Section Info: RELIG-234-01

Course Title: Women and Gender in Judaism

Start Date: 09/09/2026 End Date: 12/22/2026

Term: Fall Semester 2026

Description: This course examines gender as a key category in Jewish religious thought and practice. Students examine different theories of gender and intersectional feminisms, concepts of gender in a range of Jewish sources, and feminist Jewish responses to those sources. Students work with the Judaica collection at the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum and consider material culture as a source for women's and gender studies. Topics may include: how Jewish practice and law regulate sexuality and desire; feminist, queer and trans methods of engaging patriarchal texts; methods of studying women and gender in Jewish cultures; racialization.

Distribution(s): I - Humanities , MP - Multicultural Perspectives

Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate

Credits:4.00

Faculty	Phone	Email address
Mara Benjamin		benjamin@mtholyoke.edu

Meeting Dates	Method	Meeting days	Meeting times	Building name	Room	Frequency
09/09/2026 - 12/22/2026	Discussion	Tuesday and Thursday	09:00AM - 10:15AM	TBA	TBA	Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses
None

Comments

Additional Comments

Course Tags
NOPRI0001		Used to identify non-primary sides of crosslisted courses for Workday conversion

Cross-listed Sections

JWST-234-01 Women and Gender in Judaism

GNDST-210JD-01 Women and Gender in Judaism

RELIG-234-01 Women and Gender in Judaism

Course Availability
Section status: Waitlisted	Capacity: 23	Enrollment: 23	Available: 0	Waitlist: 2

Please note: The "Available" count will equal 0 in a Waitlisted course where spaces in the course have recently opened and students have not yet been moved into them from the waitlist.

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List	Required	Publisher Full Price
To be determined.

Additional Book Comments

This is NOT the complete book list for this class.