Required Texts
SPRING 2022
- Education
- The Center for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights
- Jewish Studies
- Nonprofit Management
- Camp Administration
- Languages
Education
Master of Education
EDU 518: Legal & Ethical Issues in the 21st Century Classroom
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Hillman, S. J., & Trevaskis, D. (2014). School law: Legal framework, guiding principles, and litigated areas. Swedesboro, NJ: The American Institute for History Education. ISBN: 978-1-4675-9426. The text is $50 from the Pennsylvania Council for the Social Studies. Please follow this link: https://pcssonline.org/registration/pcss-items/school-law/
EDU 520: The Empowered Learner
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All materials available in Moodle
EDU 521: Mindset in the Classroom
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Books TBD
EDU 522: Effective Learning Assessment
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All materials available in Moodle
EDU 528: Personality & Leadership Theory in the Classroom
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All materials available in Moodle
EDU 532: Moral Education in Theory and Practice
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All materials available in Moodle
EDU 533: Integrated Learning
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All materials available in Moodle
EDU 540: Foundations of Creativity
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All materials available in Moodle
EDU 544: Creative Technologies
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Dowd, H., & Green, P. (2016). Classroom Management in the Digital Age: Effective Practices for Technology-Rich Learning Spaces. Irvine, CA: Ed Tech Team Press. ISBN 978-1-945167-12-6
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Kolb, L. (2017). Learning First, Technology Second: The Educator's Guide to Designing Authentic Lessons. Portland, OR: ISTE. ISBN 978-1-5648438-9-0
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Kopp, K. (2015). Integrating Technology into the Curriculum 2nd Edition: Effective Teaching in Today's Classroom. Huntington Beach, CA: Shell Education. ISBN 978-1-4258-1192-1
EDU 559: Teaching Tolerance in the Classroom
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All materials available in Moodle
EDU 572: Brain Based Learning
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Books TBD
EDU 605: Special Topics
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All materials available in Moodle
Doctorate in Education
EDD 703: Cross Cultural Perspectives in Educational Leadership
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All materials available in Moodle
EDD 704: Needs Assessment, Product Design, and Evaluation
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Stefaniak, Jill E. (2021). Needs Assessment for Learning and Performance. Routledge. Print ISBN: 9780367253875, 0367253879; eText ISBN: 9781000165012, 1000165019; Amazon: $38.11.
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Wolsey, T., Lenski, S. and Grisham, D. Assessment Literacy: An Educator’s Guide to Understanding Assessment, K-12. (2020) Guilford Press. ISBN: 978-1-4625-4207 (paperback), 9781462542109 (Kindle). $28.
EDD 706: Leading an Educational Organization
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Northouse, Peter G. Leadership Theory & Practice (9th ed) 2022. Sage. ISBN 9781544397566. $47.
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Osmond, Alex. Academic Writing & Grammar For Students (2nd ed). 2014. Sage. ISBN 978-1-4739-1935-8. $26.69.
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.) 2020. ISBN 978-1-4338-3216-1. $22.
EDD 707: Strategic Planning for Educational Leadership
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Allison, M. and Kaye, J. (2015). Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Organizations: A Practical Guide for Dynamic Times, 3rd Edition ISBN: 978-1-118-76814-3
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Bryson, J.M. (2019) Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations: A Guide to Strengthening and Sustaining Organizational Achievement (5th Edition) Wiley ISBN-13: 978-1119071600
The Center for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights
HGS 511/711: History of Antisemitism
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Antisemitic Myths: A Historical and Contemporary Anthology, ed. Marvin Perry and Frederick M. Schweitzer. ISBN 978-0253219503. Indiana UP, $27.
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Antisemitism: A History, ed. Albert S. Lindemann and Richard S. Levy. ISBN 978-0199235032. Oxford UP $38.95 (paperback)
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The Plot, Will Eisner. ISBN 978-0393060454. Amazon: $18.99 (many used copies are available)
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Optional (all required readings from this book will be available as pdf: History and Hate, ed. David Berger. ISBN 978-0827602670. Amazon: $8-20.
HGS 522/742: Children of the Nazi Era
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Deborah Dwork, Children With A Star: Jewish Youth in Nazi Europe, Yale University Press; Revised ed. edition (September 10, 1993). ISBN-10: 0300054475, ISBN-13: 978-0300054477. New copies available on Amazon for $36.64 and used starting at $2.33.
