Instructor | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday | HJGN 639 - History of Anti-Semitism | Dr. Michael Shmidman | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
| Monday | BJSN 603 - Studies in Sixteenth-Eighteenth Century Biblical Commentaries | Dr. Samuel Hoenig | 11:00 am - 1:00 pm |
| Monday | HJGN 601- History of the Jews in Modern Times | Dr. Moshe Sherman | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
| Tuesday | HJGN 675 - The Holocaust in the USSR | Dr. Alexandra Birch | 11:00 am - 12:50 pm |
| Tuesday | PJSN 600 - Religion and Philosophy in Medieval Judaism | Dr. Moshe Sokol | 5:00 pm - 6:50 pm |
| Wednesday | HJGN 635 - History of Hasidism | Dr. Moshe Sherman | 11:00 am - 12:50 pm |
| Wednesday | BJSN 605 - Philosophical Biblical Commentaries in the Middle Ages | Dr. Dana Fishkin | 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm |
| Thursday | HJGN 670 - Methods Seminar: Problems and Methods in Modern Jewish Studies | Dr. Dana Fishkin | 11:00 am - 12:50 pm |
| Thursday | HJGN 676 - Jews in the Russian Empire and Eurasia, 1881-Present | Dr. Alexandra Birch | 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm |
| TBA | HJGN 668 - Individual Reading and Research | Dr. Michael Shmidman | TBA |
| TBA | HJGN 672- Research Seminar | Dr. Dana Fishkin | TBA |
| HJGN 000 - Maintenance of Matriculation |
