Module Identifier HY13120  
Module Title JEWS IN THE MODERN WORLD, 1750 TO THE PRESENT DAY  
Academic Year 2005/2006  
Co-ordinator Professor William D Rubinstein  
Semester Semester 1  
Course delivery Seminars / Tutorials   Seminar.  
  Lecture    
Assessment
Assessment TypeAssessment Length/DetailsProportion
Semester Exam2 Hours 2 HOUR, 2 QUESTION EXAMINATION  70%
Semester Assessment 1 X 2,500 WORD ESSAY  30%

Brief description

This module provides an overview history of the Jewish people in the modern world since the beginnings of secular western society in the mid-eighteenth century. Jews are often seen as an archetypal minority group and their experience is relevant for other minority ethnic and religious groups as well as for determining the degree of toleration in a society. Topics included: Jewish identity and history till modern times; the Jewish Enlightenment ('Haskalah'); Chassidic and non-Orthodox religious identity; Jewish political emancipation; anti-semitism and the Holocaust; Jewish cultural conflict and intellectual life; Zionism, the State of Israel and the Arab-Israel conflict; the Jewish situation in the modern world; Jews in British society.

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 4