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Patricia Heberer, Children During the Holocaust, Documenting Life and Destruction, Holocaust Sources in Context, AltaMira Press; Reprint edition (September 24, 2015). ISBN-10: 0759119856, ISBN-13: 978-0759119857. Available on Amazon Kindle - $29.60, New paperback- $39.00 and used starting at $31.00
HGS 526/746: Nazi Germany and Corporate Collaboration
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Bazyler, Michael J. Holocaust Justice: The Battle for Restitution in America’s Courts. New York and London: New York University Press, 2003. ISBN-13: 978-0814799048. ISBN-10: 0814799043. $31.66.
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Nicosia, Francis R. and Jonathan Huener, eds. Business and Industry in Nazi Germany. New York: Berghahn Books, 2004. ISBN-13: 978-1571816542. ISBN-10: 1571816542. $27.95.
HGS 533/753: Before Hitler: East European Jewish Civilization
- Antony Polonsky, Jews in Poland and Russia: a Short History (Littman Library/Liverpool University Press, 2013). ISBN 9781906764395. List price from the publisher is $40 plus shipping. That seems to be the best option currently. E-book also $40. Used copies start at $45 including shipping in the US.
- Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, The Golden Age Shtetl: a New History of Jewish Life in East Europe (Princeton University Press, 2014) ISBN 9780691160740. List price from the publisher is $30 plus shipping. Used copies start at $15 including shipping in the US. E-books prices seem to run between $15-$20.
- Sholem Aleichem, Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories, tr. Hillel Halkin (Penguin/Random House, 1996). This translation has been published several times by at least two different publishers, namely Random House and Schocken. All of the editions are the same as each other, and it does not matter which one you read. The Penguin edition is ISBN 978-0805-210-699. List price is $17 plus shipping. Used copies are available for $5 including shipping in the US. E-Book available for $10.
- Chae-Ran Freeze and Jay Harris, editors, Everyday Jewish Life in Imperial Russia (Brandeis University Press, ISBN 978-1-611-684-551 $45, new or used, $40 for the e-book. For those who want to save a little money, nearly all of the book is available on-line for free. https://books.google.com/
books?isbn=1611684552
HGS 562/762: Church and the Holocaust
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Ericksen, Robert and Susannah Heschel. Betrayal: German Churches and the Holocaust. (Fortress Press, 1999). ISBN-13: 978-0800629311. Kindle $18.52, $19.49 paperback on amazon for new, less for used.
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Phayer, Michael. The Catholic Church and the Holocaust, 1930-1965. (Indiana University Press, 2000). ISBN-13: 978-0253214713. Kindle $11.49, $25.45 paperback on amazon new, less for used.
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Sciolino, Anthony. The Holocaust, the Church, and the Law of Unintended Consequences. (iUniverse, Inc., 2014). ISBN-13: 978-1475962864. Kindle $2.99, $18.17 paperback on amazon new, less for used.
HGS 566/726: The Psychology and Sociology of Altruism and Rescue
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Fogelman, Eva. Conscience and Courage: Rescuers of the Jews During the Holocaust. New York: Anchor Books (1994). ISBN-10: 0385420285. $18.95. https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Eva+Fogelman
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Monroe, Kirsten Renwick. Hand of Compassion: Portraits of Moral Choice During the Holocaust. Princeton: Princeton University Press (2004). ISBN: 9780691127736. $20.93. https://press.princeton.edu/titles/7755.html
HGS 568/768: Introduction to Curatorial Studies
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Hoffman, Jen, ed. Ten Fundamental Questions of Curating. Mousse Publishing, 2013. Amazon (Kindle): $9.99.
HGS 607/757: Rwanda’s Genocide and Its Legacies
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Lee Ann Fujii, Killing Neighbors: Webs of Violence in Rwanda, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2009. $27.95.
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Timothy Longman, Memory and Justice in Post-Genocide Rwanda, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2018. $29.99.
HGS 612/712: Art in Extremis: Creative Resistance During the Holocaust
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Books TBD
HGS 634/734: Hitler’s Other Victims
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Cohen, Danny. Train. ISBN 978-1-5055-6045-9. Available from Amazon Kindle edition $7.99, Hardcopy new $14.99, used starting from $2.03.
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Gellately and Stoltzfus, eds. Social Outsiders in Nazi Germany. ISBN-10: 0691086842. ISBN-13: 978-0691086842. Available from Amazon Kindle- $34.99, New $46.00, Used starting from $21.34.
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Gellately, Robert. Backing Hitler: Consent and Coercion in Nazi Germany. ISBN-10: 0192802917, ISBN-13: 978-0192802910. Available from Amazon Kindle $14.89, Paperback new $33.13, Used starting from $8.99.
