with Lila Corwin Berman and Lex Rofeberg
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When
Thursdays · 6 Weeks · Starts April 16th
3:00-4:30 pm ET / 12:00-1:30 pm PT
This course is an experiment! Lila Corwin Berman and Lex Rofeberg want to see what happens when a course purposefully hangs on the precipice between academic Jewish studies, on the one hand, and Jewish education, on the other. Too often, the idea is that one must pick between lenses from the academy, and lenses from lived Jewish experience – we believe that there are ways to hold both, in one space. One teacher is a professor of American-Jewish history. The other is a rabbi and Jewish educator. They’re excited to bring all of their lenses, together, into a course on Jewish Citizenship: Bound and Unbound. Now, for the content they’ll be exploring with their students:
Citizenship tends to be imagined as an answer. File a tax form, apply for a license, or fill out just about any official paperwork, and you’ll be asked your citizenship. But this course proposes that citizenship is less an answer than a relentless question about the terms of membership, whether in a polity like the United States or a community like the Jews. By examining the history of Jews’ citizenship struggles and claims in the United States, we will seek to understand the complex terrain of Jewish belonging. Far from a linear story, the pathways of Jewish citizenship have been marked by profound contestations. At times, political leaders debated the categories—race, religion, or nationality—into which Jews fit for the purposes of assigning them rights and membership. Just as certainly, Jews among themselves often disagreed over the costs and benefits of civic belonging.
Learners in this course will gain tools to perceive the entanglement between American and Jewish questions about rights and belonging. When we listen closely to talk of citizenship, we can hear persistent puzzlement over boundaries, meaning, and community.
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This class will be recorded and available to enrolled students to watch later.
Cost
This course is available at a sliding scale cost of $216 (the true cost), $180 or $144.
If you can afford the full price, we hope you will choose that option, which allows us to continue to offer lower rates and scholarships to those who otherwise would not be able to access this learning because of financial barriers.
If you need financial aid beyond the sliding scale, please fill out this simple form, and we will get right back to you.
Click here to donate to JUs financial aid fund to support financial equity and access to education for all students.
with Lila Corwin Berman and Lex Rofeberg
—
When
Thursdays · 6 Weeks · Starts April 16th
3:00-4:30 pm ET / 12:00-1:30 pm PT
This course is an experiment! Lila Corwin Berman and Lex Rofeberg want to see what happens when a course purposefully hangs on the precipice between academic Jewish studies, on the one hand, and Jewish education, on the other. Too often, the idea is that one must pick between lenses from the academy, and lenses from lived Jewish experience – we believe that there are ways to hold both, in one space. One teacher is a professor of American-Jewish history. The other is a rabbi and Jewish educator. They’re excited to bring all of their lenses, together, into a course on Jewish Citizenship: Bound and Unbound. Now, for the content they’ll be exploring with their students:
Citizenship tends to be imagined as an answer. File a tax form, apply for a license, or fill out just about any official paperwork, and you’ll be asked your citizenship. But this course proposes that citizenship is less an answer than a relentless question about the terms of membership, whether in a polity like the United States or a community like the Jews. By examining the history of Jews’ citizenship struggles and claims in the United States, we will seek to understand the complex terrain of Jewish belonging. Far from a linear story, the pathways of Jewish citizenship have been marked by profound contestations. At times, political leaders debated the categories—race, religion, or nationality—into which Jews fit for the purposes of assigning them rights and membership. Just as certainly, Jews among themselves often disagreed over the costs and benefits of civic belonging.
Learners in this course will gain tools to perceive the entanglement between American and Jewish questions about rights and belonging. When we listen closely to talk of citizenship, we can hear persistent puzzlement over boundaries, meaning, and community.
—
This class will be recorded and available to enrolled students to watch later.
Cost
This course is available at a sliding scale cost of $216 (the true cost), $180 or $144.
If you can afford the full price, we hope you will choose that option, which allows us to continue to offer lower rates and scholarships to those who otherwise would not be able to access this learning because of financial barriers.
If you need financial aid beyond the sliding scale, please fill out this simple form, and we will get right back to you.
Click here to donate to JUs financial aid fund to support financial equity and access to education for all students.
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