Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 30, 1983 Page: 15 of 24
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The Dallas JCC’s, The following for the coming Fri., July 1 — Warm and
Group, have scheduled the week: Lyrical Oneg Shabbat —
Between You and Me
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FACTS AND FIGURES: Jewish
studies have become recognized as a
legitimate field of academic endeavor in
the past two decades. Strong impetus in
this development was given by two
factors: The establishment of the State of
Israel and the insistent demand by Black
Americans that they be taught their
“roots” in the American schools of higher
learning. Many Jewish students — totally
ignorant of the rich Jewish cultural
heritage — have begun to show
receptivity to Jewish history and Jewish
knowledge.
^ Up till that time the pursuit of Jewish
ystudies was virtually unknown in secular
American universities. Chairs at Harvard,
Columbia and Yale existed and were
occupied by distinguished Jewish scholars
and taught small groups of students in
virtual isolation from the broader currents
f of academic life. The resurgence of ethnic
^ consciousness among Black Americans has
1 resulted in the fact that many universities
started to introduce courses on ethnic
minorities, including studies of Jewish
history, literature, philosophy, sociology,
folklore.
MULTITUDE OF COURSES: In the
City University of New York System one
finds a multitude of courses on Hebrew
and Yiddish language and literature, on
Jewish-American literature, on medieval
Jewish culture, on the Holocaust, on
Biblical and modern Israel, on the
sociology of American Jewish communi-
ty, on Hasidism, Jewish Art, Yiddish
Theatre and on any subject related to
Jews and Jewish history. Especially large
are the programs of Jewish studies in City
College, in Brooklyn College, in Hunter
College, in Queens College, in Bernard
Baruch College and in Lehman College.
The New York University lists 60 Jewish
courses in its academic catalogue. The
University of California System, led by
UCLA in Los Angeles, lists in the
catalogues of its campus about 90 courses
in Jewish knowledge. The University of
Denver has 35 courses; the University of
Miami lists more than 25 courses; Indiana
University distinguishes itself with an
impressive variety of about 60 Jewish
studies on various subjects; The Ohio
State University has 70 courses; the
University of Minnesota conducts more
than 50 courses. The Michigan University
in Ann Arbor lists more than 50 courses
and the Wayne State University in
Detroit has a substantial number of
Jewish studies.
The American Jewish community,
concerned with survival, was coming
iUi increasingly to realize that Jewish
ag identity depends on a broadly based level
of Jewish knowledge which had to be
integrated with academic atmosphere and
standards of the university. Jewish
communities and individuals began to
donate funds for chairs and programs. The
p, Association of Jewish Studies was then
j established — at the initiative of the
th American Jewish Committee — to
* promote, maintain and improve the
teaching of Jewish studies in American
colleges and universities by setting
programs for such studies, coordinating
research, publishing scholarly materials,
and cooperating with other scholarly
>iiL organizations. The moods among young
jid Jews with regard to their Jewishness
have at the same time changed. No longer
did young Jews feel any embarrassment
about their progenitors as most of them
felt 30 or 40 years ago. Many of them
became eager to find out about the Jewish
values and Jewish cultural and moral
contributions made since ancient times,
en
, Today, one finds at Columbia Univer-
sal sity more than 70 courses in Jewish
knowledge. They embrace a great variety
of subjects, including more than 25
courses of modern Hebrew language and
literature. Also many courses in Yiddish
language and literature, the history of
it Yiddish, Yiddish folklore. Columbia also
conducts summer programs in Yiddish
language and literature in cooperation
— with YIVO, the Institute for Jewish
Research. Other courses in Columbia
include Jewish history of various periods,
American Jewish history, Modern Jewish
Ideologies and movements, History of
European Jewry since 1492, History of
i* West European Jewry since the French
L? Revolution, Talmudic and Geonic litera-
■« ture, Hellenistic Jewish Philosophy,
Medieval Jewish Philosophy, the Bible
and Modern Scholarship, and, of course,
studies on Israel and Middle East politics.
The Brandies University has, of course,
a great variety of Jewish courses reaching
over 100 in number. The Boston
University lists more than 40 courses; the
Temple University in Philadelphia lists
more than 90 courses; the University of
Pennsylvania conducts more than 40
courses; Cornell University, in Ithaca,
lists about 50 courses; the University of
Wisconsin has 34 courses in its Milwaukee
Campus and 28 in the Madison campus;
The Maryland University is working in
cooperation with the Baltimore Hebrew
College and lists 67 courses. Its School of
Social Work in Baltimore offers a two-year
double-degree program with a M.S.W.
diploma from Maryland and a M.A.
diploma in Jewish Studies from the
Baltimore Hebrew College. The Johns
Hopkins University in Baltimore conducts
close to 50 courses in Jewish studies.
In New Jersey, the Princeton Univer-
sity offers only about 20 studies, most of
them related to the Near East and to
Rabbinic Judaism. On the other hand the
Rutgers University offers a wide variety
of subjects in about 60 courses in its New
Brunswick campus and about 20 courses in
the Newark campus. They include Ancient
Israel, Modern Israel, Hebrew and
Yiddish courses, Jewish Music, Jewish
Art, Yiddish Humor, Jewish philosophy,
the Holocaust, the Jews in American
Society, Jewish history of various periods,
American-Jewish Writers of the 20th
Century, and Modern Trends in Judaism.
