UVM Jewish Studies Minor Explores Civilizations
Jewish Studies examines Judaism not only as a religion but as a civilization with deep roots and as a culture encompassing a rich tradition in language, literature, philosophy and religion, customs and ritual, art, music, and film. Jewish Studies is by its nature interdisciplinary and cross-cultural, so UVM offers courses in religion, history, classics, literature (English, French, German, and Italian), Hebrew, sociology, and theater.
Neither the Holocaust nor the religion of Judaism exhausts the wide world of what has come to be called ‘Jewish Studies.’ Literature by and about Jews, films about Jewish life, music, and art created by Jews, the history not just of the religion but of people who identified themselves (or were identified as) Jews: the whole panoply of Jewish history and culture and life, are also central to Jewish Studies
Surveying the broad array of Jewish religion, thought, history, life, and culture is the focus of Jewish Studies at the University of Vermont. Some courses, such as Jews and Judaisms: An Introduction to Jewish Studies, Modern Jewish History, and The Bible: Historical and Literary Perspectives, are taught regularly. Others, such as the influence of Yiddish theater on the development of the American stage and the history of Zionism, are taught occasionally. Some courses have Judaism or Jews as their sole content; others seek to study Jewish culture and history in the broader context of Western civilization.
Jewish Studies minor in the catalogue
UVM's Award-winning Holocaust Center Offers Opportunity, Partnerships
The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) chose the Carolyn and Leonard Miller Center for Holocaust Studies at the University of Vermont as the recipient of its 2016 Robert J. McKenna Award for Program Achievement.
For questions, contact Professor Felicia Kornbluh, Director of Jewish Studies.
133 S. Prospect Street
201 Wheeler House
Burlington,VT 05405
Phone: (802) 656-3180
Email: Felicia.Kornbluh@uvm.edu