Jewish Women in Contemporary America
JSIS C 438/ 438
- General Education Requirements: I&S, DIV
- Instructors: Kathie Friedman
Examines how Jewish women’s identities are socially constructed and transformed in contemporary America, using social histories, memoirs, and ethnographies to analyze scholars’ approaches to Jewish women’s lives. Topics include the role of social class, religion, migration, the Holocaust, and race relations in Jewish women’s lives.