HGS 723: Genocide in the Modern World
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All materials available in Moodle
HGS 737: Holocaust Historiography
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The Holocaust and Historical Methodology (Making Sense of History) Paperback, 2014. Stone, Dan, ed. ISBN-13: 978-1782386780, ISBN-10: 1782386785. Amazon: $34.95.
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Why?: Explaining the Holocaust. Hayes, Peter. ISBN-13: 978-0393355468, ISBN-10: 0393355462. Amazon: $14.67.
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HRI 533: Religious Foundations of Human Rights
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Religion and Human Rights: An Introduction. Edited by John Witte, Jr., and M. Christian Green. ISBN-13: 978-0199733446. $33.20.
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Human Rights and Religion: A Reader. Edited by Liam Gearon. ISBN-13: 978-1902210957. $8.92.
HRI 534: History of Human Rights
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Moyn, Samuel. The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2010). ISBN 0674064348. $22.77.
HRI 600/700: Antisemitism and Racism
IFL 621: Interfaith Lifecycle and Holidays
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Lonsdale, Akasha. Do I Kneel or Do I Bow? What You Need to Know when Attending Religious Occasions. (Kuperard, 2010). ISBN-13: 978-1857335248. Kindle is $12.99 and Paperback is $136.72 on amazon new, less used.
Jewish Studies
JST 521: America’s Jews
- Hasia Diner, The Jews of the United States: 1654 to 2000 (Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 2004). ISBN 0-520-22773-5
- Jacob Rader Marcus ed., The Jew in the American World: A Source Book (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1996). ISBN 0-8143-2548-3
- Jonathan D. Sarna, American Judaism: A History, second edition ! (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2019). ISBN 0300190395 or ISBN 13: 9780300190397
- Gary Phillip Zola and Marc Dollinger eds., American Jewish History: A Primary Source Reader (Waltham, MA: Brandeis University Press, 2014). ISBN 978-1-61168-510-7
JST 551: Judaism’s Encounter with Modernity
•Paul Mendes-Flohr and Jehuda Reinharz, eds., The Jew in the Modern World, 2nd edition, 1995 ISBN 019507453X
• Howard Sachar, The Course of Modern Jewish History, 1990. ISBN 0679727469. It would be best to buy this exact edition
JST 552: Conversion to Judaism from the Bible to the Present
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One required text: Lovesong: Becoming a Jew, Arcade Publishing. It has been printed five times: 1988, 1991, 1995, 2001, 2013, all with different ISBN numbers. Any edition is fine. Used copies are available on-line at bookfinder.com starting at $5. New copies are available at https://www.
skyhorsepublishing.com/ 9781611458022/lovesong/ for $14.95 plus shipping.
Nonprofit Management
JED 522: Supervision in Jewish Education
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Glickman, Carl D., Gordon, Stephen P. & Ross-Gordon, Jovita M., (2010), Supervision and Instructional Leadership: A Developmental Approach, Eighth Edition, Boston, Allyn & Bacon, ISBN# 13:978-0-205-62503-1. Amazon: $66.49.
MGT 510: Fundamentals of Human Resource Management
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Noe, Raymond; Hollenbeck, John; Gerhart, Barry; Wright, Patrick (2018) Fundamentals of Human Resource Management. Hard copy of new or used text can be purchased online through Amazon. An online version of the textbook and rental version can also be purchased.
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Required Course-pack: The required course-pack can be accessed on the Harvard Business Review website. Participants must register for the Harvard Business Review and use this link to access readings https://hbsp.harvard.edu/import/865387. Participants must purchase the course pack through the Harvard Business Review website. Note: The Harvard Business Review allows students to view up to eight articles and case studies for free on a one-time basis. You may take advantage of this opportunity but remember that you cannot refer back to these free articles or print them out (you would also need to purchase the additional four readings if you opt to view the free versions)
MGT 544: Fundraising
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D’Alessandro, Paul (2021). The Future of Fundraising: How Philanthropy’s Future is Here with Donors Dictating the Terms. Franklin Lane, NJ. High Impact Publishing. (Amazon Prime: Kindle: $7.99; New Paperback: $9.99; Used Paperback: $9.83) NOTE: Used books are available at many bookstores including AbeBooks, Thrift, Wish. Prices are often higher than Amazon new or used book.
