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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE JEWISH STUDIES MAJOR/MINOR OR THE ISRAEL STUDIES MINOR
Please Contact:
Tiffany Chen
UCLA Near Eastern Languages & Cultures
(310) 825-4165
Winter 2026
ANCIENT NEAR EAST 12W
Jerusalem: Holy City
Instructor(s): Smoak, J.D.
Sem: TR (5pm-6:15pm) Dodd Hall 162
Comp Lit M101 / JEWISH STUDIES M150A
Hebrew Literature in English: Literary Traditions of Ancient Israel-Bible and Apocrypha
Instructor(s): Smoak, J.D
Lec: TR (12:30pm-1:45pm) Royce Hall 150
ETHNOMUSICOLOGY 20B
Musical Cultures of World: Africa and Near East
Instructor(s): Beken, M.N.
Lec: TR (1pm-2:50pm) Schoenberg 1420
ETHNOMUSICOLOGY 91Z
World Music Performance Organizations: Klezmer Music Ensemble (Open Ensemble)
Instructor(s): Markham, J.E.
Act 5: W (7pm-9:50pm) Schoenberg 1440
ETHNOMUSICOLOGY / MUSICOLOGY M73
Music and Religion in Popular Culture
Instructor(s): Kligman, M.L.
Lec: MW (11am-12:50pm) Schoenberg 1200
ETHNOMUSICOLOGY 161Z
Advanced World Music Performance Organizations: Klezmer Music Ensemble
(Open Ensemble)
Instructor(s): Markham, J.E.
Act 5: W (7pm-9:50pm) Schoenberg 1440
ELTS 19
Eyewitness Testimony of Holocaust Survivors
Instructor(s): Presner, T.S.
Lec: W (12pm-12:50pm) Hillel at UCLA
HEBREW 1B
Elementary Hebrew
Instructor(s): Birnbaum, S.H.
Lec: MTWRF (10am-10:50am) Bunche Hall 2156
HEBREW 102B
Intermediate Hebrew
Instructor(s): Birnbaum, S.H.
Lec: : MTWRF (9am-9:50am) Bunche Hall 2156
HEBREW 110B
Introduction to Biblical Hebrew: Readings of Biblical Prose Texts
Instructor(s): Smoak, J.D.
Lec: TR (2pm-3:15pm) Bunche Hall 3117
HISTORY M178 / RELIGION M178 / JEWISH STUDIES M178
Introduction to History and Culture of
Iranian Jews
Instructor(s): Pirnazar, N.
Lec: MW (2pm-3:15pm) Kaplan Hall 135
History C187L
Jewish History: Researching Sources and Methodologies for History of Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Instructor(s): Shafer Ravov, O.
Lec: M (12pm-12:50pm) Public Affairs 2278
HISTORY 200J
Advanced Historiography: Near East: Historiography of Modern Middle East II
Instructor(s): Gelvin, J.L.
Sem: W (2pm-4:50pm) Public Affairs 2292
RELIGION 191
Study of Religion
Instructor(s): Bakhos, C.A.
Sem: T (2pm-3:50pm) Public Affairs 2319
SEMITIC 230
Northwest Semitic Languages and Literatures
Instructor(s): Schniedewind, W.M.
Sem: W (3:30pm-6:20pm) Boelter Hall 5514
SOCIOLOGY 180A
Governing the Mosaic: Israel’s Minority Politics in Comparative Perspective
Instructor(s): The Staff
Lec: TR (12:30pm-1:45pm) Royce Hall 190
YIDDISH 10
From Old World to New: Becoming Modern as Reflected in Yiddish Cinema and Literature
Instructor(s): Koral, M.R.
Lec: R (2pm-4:50pm) Haines Hall A24A
YIDDISH 101B
Elementary Yiddish
Instructor(s): Koral, M.R.
Lec: TR (10am-11:50am) Bunche Hall 2174
