Director: Dr. Jessica Cooperman, Assistant Professor of Religion Studies
Visiting Assistant Professor: Nash
The interdisciplinary Jewish Studies program gives students a basic grounding in the history, literature, thought, and primary language of Jewish civilization. The minor in Jewish Studies adds breadth to any major and is useful for students seeking to enter the workplace right after college as well as those who intend to apply to graduate programs such as medicine, law, or business. In conjunction with a major in political science, history, or religion studies, the major or minor in Jewish Studies can also prepare students for graduate programs in Jewish studies, Jewish history, or Middle Eastern studies. Required courses are flexible to tailor the program to student needs.
Special Programs
Jewish Studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York
Muhlenberg students have the unique opportunity to spend a spring semester studying at List College, the undergraduate program at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS) in New York. Students will be accommodated in the JTS student housing, situated in the heart of the Upper West Side of Manhattan. This program offers a wide range of courses in all areas of Jewish studies, including the opportunity for more advanced offerings in Hebrew language and text study.
Jewish Studies Abroad
Up to three courses completed during a study abroad experience or through courses offered through the Philip and Muriel Berman Center for Jewish Studies at Lehigh University or Lafayette College may be applied toward program requirements.
Opportunities to explore Jewish studies abroad are available through programs with four major Israeli universities (Ben Gurion University, Haifa University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University) as well as the CET Jewish Studies program in Prague. Individual courses taken with any of the colleges’ other study abroad programs may also be approved by the program director.
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