2024 Spring JEWISH 122 002 LEC 002

Spring 2024

JEWISH 122 002 - LEC 002

Topics in Judaism

Religion and Spirituality in Education—Israeli and American Cases

Hanan Alexander

Jan 16, 2024 - May 03, 2024
Tu, Th
12:30 pm - 01:59 pm
Class #:34142
Units: 3to4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Jewish Studies Program

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 0
Enrolled: 8
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 8
Waitlist Max: 2
No Reserved Seats

Hours & Workload

3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 6 to 10 hours of outside work hours per week.

Final Exam

THU, MAY 9TH
03:00 pm - 06:00 pm
Hildebrand B51

Other classes by Hanan Alexander

Course Catalog Description

A course on trends in Jewish religious, cultural, and social life. The course will study innovative and conservative aspects of thought, ritual, and belief in relation to contemporary life and traditional Jewish values in at least one country other than the United States.

Class Description

This course will examine the roles of religion and spirituality in education from the perspective liberal democratic society in two paradigm cases, Israel and the United States. It will review similarities and differences in the ways each school system conceives and practices such notions as secular and religious, initiation and indoctrination, diversity and inclusion, and public and private. For example, public schools do not offer religious instruction in the United States, due to the constitutional separation of religion and state, whereas religious schools receive state funding in Israel, as they do in many other countries that require no such separation. The course will also consider critiques of these concepts and practices based on gender, race, class, nationality, language, and the search for meaning, as well as similarities and differences between the impact of religious affiliation and nationalism and the influence of extremism in each educational system.

Rules & Requirements

Repeat Rules

Requirements class fulfills

Meets International Studies, L&S Breadth
Meets Philosophy & Values, L&S Breadth

Reserved Seats

Current Enrollment

No Reserved Seats

Textbooks & Materials

See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.

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Associated Sections

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