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THE JEWISH STUDIES CURRICULUM — NEW &IMPROVED
The intellectual excitement generated by new Jewish Studies
faculty — Prof. Noam Pianko in modern Jewish thought, Prof.
Barbara Henry in Yiddish literature and drama, Richard Block
in German-Jewish culture, and Michael Rosenthal in Jewish
philosophy — has led to a major rethinking of the Jewish Studies
major, and to the appointment of the Program’s first Undergraduate
Program Coordinator.
Jewish Studies majors have always had to take “Introduction to
Judaism” (Religion 210) and “Jews in Western Civilization” (Jewish
Studies/History 250) (both open to non-majors as well). The latter
has been thoroughly rethought by Prof. Martin Jaffee, and will
now be taught as “Introduction to Jewish Cultural History.” The
course will introduce students to the many settings in which Jews
have marked out for themselves distinctive identities as a people, a
culture, and as a religious community, showing how Jewish culture
has undergone constant reinvention as the ongoing relationships
between Jews and non-Jews change over time. Students will learn
about Jewish cultures in the ancient Middle East and Mediterranean,
the development of Sephardic and Ashkenazi cultures, and
the dynamics of cultural change throughout the Jewish world in
modern times. The course will conclude by highlighting American
Jewish popular culture, focusing on Jews and American music.
The richness of the Jewish Studies curriculum (close to 50 courses
are currently being taught) has made it possible to organize the
major into two tracks. Track A, The Judaic Cultural Tradition,
continues the Program’s traditional strength in Classical and Pre-
JEWISH STUDIES FACULTY & STAFF 2005–2006
FACULTY
Paul Burstein, Chair, Ph.D., Harvard (1974);
Professor, Sociology; The American Jewish
Community.
burstein@u.washington.edu
Jere Bacharach, Ph.D., Michigan (1967);
Professor Emeritus, History. Islamic History.
jere@u.washington.edu
Richard Block, PhD. Northwestern
University (1998); Jewish-German Studies.
blockr@u.washington.edu
Joseph Butwin, Ph.D., Harvard (1971);
Associate Professor, English; Jews in the
literature of England, Jewish American
immigrant literature.
joeyb@u.washington.edu
Julia Niebuhr Eulenberg, Ph.D., University
of Washington (1996); Visiting Scholar;
American Jewish history.
eulenbrg@u.washington.edu
Kathie Friedman, Ph.D., State University
of New York at Binghamton (1991);
Associate Professor, Jackson School of
International Studies; Adjunct, Sociology
and Women Studies; comparative
immigration and ethnicity, contemporary
Jewish American identities; Jewish women
in contemporary America.
friedman@u.washington.edu
Susan A. Glenn, Ph.D., University of
California, Berkeley (1983);
Professor, History; Jews and Blacks.
glens@u.washington.edu
Barbara Henry, D. Phil., University of
Oxford (1998); Assistant Professor, Slavic;
20th Century Russian literature, theatre and
drama, Modern Yiddish literature and drama.
bjhenry@u.washington.edu
Martin S. Jaffee, Ph.D., Brown (1980);
Professor, Jackson School of International
Studies; Adjunct, Near Eastern Languages
and Civilization; Post-Biblical and
Rabbinic Judaism.
jaffee@u.washington.edu
Deborah Kerdeman, Ph.D., Stanford (1991);
Associate Professor, Education; philosophy
of education, Jewish education.
kerdeman@u.washington.edu
Levis A. Kochin, Ph.D., Chicago (1975);
Associate Professor, Economics;
Israeli economics.
lakochin@u.washington.edu
Joel S. Migdal, Ph.D., Harvard (1972);
Professor, Jackson School of International
Studies; Adjunct, Political Science; Arabs
and Jews in Israel and Palestine.
migdal@u.washington.edu
Scott Noegel, Ph.D., Cornell (1995);
Associate Professor, Department of
Near Eastern Languages and Civilization;
Adjunct History. Hebrew Bible,
Near Eastern languages and literature.
Noam Pianko, Ph.D., Yale (2004); Assistant
Professor, Jackson School of International
Studies; Modern Jewish thought.
npianko@u.washington.edu
Michael Rosenthal, Ph.D., University
of Chicago (1996); Associate Professor,
Philosophy; Spinoza and Jewish Philosophy.
rosentha@u.washington.edu
Naomi B. Sokoloff, Ph.D., Princeton
(1980); Professor, Near Eastern Languages
and Civilization; Adjunct, Women Studies;
Hebrew language and literature;
The Holocaust and Literature.
naosok@u.washington.edu
Modern Judaism, enhancing it
with recently-developed courses
such as Prof. Scott Noegel’s
offerings on Biblical history
and Prof. Jaffee’s new course
on “Rabbinic Oral-Traditional
Literature and Jewish Law.“
Finally, Prof. Rosenthal plans to
offer, within this track for the
very first time, an “Introduction
to Jewish Philosophy.”
Entirely new is Track B, The
Prof. Martin Jaffee
Jewish People in the Modern
World, which provides rich offerings in the American Jewish community,
Sephardic Jewry, and modern Israel. Among the courses
included are “American Jewish History Since 1885” (Prof. Noam
Pianko), “The Sephardic Diaspora” (Prof. Sarah Stein), “Israel:
Society and Politics” (Prof. Joel Migdal), “Antisemitism as a Cultural
System” (Prof. Jaffee), and “Modern Jewish Literature” (Prof.
Joseph Butwin).
To help students interested in majoring or minoring in Jewish
Studies, the Jewish Studies Program has created the position of
Undergraduate Program Coordinator, held by Prof. Noam Pianko.
Information on courses and curriculum is also available from the
Jackson School’s Office of Student Services.
Robert Stacey, Ph.D., Yale (1983); Professor,
History; Medieval Jewish history.
bstacey@u.washington.edu
Sarah Abrevaya Stein, Ph.D., Stanford
(1999); Assistant Professor, Jackson School
of International Studies and History;
Modern Jewish History, Eastern European
Jewry; Sephardic Studies.
sstein@u.washington.edu
Joan Ullman, Ph.D., Bryn Mawr (1963);
Professor Emeritus; History;
Jews in the History of Spain.
VISITING FACULTY
Gad Barzilai, Ph.D., Hebrew University of
Jerusalem (1987); Professor, Political Science,
Political Science and Law; Politics,
Law, State and Society.
gbarzil@u.washington.edu
Hillel Gamoran, D.H.L., Spertus College
(1966); Visiting Lecturer; Rabbinic literature.
hillgam@u.washington.edu
Jess Olson, Hazel D. Cole Fellow 2005–2006,
Ph.D. candidate Stanford University, History.
jso@stanford.edu
STAFF
Loryn Paxton
Program Coordinator,
lpaxton@u.washington.edu
206-543-4243
Rochelle Groonis Roseman
Development & Outreach,
roseman@u.washington.edu
206-543-0138