Students will explore the constants and diversity of the Jewish experience in different eras and geographical settings, and will study and grapple with Jewish beliefs and texts. Students must demonstrate a Novice-midlevel proficiency in Hebrew (as defined by the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages guidelines), either by successfully completing a semester of beginning Hebrew (HEBW 101A or HEBW 101B), a semester of Biblical Hebrew (RST 318 or RST 319), or by passing a language test arranged by the Director of the program