Jewish Studies – (M.A.)

The programme focuses on current issues, themes and approaches to Jewish education in the context of the subject's historical development and the changing nature of schools and society in multi-faith Britain. There is one compulsory and three optional courses. In the compulsory course attention is given to the key characteristics of the major philosophies and theories of Jewish education; this will include a study of the key classical and contemporary texts on Jewish views of teaching, learning and education, and on what it means to be an educated Jew.
A further optional course on Jewish education provides a critical overview of the history of Jewish education and of the key sociological, political and economic issues that inform the context of Jewish education. There is a wide variety of other optional courses that provide for both practical and theoretical interests.