About This Course
This course helps students understand Medieval Jewish History and aims to answer the following questions:
Who decided?
How did the majority interact with the minorities and
How do you do Jew?
Upon completion of this six-unit course, students will receive a half elective credit.
Course overview
Unit 1- Introduction: What’s Medieval?
Unit 2 – From Apostles to Church
Unit 3 – Jews in Islamic Culture
Unit 4 – Rashi and Maimonides: Commentaries and Perplexities
Unit 5 – Mystics and Messiahs
Unit 6 – Poland, Lithuania and Our Shtetl Past / The Sephardi Experience
Course Syllabus
Assessment
Assessments for this course will include one quiz for each unit.
Your Instructor
Dr. Dan Aviv has been engaged with Jewish learning for almost 30 years as an educator, innovator, professor, published scholar, and author. He has three kids, two books, and one podcast - and serves as founding Principal of ADRABA, a Jewish blended-learning high school in Toronto, Ontario.
Ph.D. Jewish Education, Hebrew University
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Ratings and Reviews
Megan MiccoI loved being taken through this time period with an excellent guide - the style was conversational while packed with information. Very informative!
Barbara DershowitzA serious, thorough, and highly engaging course. I enjoyed the lessons and learned a great deal. This one is a winner.
Dr Dan Aviv is an engaging teacher. He brought the history and the characters alive, with highly useful readings. One of the best electives.