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The Judaic Studies Program is a broad, flexible, interdisciplinary program designed for undergraduates to gain an understanding of Jewish civilization and its creative cultural experience. The program, which is non-theological in orientation, is an academic exploration of the multi-faceted, socio-historical, 4,000-year record of the Jewish people. Courses taught in and cross-listed with the program highlight the diversity of cultural, political, social, and religious experiences of Jews in different times and places.

The program is structured to provide an in-depth liberal arts education that will constitute a foundation for advanced academic study, professional careers in a variety of fields, and a more complex and rich understanding of the world. Judaic Studies courses frequently meet distribution requirements for both the Humanities and Social Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Engineering, the Schools of Communication and Business, and can be used to satisfy requirements by majors and non-majors.

 

Exciting Internship Opportunity, JUS205

The University of Miami is the site of a national project initiated by the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance. This Internship Project is designed to assist Holocaust Survivors while at the same time providing students with a deep educational experience that will reinforce their community values and commitment. It has been an outstanding success and changed the lives of those, students and survivors, who have been involved in it. Students receive 3 credits per semester for a maximum of 6 credits and are eligible for $500 for their expenses and, depending on availability of funds, may be eligible for up to a $1000 scholarship during the two-term commitment. The program is open to students of all denominations and backgrounds.

View Internship Flyer (2008)

For more information call Angie Berezin 305.284.8180 or aberezin@miami.edu



Exciting New Program:
A Semester in the Galilee, Israel Spring 2009

The semester will include classes team-taught by UM faculty and Israeli scholars. You will have the opportunity to participate in an archaeological survey as well as take trips outside of the Galilee (Jerusalem, Golan Heights, Caesarea, Nazareth, Lake of Galilee, Masada, etc.). Accommodations will be provided by the Ort-Braude College in Karmiel, Israel. Some scholarship money will be available to support flight costs.

Topics include:
“The Beginning of Christianity”; “The Beginning of Rabbinic Judaism”; “The Archaeology of the Galilee”; and “The Galilee - Land of Many Cultures and Beliefs”.
(15 credits)

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For more information call Angie Berezin 305-284-8180 or aberezin@miami.edu





Dr. Haim Shaked
Director
hshaked@miami.edu

Angie Berezin
Program Assistant
aberezin@miami.edu

Ira Sheskin
Academic Advisor (Fall 2008)
isheskin@miami.edu