The Swig Program in Jewish Studies and Social Justice offers a
number of courses every academic semester. These courses are open to
any enrolled University of San Francisco student, and can be used to
fulfill the Jewish Studies and Social Justice minor requirements.
Current Courses:
- Arabic I, II, III, and IV
- Government and Politics of the Middle East
- Hebrew I, II, III, IV, and V
- International Relations and the Middle East
- Jewish Literature and Culture in 20th Century Europe
- Jewish Philosophy
- Jews, Judaisms, and Jewish Identities
- Modern Jewish Thought
- Paris-Berlin: Connections and Contrasts at the Turn of the 20th Century
- Religious Nonviolence and the Politics of Interpretation: The Case of Israel and Palestine
- Social Justice, Activism, and Jews
- Social Justice and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- The Shoah (Holocaust)
- The Jewish-Christian Relationship
- The Jewish Mystical Imagination
- U.S. Middle East Policy
Upcoming courses:
- Internship in Jewish Studies
- Jewish Approaches to the Hebrew Bible
- Jewish-Muslim Relationship
- Power and Powerlessness in Jewish History