It would take too much space to mention
other American institutions of higher
learning listing a variety of Jewish studies
in their academic programs. Many of the
Universities offer diplomas in Jewish
studies. About 60 colleges and universities
conduct programs in Jewish studies in
Israel for their students. A similar
number conduct graduate programs here.
All the universities in Canada have
extensive Jewish studies in their
academic programs.
Beginning at 9 p.m. — at the
home of Norman Stein, 6112
Copperhill. Tonight we will
welcome the Shabbat and
month of July in Norman’s
new home. After attending
the synagogue of your
choice, join us at Norman’s
with Mark and David who
will have prepared a Shab-
bat musical medley for the
celebration. Hosted by:
Norman Stein B/748-4905,
Mark Kreditor H/385-8344,
David Judson H/651-7116,
B/748-7211.
Sat., July 2 — A Toast to
Larry, Moe and Curly — 8
p.m. Meet at the Greenville
Avenue Country Club: The
movie begins at 9 p.m. — at
Greenville Avenue Country
Club/Granada Theater. Fee:
$3.50 theater admission.
Let’s meet at the Country
Club to get happy before
seeing 5 films by the Three
Stooges at MGM Studios in
the early 1930’s. We will
share a drink and then walk
across the street to see
classic color comedy shorts
that have not been released
anytime in the last 50 years!
Hosted by: Gary Diamond
H/696-3579.
Sun., July 3 — Blast to the
4th — 9 p.m,- 1 p.m. — at
WoMmont Clubhouse, 8403
Manderville. Fee: $2 with
membership card; $4 with-
out membership card. Come
out to listen to the sounds
that Steve will spin for our
dancing pleasure. We will
serve beer and all the
trimmings to cover your
thirst. Gather outside to
watch the fireworks of
Dallas, see you there!
Hosted by: Steve Udashen
H/750-7295, Gary Diamond
H/696-3679, Stuart Rosen-
field H/369-9869, Steve Bos-
se, H/696-3679, Laura Rako-
over H/424-3160, Ellen Will-
ner H/739-5420, Stephanie
Rudnick H/750-7180.
Tues., July 5 — Bright
Idea — Beginning at 7:30
p.m. — at the Jewish
Community Center, 7900
Northaven Road. It is hard
to believe plans are already
in the making for Septem-
ber. We need all of your
great ideas for the new Fall
calendar. Drop by to lend a
hand. If you cannot make the
meeting but have a terrific
program idea, call Sandy
Silverberg, Programming
Vice-President, 988-1772, or
Karen Salm, Single Adult
Director, at the Center,
793-2737. Thank you to those
who assisted in preparing
this month: Ronna Mandell,
Marc Yatkowksy, Beth
Marks, Cinde Schenkler,
Alan Tilson, Noel Levy,
Genie Zahn, Martin Feder,
Dan Karin, Minette Rose,
Ron Schwartz, Mike Ster-
ling, Carol Reiter, Marcia
Scwartz, Marie Luzzatto.
Wed., July 6 — Raising
Your Sexual IQ — Beginning
at 7:30 p.m. — at the Jewish
Community Center, 7900
Northaven Road. Fee: $1.00
with membership card;
$2.00 without membership
card. Dr. Jerry Weiss, PhD
Clinical Psychologist in pri-
vate practice, will make a
presentation and lead a
discussion regarding the
agonies and ecstasies of
sexual relationships. You
will leave this meeting
having raised your sexual IQ
about the terrible myths and
marvelous realities of sexual
relationships. Hosted by:
Jerry Weiss H/369-4173,
B/458-8111.
Thurs., July 7 — Top of
the Dome Happy Hour — 5-7
p.m. — at Top of The Dome,
Hyatt Regency, 300 Reunion
Blvd. Come by and see the
beautiful landscape of Dal-
las, Fort Worth. The revolv-
ing view at the top is an
experience! Hot hors
d’oeuvres will be served for
our happy hour pleasure!
Hosted by: Rayanne Segal
H/363-0688, Debbie Lerner
H/739-1059.
Fri., July 8 — Metroplex
Oneg Shabbat — Beginning
at 9 p.m. — a* the home of
Holly Ross 4312 Tamworth
Rd., Fort Worth. A Metro-
plex Shabbat celebration is
planned this evening. Those
from Dallas will have an
opportunity to see how
beautiful Fort Worth is.
They are activating their
singles group through the
Mid-Cities and Fort Worth
Centers so Holly is sure to
draw a crowd for a warm
and friendly Oneg Shabbat.
For those in Dallas wishing
to carpool to Holly’s, meet at
the Center at 8:15 p.m., in
front of the Szor Bench.
Hosted by: Holly Ross
B/335-9455, Rochelle Levin-
son H/461-3463, Lenny Kahn
H/458-2279.
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