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Karsh, Ellen & Fox, Arlen Sue (5TH ed., 2019). The Only Grant-Writing Book You'll Ever Need. New York. Basic Books. (Amazon Prime: Kindle: $16.99; New Paperback, $15.69; Used Paperback, $8.22) NOTE: New books also may be found at Blackwell, Target and Walmart. Used books are available at many bookstores including AbeBooks, Thrift, Wish. Prices are often higher than Amazon new or used book.
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Tempel E.R., Seiler, T.L. & Burlingame, D.F. (Eds.). 4th ed., 2016*). Achieving Excellence in Fundraising, Fourth Edition. Hoboken, NJ. John Wiley & Sons. (Wiley: Hardcover – new, $70; Amazon Prime: $48.85 hard cover; $46 used hardcover; eTextbook, $56; rental, $23.99; Used books available from a variety of bookstores ranging from $36 to upper $60s; Audiobooks are available for $20+.) *Note: If you can find a Third Edition of Achieving Excellence in Fundraising book available, you may be able to pay in the mid $30s. If you do choose to do this, please email me and I will send you the page numbers that use this edition. There may be slight differences in text but I have yet to find much of a difference between these additions. Also, the fifth edition is in the process of being released. Please do not purchase it because it may not be available for everyone yet.
MGT 546: Fundamentals of Health and Health Systems
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Essentials of the US Health Care System (Fifth Edition). Leiu Shi & Douglas Singh. ISBN: 978-1284156720. $63 on Amazon.
Camp Administration
Languages
EDU 281/581: Methods of Second Language Instruction for Hebrew
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Techniques & Principles in Language Teaching, Third Edition, by Diane Larsen-Freeman and Marti Anderson. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. ISBN-10: 9780194423601, ISBN-13: 978-0194423601. $14.77.
HEB 207/502: Hebrew II
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Brandeis Modern Hebrew by Vardit Ringvald et al. Available from Amazon for $82.45. https://www.amazon.com/Brandeis-Modern-Hebrew-Vardit-Ringvald/dp/161168918X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2X5YKDQPJOENV&dchild=1&keywords=brandeis+modern+hebrew&qid=1604337038&sprefix=Brandeis+Mo%2Caps%2C578&sr=8-1
HEB 209/504: Hebrew IV
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Brandeis Modern Hebrew by Vardit Ringvald et al. Available from Amazon for $82.45. https://www.amazon.com/Brandeis-Modern-Hebrew-Vardit-Ringvald/dp/161168918X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2X5YKDQPJOENV&dchild=1&keywords=brandeis+modern+hebrew&qid=1604337038&sprefix=Brandeis+Mo%2Caps%2C578&sr=8-1
HEB 212/512: Biblical Hebrew II
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Biblical Hebrew Step by Step Vol.2, 3rd Edition by M. Mansoor. Baker Publishing (2002). ISBN-10: 0801061512, ISBN-13: 978-0801061516. $20.28
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Hebrew Verb Tales by Asher Tarmon and Ezri Uval. Tamir Publishers. ISBN-10: 9653760106, ISBN-13: 978-9653760103. $46. https://www.amazon.com/Hebrew-Verb-Tables-Tarmon/dp/9653760106/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?keywords=hebrew+verb+tables+tamron&qid=1572443720&sr=8-1-fkmr0
HEB 523: Poetry in Song
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All materials available in Moodle
YIDD 204/504: Yiddish IV
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In Eynem: The New Yiddish Textbook by Asya Vaisman Schulman, Jordan Brown, and Mikhl Yashinsky. Available from the Yiddish Book Center for $100.00. https://yiddish-book-center-store.myshopify.com/products/the-new-yiddish-textbook-by
FALL 2021
- Education
- The Center for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights
- Jewish Studies/ Interfaith Studies
- Nonprofit Management
- Camp Administration
- Languages
Education
EDD 705: Methods of Inquiry
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Creswell, John W. (2019). Educational Research: Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research plus MyLab Education with Enhanced Pearson eText—Access Card Package, 6th Edition, ISBN-10: 0134458966, ISBN-13: 9780134458960, Amazon: $63.98
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Galvan, M. & Galvan, J. (2014). Writing Literature Reviews (7th ed.) Routledge, ISBN-10: 0415315743, ISBN-13: 9780415315746, Amazon: $31
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Rudestam, K. & Newton, R. (2015). Surviving Your Dissertation (4th ed.) Sage Publications, ISBN-10: 1452260974, ISBN-13: 9781452260976, Amazon: $49.02
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American Psychological Association. (2009). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association. ISBN-10: 143383216X, ISBN-13: 9781433832161, Amazon: $20.59
EDD 724: Planning, Budgeting, & Finance
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Dropkin, M., Halpin, J., & La Touche, B. The Budget-Building Book for Non-Profits, a Step-by-Step Guide for Managers and Boards, 2nd Ed. ISBN 9780-7879-9603-1. Amazon: $42.20
EDD 725: Governance, Ethics, and the Law
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Hendrickson, Robert M., Lane, Jason E., Harris, James T. and Dorman, Richard H. (2013). Academic Leadership and Governance of Higher Education. Stylus. ISBN-13: 9781579228811, $46.39
EDD 744: Transforming Schools
- Fullan, Michael (2020). Leading in a Culture of Change (2nd edition). Jossey-
Bass. ISBN: 9781119595847, $26.99. - Senge, P. et al. (2012). Schools that Learn. Crown. ISBN: 9780385518222, $24.72.
EDU 512: Motivating Today’s Learners
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All texts available in Moodle.
EDU 516: Principles of Instructional Design
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All texts available in Moodle.
EDU 527: Teaching the Whole Child
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Gardner, H. (2011. 3rd edition). Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences. 3rd ed. Basic Books. ISBN-13: 978-0465024339, $19.99
EDU 536: Kinesthetics Across the Curriculum
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All texts available in Moodle.
EDU 542: Creative Pedagogy
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All texts available in Moodle.
EDU 543: Designers of Learning
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Gestwicki, C. (2017). Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Curriculum and Development in Early Education, 6th Edition. Cengage: Kentucky. ISBN-10: 1-305-50102-0, $88.35
EDU 546: Arts Integration in the Classroom: Application Across the Curriculum
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Jensen, E (2001). Arts with the Brain in Mind. ASCD. ISBN-13: 978-0871205148, $22.95
EDU 554: Issues in Contemporary Classroom Management
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All texts available in Moodle.
EDU 555: Culture & Family Dynamics
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All texts available in Moodle.
EDU 557: Current Issues in Understanding Economics, Class, and Language
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All texts available in Moodle.
EDU 562: Issues in Supervision for Programs of Young Children
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All texts available in Moodle.
EDU 563: Play as the Foundation of Learning
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All texts available in Moodle.
EDU 575: Social Justice in the American Classroom
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All texts available in Moodle.
EDU 590: Creating Safe Spaces: LGBTQ
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All texts available in Moodle.
EDU 591: School & Society
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Goldstein, D. (2015). The Teacher Wars: A History of America’s Most Embattled Profession. Anchor books. ISBN-13: 978-0345803627, $13.79
EDU 600: Grossman Honors Seminar on Contemporary Issues in Education
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All texts available in Moodle.
The Center for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights
HGS 503/703: Women in the Holocaust
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Elizabeth R. Baer and Myrna Goldenberg, eds. Experience and Expression: Women, the Nazis, and the Holocaust. (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2003). ISBN: 978-0-8143-3063-0. $26.99
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Ofer, Dalia, and Lenore J. Weitzman, editors. Women in the Holocaust. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998). ISBN: 978-0300080803. $39
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Wendy Lower. Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields. (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013). ISBN: 978-0547863382. $11.70
HGS 510: The Holocaust and European Mass Murder
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Saul Friedländer, "Nazi Germany and the Jews: vol. 1: The Years of Persecution, 1933-1939." ISBN-13: 978-0060928780, Price: $22
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Saul Friedländer, "Nazi Germany and the Jews, vol. 2: The Years of Extermination, 1939-1945." ISBN-13: 978-0060930486, Price: $23
HGS 525/727: Post-Holocaust Theologies
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There are no required textbooks for this course. All readings will be available online.
