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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalogue

HST 114  -  The Jews: From the Inquisition to Israel


Survey of Jewish history from the expulsion of the Jews from Spain to the modern era. Examination of how the different Jewish communities worldwide have met the challenges of a modernizing world. Topics include emancipation, religious reform and secularization, mass migrations, anti-Semitism, the Holocaust, and the founding of modern Israel. 3

Credit Hours: 3

University Studies: Approaches and Perspectives/Historical and Philosophical Approaches
Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated.