On the lures and threats of the modern world from the early eighteenth to the early twentieth century. Topics include: Jewish philosophy in the Age of Reason, new Jewish denominations, assimilation, early Zionism, Yiddish socialism, the beginnings of modern anti-semitism, movements of cultural renewal. Two lectures, one tutorial; one term Cross-List(s): HISTORY 2X03 Antirequisite(s): HISTORY 3Z03, RELIG ST 3Z03