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Introduction To Jewish Life And Religion, Dimitry Ekshtut Sep 2022

Introduction To Jewish Life And Religion, Dimitry Ekshtut

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This is a syllabus for JWST 10000 - Introduction to Jewish Life and Religion, a survey course covering a broad variety of topics in the Jewish Studies Department at City College of New York.


Jews In Film And Fiction, Amy W. Kratka Aug 2022

Jews In Film And Fiction, Amy W. Kratka

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No abstract provided.


In Search Of A Homeland: Jewish-American Women Writers And Their Struggle With Cultural Alienation, Alisa K. Burris Jan 2022

In Search Of A Homeland: Jewish-American Women Writers And Their Struggle With Cultural Alienation, Alisa K. Burris

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This study examines the lives and fictional works of five Jewish-American women writers of the twentieth century within the complex context of cultural alienation. Authors Anzia Yezierska, Dorothy Parker, Grace Paley, Cynthia Ozick, and Marge Piercy are each featured in separate chapters that examine how personal experiences of estrangement weave through and influence their texts. As a result of this dissertation’s scrutiny, meaningful connections emerge between these diverse Jewish women authors and the transformation of painful struggles into profound journeys to seek belonging. Through their works’ literal and figurative pilgrimages to reach an ultimate homeland, all five writers creatively illustrate …


Intro To Jewish American Literature, Amy W. Kratka Jan 2022

Intro To Jewish American Literature, Amy W. Kratka

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Midrash Therapy: A Hermeneutical Inquiry, Robert T. Jury Jan 2022

Midrash Therapy: A Hermeneutical Inquiry, Robert T. Jury

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This dissertation examines descriptions of Midrash Therapy as practiced in a continuing care group for Jewish people in recovery. Specifically, it analyzes interviews with participants who experienced Midrash Therapy, therapeutic documents from a continuing care group using Midrash Therapy, fieldnotes, and an action-reflection journal kept by the practitioner-researcher. Interviews were conducted with six individuals and the collective data was analyzed under applied hermeneutical practices. At the onset of the study, the author Midrash Therapy as an integration of narrative practices and rabbinic approaches to counseling. This examination found that Midrash Therapy is a Jewish integrated therapy with five distinctive aspects: …


Haredi Chinuch: The Role Of Education And Technology On The Borders Of Ultra-Orthodox Communities, Anna Stewart Jan 2022

Haredi Chinuch: The Role Of Education And Technology On The Borders Of Ultra-Orthodox Communities, Anna Stewart

Senior Projects Spring 2022

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.