{"id":5297,"date":"2025-09-08T16:43:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T20:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/academics\/?post_type=program-page&#038;p=5297"},"modified":"2025-10-29T09:51:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T13:51:56","slug":"jewish-american-studies-minor","status":"publish","type":"program-page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/academics\/programs\/jewish-american-studies-minor\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewish American Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='program-hero'><div class='top-part'><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-background\" data-original-image=\"\/academics\/wp-content\/plugins\/msu-program-finder\/2025-08-07_mosaic-background-high-res.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/academics\/wp-content\/plugins\/msu-program-finder\/2025-08-07_mosaic-background-high-res.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\"\/><div class='content-area'><h1 id=\"content-start\">Jewish American Studies<\/h1><p class=\"program-info\"><a href=\"\/academics\/program-finder\/?program_type=minor\">Minor<\/a><\/p><div class='image-holder'><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/09\/091724_43350_Jewish-American-studies-hero.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/09\/091724_43350_Jewish-American-studies-hero.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Four students sit in a modern lounge area with tall windows. They are engaged in a group discussion with notebooks, papers and laptops open.\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='bottom-part'><div class='wrapper'><div class='content-area'><br \/>\nThe Jewish American Studies Minor is an 18-credit program open to students of any major. This flexible minor provides an opportunity to examine the contributions made by Jewish heritage, arts, religion, language, sciences, values and people of Jewish heritage to American culture, institutions and intellectual traditions.\n<p><strong>Explore a Dynamic Field<\/strong><br \/>\nEngage with a vibrant, interdisciplinary journey into the literature, art and culture of the Jewish American community. Designed for students of all backgrounds, the program invites you to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Connect with recent scholarship on Jewish American life<\/li>\n<li>Uncover the legacies and ongoing impacts of immigrant culture<\/li>\n<li>Analyze the meaningful contributions of Jewish American experiences to society<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>A Flexible, Engaging Curriculum<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rigorous yet adaptable \u2014 complements any undergraduate major<\/li>\n<li>Welcomes students of all ethnic and religious affiliations<\/li>\n<li>Builds understanding of historical and social forces shaping Jewish American life<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Taught by Distinguished Faculty<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn from 麻豆传媒在线\u2019s departments of religion, history, political science and law, anthropology and sociology<\/li>\n<li>Draw upon the New York and Tri-State area as a resource and laboratory for cultural, religious, social and historical study<\/li>\n<li>Examine both past and present experiences, as well as current developments impacting Jewish life in America<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.montclair.edu\/programs\/jewish-american-studies-minor\/\">See the curriculum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><aside><p><strong>Program Format<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"\/academics\/program-finder\/?modality=hybrid\">Hybrid<\/a>; <a href=\"\/academics\/program-finder\/?modality=in-person\">In-person<\/a><\/p><p><strong>College or School<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"\/academics\/program-finder\/?college=chss\">College of Humanities and Social Sciences<\/a><\/p><p><strong>Area of Study<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"\/academics\/program-finder\/?area_of_study=arts-culture-design\">Arts, Culture and Design<\/a>; <a href=\"\/academics\/program-finder\/?area_of_study=public-service-and-the-humanities\">Public Service and the Humanities<\/a><\/p><p><span class='prpl-button full-width'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/admissions\/visit-us\/\">Visit Us<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/aside><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"prpl-band no-margin\"><div class=\"text-content\">\n<h2>Career Opportunities<\/h2>\n<div class=\"link-list triple\">\n<ul>\n<li>Anthropologist<\/li>\n<li>Charitable\/Non-Profit Manager<\/li>\n<li>Teacher<\/li>\n<li>Journalist<\/li>\n<li>Linguist<\/li>\n<li>Researcher<\/li>\n<li>Sociologist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"prpl-band no-margin\"><div class=\"text-content\">\n<h2>Featured Faculty<\/h2>\n<p class='a11y-label'><!-- fetch new: 128.66 ms --><!-- decode:  0.05 ms --><!-- output:  0.02 ms --><\/p><ul class=\"profile-grid\"><li><div class=\"card\"><div class=\"profile-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-background\" alt=\"Kate Temoney profile photo\" data-original-image=\"\/profilepages\/media\/8124\/user\/temoneyheadshot.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/profilepages\/media\/8124\/user\/temoneyheadshot.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" \/><\/div><div class=\"profile-text\"><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/~temoneyk\">Kate Temoney<\/a><\/span><span class=\"title\">Chairperson<\/span><span class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:temoneyk@montclair.edu\">temoneyk@montclair.edu<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"prpl-band lt-gray no-margin\"><div class=\"text-content\">\n<div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column two-fifths\">\n<h2>Related Programs<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"prpl-column three-fifths\">\n<p><div class=\"related-program-container\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/academics\/programs\/ba-history\/\" class=\"name\">History<\/a><span class=\"program-info\"><span class=\"program-info\">BA &bull; Major, Minor<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"program-contact-band\"><div class=\"background-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-background\" data-original-image=\"\/academics\/wp-content\/plugins\/msu-program-finder\/2025-08-07_mosaic-background-high-res.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/academics\/wp-content\/plugins\/msu-program-finder\/2025-08-07_mosaic-background-high-res.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<h2>Questions? 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