HGS 529/729: Nazi Medicine and the Holocaust
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From Clinic to Concentration Camp: Reassessing Nazi Medical and Racial Research, 1933-1945 (History of Medicine in Context) 1st Edition by Paul Weindling, ISBN-13: 978-1032096933, ISBN-10: 1032096934, Amazon: Paperback $48.95 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1032096934/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
HGS 557: Comparative Genocide
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Barbara Boender and Wichert ten Have, eds., The Holocaust and Other Genocides: An Introduction (NIOD Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, 2012). ISBN-13 978-9089643810 (Amazon $23.89)
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Robert Gellately and Ben Kiernan, eds., The Specter of Genocide: Mass Murder in Historical Perspective. (Cambridge University Press, 2003), ISBN-13: 978- 0521527507. (Amazon $20.00)
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Wendy Lower, Nazi Empire Building and the Holocaust in Ukraine (University of North Carolina Press, 2005) ISBN 978-0807858639 (Amazon $38.45)
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Norman Naimark, Fires of Hatred: Ethnic Cleansing in Twentieth-Century Europe (Harvard University press, 2001) ISBN-13: 978-0674009943. (Amazon $32.00)
HGS 558/758: Gender and Genocide in the 20th Century
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Drakulic, S. A Novel About the Balkans, ISBN-13 978-0140298444 (Amazon $15.00)
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Jones, Adam. Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction, ISBN-13 978-1138823846 (Amazon $46.69)
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Kühne, Thomas. Belonging and Genocide: Hitler’s Community, 1918-1945 ISBN-13 978- 0300198287 (Amazon $35.00)
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Ung, Loung. First they Killed my Father, ISBN-13 978-0060856267 (Amazon $10.99)
HGS 559/759: The Holomodor: Ukrainian Famine/Genocide of 1932-33
Required:
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Anne Applebaum, Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine (Doubleday, 2017), ISBN-13 : 978-0385538855, $23.91
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Robert Conquest, The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-Famine (Oxford University Press; Reprint edition, 1987), ISBN-13: 978-0195051803, $19.95
Recommended (Optional, students may use these books for their research papers if appropriate for their topics):
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Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin (Basic Books, 2012), ISBN-13: 978-0465031474, $17.32
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Bohdan Klid (Editor), Alexander J. Motyl (Editor), The Holodomor Reader: A Sourcebook on the Famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine, (CIUS Press, 2012), ISBN-13: 978-1894865296, $44.95
HGS 560/760: America’s Response to the Holocaust
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Arnie Bernstein, Swastika Nation: Fritz Kuhn and the Rise and Fall of the German-American Bund (New York: St. Martin Press, 2013). ISBN 1250006716, Amazon: Used Hardcover $19.88; Used Paperback $10.48 and $3.99 (According to Worldcat it is found at 314 libraries, Abebooks $3.58)
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David S. Wyman, The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust, 1941-1945 (New York: Pantheon Books, 1984). ISBN 0-394-42813-7, Amazon: Kindle: $8.99; Paperback: 22.99 and 35 used options
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Henry Feingold, Bearing Witness: How America and its Jews Responded to the Holocaust (Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 1995). Paperback. ISBN 0-8156-2670-3, Amazon: Hardcover: 23.89; Paperback: $15.95-18.95 (according to WorldCat it is at 550 libraries and AbeBooks $37.95)
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James Q. Whitman, Hitler’s American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2017). ISBN 978-0-691-18306-0, Amazon: Kindle: $9.99; Paperback $14.11
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Leonard Dinnerstein, America and the Survivors of the Holocaust (New York: Columbia University Press, 1982). ISBN 0231041764, Amazon: Hardcover: $12.93; Paperback $29.39 (Better World Books also sells it for a reduced cost at $13.44, Worldcat it is at 867 books)
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Rafael Medoff, The Jews Should Keep Quiet: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise and the Holocaust (Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 2019). ISBN: 978082761470, Amazon: Paperback: $21.63; Kindle: 12.99; Hardcover: 23.56
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Robert Abzug, America Views the Holocaust, 1933-1945: A Brief Documentary History (London: Palgrave Macmillian, 1999). ISBN 0312218192, Amazon: Paperback: $5.75-24.97; Worldcat 430 libraries; Abebooks $2.06; Better World Books 3.98
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Stefan Kuhl, The Nazi Connection: Eugenics, American Racism, and German National Socialism (New York: Oxford University Press, 1994). ISBN 0-19-508260-5, Amazon: Ebook $34.77; Hardback: 48.07; Paperback $32.21-42.50; Worldcat shows 1277 libraries worldwide
HGS 597: Masters’ Thesis/Project Seminar
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Kate L. Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, any recent edition, University of Chicago Press. ISBN-10: 022643057X, Price: Paperback $15.99, Kindle $12.99
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Chicago Manual of Style, any recent edition, University of Chicago Press. ISBN-10: 9780226287058, Price: Hardcover $32.14, Kindle $3.50
HGS 624/724: Holocaust, Genocide, and International Law
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Michael J. Bazyler, Holocaust, Genocide, and the Law: A Quest for Justice in a Post-Holocaust World (Oxford U. Press, 2016) (winner of the 2016 National Jewish Book Award) [nb; Either the 2016 hardcover or 2017 paperback versions is acceptable and can be purchased online from sellers such as Amazon or Oxford University Press] ISBN-13: 978-0195395693, $94.80
HGS 625/725: A Geographical Approach to the Study of the Holocaust
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War & Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust by Doris L.Bergen, 3rd Edition, ISBN-10: 1442242280, ISBN-13: 978-1442242289, Amazon: Paperback $34.77 https://www.amazon.com/War-Genocide-Holocaust-Critical-International/dp/1442242280/ref=sr_1_1?crid=166IAWM7FV9G1&dchild=1&keywords=doris+bergen+war+and+genocide&qid=1625026783&sprefix=Doris+Bergen+War+a%2Cstripbooks%2C158&sr=8-1
HGS 700: Unveiling the Underpinnings of Genocide
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No required texts. (Instructor will provide PDFs.)
