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Jews and Revolution: Socialists, Anarchists, and Radicals in the Modern World

from $239.00

with Tony Michels
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When
Wednesdays · 8 weeks · Starts March 11
8:00-9:30 pm Eastern/ 5:00-6:30 pm Pacific
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This course explores the history of Jews and revolutionary movements in different countries from Russia to the United States, and elsewhere. We will focus on the lives and ideas of individuals, many of which are still relevant today. The course provides an opportunity to read and discuss classic texts by prominent thinkers, as well as writings by lesser-known individuals. Topics include the interplay of socialist ideologies and Jewish nationalism, responses to antisemitism, and meanings of democracy. A question that runs through the course is the relation of the past to the present: What can we learn from this history and how does it shape the present?
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This class will be recorded and available to enrolled students to watch later.

This class is not eligible for rabbinical school credit.

Cost

This course is available at a sliding scale cost of $359 (the true cost), $299 or $239.

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.

Click here to donate to JUs financial aid fund to support financial equity and access to education for all students.

If you need financial aid beyond the sliding scale, please fill out this form, and we will get right back to you.

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Sliding Scale Prices:

with Tony Michels
—
When
Wednesdays · 8 weeks · Starts March 11
8:00-9:30 pm Eastern/ 5:00-6:30 pm Pacific
—
This course explores the history of Jews and revolutionary movements in different countries from Russia to the United States, and elsewhere. We will focus on the lives and ideas of individuals, many of which are still relevant today. The course provides an opportunity to read and discuss classic texts by prominent thinkers, as well as writings by lesser-known individuals. Topics include the interplay of socialist ideologies and Jewish nationalism, responses to antisemitism, and meanings of democracy. A question that runs through the course is the relation of the past to the present: What can we learn from this history and how does it shape the present?
—

This class will be recorded and available to enrolled students to watch later.

This class is not eligible for rabbinical school credit.

Cost

This course is available at a sliding scale cost of $359 (the true cost), $299 or $239.

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.

Click here to donate to JUs financial aid fund to support financial equity and access to education for all students.

If you need financial aid beyond the sliding scale, please fill out this form, and we will get right back to you.

On some devices you may need to hover over the prices below to see them, our apologies for this issue.

 

About Tony

Dr. Tony Michels (he/him) is the George L. Mosse Professor of American Jewish History at the University of Wisconsin--Madison. He is the author of A Fire in Their Hearts: Yiddish Socialists in New York, editor of Jewish Radicals: A Documentary History, and co-editor of Radical Jewish Politics: A Global Perspective and of The Cambridge History of Judaism. Volume Eight: The Modern World, 1815-2000. Michels has recently finished writing a book on the history of American Jews and their engagement with the Russian Revolution.