NEW COURSE
JEWISHST 164 / HDS 3033 – Jews in the Americas
Semester: Fall
Offered: 2025
Instructor: TBA
Meeting Time: M, W 10:30 – 11:35am
In less than a century, the United States became the site of the largest migration in Jewish history. Jews came for various reasons, mostly with eagerness to leave where they were living, and they came to a country which had mythic importance to them. How did Jews come to imagine America as the “promised land” for Jews? This course is defining America as the hemisphere – Jews in North, Central and South America – with attention to landmark events, ideas, controversies, religious innovations, and institutions that emerged from the 17th century to the present.
Jointly offered with: Harvard Divinity School as HDS 3033
For more details please visit the Harvard Course Catalog.