IFL506/706: Interfaith Scriptures
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Brian Arthur Brown. Three Testaments: Torah, Gospel, Quran. Rowan and Littlefield, 2014. ISBN-13: 978-1442214934. On amazon.com: Paperback $41.00; Kindle $30.42; used $24.81
HRI 532/732: Ethical Perspectives on Human Rights
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The Philosophy of Human Rights, ed. Patrick Hayden, Paragon House, 2001. ISBN-13 #: 978-1557787903, Amazon: $20.79
REL 622: Interfaith Theology
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Marc B. Shapiro. The Limits of Orthodox Theology: Maimonides' Thirteen Principles Reappraised (2011). ISBN-13: 978-1906764234. Available on amazon.com in paperback for $27.95.
- Berard Marthaler - The Creed: The Apostolic Faith in Contemporary Theology (2007). 3rd edition. Available on amazon.com in paperback for $34.07, cheaper if used.
Jewish Studies/ Interfaith Studies
JST 507: Introduction to Classical Judaism
Required:
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Back to the Sources, ed. Barry Holtz. ISBN: 0-671-60596-8 (pbk.) Used copies start at under five dollars, including shipping; new copies at about twelve dollars. There are many on-line booksellers; I recommend that students use bookfinder.com or pricegrabber.com.
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A Short History of the Jews, by Michael Brenner. Paperback ISBN: 978-069-1154-978. Used copies start at about $10, new at $18. Hardcover 978-069-1143-514 Used hardcover copies start at about eleven dollars at bookfinder.com.
Available online (information if paper copy is preferred):
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The Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible) in some readable English translation. You are welcome to use a Christian Bible which includes the Hebrew Bible (“Old Testament”) and you can use any translation. The Jewish Study Bible (ISBN: 9780195297515) is published by Oxford University Press; it is not on-line and it starts at about $12 for a used copy and about $30 for a new copy.
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The collection of ancient rabbinic sayings which is called “Pirkei Avot,” or in English, “The Ethics of the Fathers” or "The Sayings of the Fathers." It is printed in many Sabbath prayer books, and there are also about a dozen different stand-alone versions (mostly with commentaries, some with illustrations) at every price range.
JST 532: Modern Jewish Thought
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There are no books required for purchase. All required readings will be on-line. The instructor will distribute a list of recommended readings.
JST 545: From Ancient Synagogue to Post-Denominationalism
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The New American Judaism by Jack Wertheimer, ISBN: 978-0691181295, Abe Books: $3.85 here, Amazon: $15.59 here also used for cheaper
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The New Jewish Canon eds. Yehuda Kurtzer and Claire Sufrin, ISBN: 978-1644693612, Abe Books: $30.98 here, Amazon: $39.05 here, Academic Studies Press: $39.95 here
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Shul with a Pool by David Kaufman, ISBN: 0-87451-893-8, Abe Books: $3.89 here, Amazon: $36.20 used here, Discover Books: $3.85 used here
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A Mediterranean Society Vol. II: The Community by S.D. Goitein, ISBN: 0-520-22159-1, Abe Books: $25 here, Amazon: $34.95 here, University of California Press: $34.95 here
JST 601: New Directions in American Judaism
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Daniel J. Elazar, Community and Polity: The Organizational Dynamics of American Jewry (Revised and Updated) Pub: The Jewish Publication Society; Revised and Updated edition (May 1, 1995), ISBN-10: 082760565X, ISBN-13: 978-0827605657, Paperback: Used from $4.77, New from $29.40 on Bookfinder.com
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Steven T. Katz, ed. Why is America Different? American Jewry on its 350th Anniversary. Pub: University Press of America, 2010, ISBN-10: 076-1847-693, ISBN-13: 978-0761847694, Paperback: Used from $23.24, New from $43.94 on Bookfinder. On Amazon: Used from $24.51, new from $83.73.
