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Der Beitrag beschäftigt sich im Rahmen des Sammelbandes " Theoriearbeit in der Politikwissenschaft" mit den Political Jewish Studies. Einleitend erfolgen Überlegungen zur Notwendigkeit sozial- und politikwissenschaftlicher Analyse von jüdischer Geschichte. Im Anschluss daran werden Forschungsfelder und Fragestellungen vorgestellt. Danach werden Anknüpfungspunkte und Kombinationsmöglichkeiten der Jewish Studies mit der Politikwissenschaft vorgestellt. Historisch und/ oder theologisch ausgerichtete Judentumsforschung fokussiert bei der Befassung mit Politik in erster Linie auf politische Momente und Einflüsse der jüdischen Religion sowie auf jüdische Persönlichkeiten in der Politik. Die politikwissenschaftliche Analyse jüdischer politischer Partizipation und Repräsentation hat mehr zu leisten als die bloße Darstellung der politischen Geschichte des Judentums. Jüdische politische Geschichte ist vielmehr als integraler Bestandteil allgemeiner gesellschaftlicher und politischer Prozesse und in ihren Wechselwirkungen mit diesen zu untersuchen. Der Beitrag skizziert Parlamentarismus, jüdische Partizipation und Antisemitismus in der Forschungspraxis und verweist abschließend darauf, dass aktive jüdische Politik sowie jüdisches politisches Handeln und Denken in der Politikwissenschaft bisher kaum Aufmerksamkeit erfahren haben. (ICA2)

Describes Jewish Studies Interdisciplinary Program assessment activities for academic year 2013-2014. ; The Jewish Studies Interdisciplinary Program annual assessment report to the College for the Office of Academic Assessment. The program focused on the assessment of student written communication skills with reference to Program Learning Outcome 3: "describe Jewish cultural developments as a function of a dynamic created by political, economic, and cultural forces." JS 200 OL, JS 200, JS 300, RS 378, and HIST/JS427 were all included in various direct longitudinal and cross sectional assessments through the evaluation of student essays, homework assignments, and online blog postings. In all but HIST/JS 427, significant numbers of students had to redo beginning-of-semester writing assignments for failing to cite their sources, but improved on the second assessed assignment, thus demonstrating learning of written documentation conventions. Assessment of properly documented papers and homework assignments was measured by grades, with most papers receiving grades in the A-to-B range, with a small number of Cs and Ds, and a few F's for not turning in the assignment. Review of past years' assessment results was also conducted, noting significant problems with student writing and reading abilities, especially in the lower-division courses. Stricter standards for both reading and writing assignments were adopted in response, as well as a revision of classroom pre-reading writing assignment questions.

The establishment of academic Jewish Studies positions and programs at a significant number of public and private North American institutions of higher education during the final third of the twentieth century is an interesting and complex phenomenon. In these remarks, the author provides a brief historical overview of academic Jewish Studies in North America and reflects on the present state of Jewish Studies programs in secular higher education settings and their ongoing challenges and future prospects. Her conclusions are neither comprehensive nor data-driven nor do they focus on the vibrant and excellent scholarship that characterizes Jewish Studies in 2013. Rather, the paper is based on the research of other scholars and the author's experiences as a professor and administrator in Jewish Studies programs and departments at three public universities and one private university over the past four decades and as President of the Association for Jewish Studies between 2004 and 2006. The author also draws on her larger administrative perspective as an academic dean, since 2009, for seventeen Humanities departments and programs at the University of Oregon. The essay focuses on undergraduate Jewish Studies; the topics discussed are: Jewish Studies in North America: An Overview; Women and Academic Jewish Studies; Jewish Studies Instruction; Connections with Jewish Students and Jewish Organizations; Links with Israel; Other International Relationships; Donors and Endowments; Present Realities and Future Challenges.

In 1930, Columbia University appointed Salo Baron to be the Nathan L. Miller Professor of Jewish History, Literature, and Institutions—marking a turning point in the history of Jewish studies in America. Baron not only became perhaps the most accomplished scholar of Jewish history in the twentieth century, the author of many books including the eighteen-volume A Social and Religious History of the Jews. He also created a program and a discipline, mentoring hundreds of scholars, establishing major institutions including the first academic center to study Israel in the United States, building Columbia's Judaica collection, intervening as a public intellectual, and exerting an unparalleled influence on what it meant to study the Jewish past.This book brings together leading scholars to consider how Baron transformed the course of Jewish studies in the United States. From a variety of perspectives, they reflect on his contributions to the study of Jewish history, literature, and culture, as well as his scholarship, activism, and mentorship. Among many distinguished contributors, David Sorkin engages with Baron's arguments on Jewish emancipation; Francesca Trivellato puts him in conversation with economic history; David Engel examines his use of anti-Semitism as an analytical category; Deborah Lipstadt explores his testimony at the trial of Adolf Eichmann; and Robert Chazan and Jane Gerber, both once Baron's doctoral students, offer personal and intellectual reminiscences. Together, they testify to Baron's singular legacy in shaping Jewish studies in America