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Sidney Schwarz, Jewish Megatrends: Charting the Course of the American Jewish Future 1st Ed. Pub: Jewish Lights; 1 edition (Jan 15, 2013), ISBN-10: 1683361458, ISBN-13: 978-1683361459, Paperback: Used from $8.00, New from $13.72 on Bookfinder.com
Recommended:
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Jonathan D. Sarna, American Judaism. Pub: Yale Univ Press (2005) (AJ), ISBN-10 0300109768, ISBN-13 978-0300109764, Paperback: Used from $2.00, New from $16.05 on Bookfinder.com
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Carmel Chiswick, Judaism in Transition: How Economic Choices Shape Religious Tradition. Pub: Stanford Economics and Finance (2014) (JIT), ISBN-10 0804776059, ISBN-13 978-0804776059, Paperback: Used from $2.99, New from $14.80 on Bookfinder.com
Nonprofit Management
MGT 512: Professional Writing and Communication
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MacRae, Paul. Business & Professional Writing: A Basic Guide, 2E (978-1-55481-471-8) paperback, Broadview Press, 2019. $19.10 to rent, $40.95 to buy
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Bauer, David G. The "How to" Grants Manual, 9E (978-1-47585-394-0), hard cover, Rowman & Littlefield, 2021. $50
MGT 542: Financial Management of Nonprofit Organizations
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Lynne A Weikart, Greg G. Chen, Edward M. Sermier, Budgeting and Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations: Using Money to Drive Mission Success, 1st edition, CQ Press, 2012, ( ISBN-13 978-1608716937), Rental from Amazon from $34.82, Used from Amazon from $58.10, $50 from Sage Publications, Inc.
MGT 546: Fundamentals of Health and Health Systems
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Safran, Shelley. Fundamentals of Healthcare Administration, 1st edition. Pearson publishing, 2013. ISBN-13: 978-6133065633 ISBN-10: 0133065634 Rental available from Amazon.com for $40.92
Camp Administration
CMP 601: Foundations in Camp Administration
● Accreditation Standards for Camp Programs and Services, American Camp Association.
● Day Camp from Day One: A Hands-On Guide for Day Camp Administrators by Connie Coutellier. American Camp Association 2004, ISBN-13: 978-0876031872, $32.95.
CMP 602: Leadership for the Camp Professional
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CMP 605: Management and Marketing
Required:
● Basic Camp Management, Seventh Edition, by Armand and Beverly Ball. Healthy Learning, 2009. ISBN: 978-1-60679-014-4, $57.05.
● Management Matters: By The Experts by Harriet Lowe. Healthy Learning, 2007. ISBN: 978-1-58518-034-9, $6.84.
● 101 Marketing Essentials Every Camp Needs to Know by Jodi Rudick. Healthy Learning, 2007. ISBN-13: 978-1-58518-039-4. $8.48.
● Secrets of Social Media Marketing: How to Use Online Conversations and Customer Communities to Turbo-Charge Your Business! by Paul Gillin. Quill Driver Books, 2009. ISBN: 978-1884956-85-0. $15.95. (You can order this by calling 1-800-345-4447)
Suggested:
- The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell. Little, Brown, and Co., 2002. ISBN: 0-316-31696-2. $9.99.
CMP 606: Curriculum and Program Development
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Languages
EDU 285/585: Evaluation Practices and the Role of Errors in Hebrew Language Learning
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Activities, Games, and Assessment Strategies for the Foreign Language Classroom, 1st edition by Amy Buttner. Plano, TX: Eye on Education, QED Books (2007). ISBN-10 : 1596670649, ISBN-13 : 978-1596670648, $33.90
HEB 000/206/501: Hebrew I: Beginners
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Brandeis Modern Hebrew by Vardit Ringvald et al. Waltham, MA: Brandeis University Press (2015). ISBN-13: 978-1611689181, ISBN-10: 9781611689181, $84.14
HEB 208/503: Hebrew III: Intermediate
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Brandeis Modern Hebrew by Vardit Ringvald et al. Waltham, MA: Brandeis University Press (2015). ISBN-13: 978-1611689181, ISBN-10: 9781611689181, $84.14
HEB 210/510: Biblical Hebrew I
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Biblical Hebrew: Step by Step Vol. 1 by Menachem Mansoor. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Publishing Co., 2nd edition (August 1, 1999). ISBN-10: 0801060419, ISBN-13: 978-0801060410, $41.32
YIDD 201/501: Yiddish I: Beginners
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In Eynem: The New Yiddish Textbook Vols. I & II by Asya Vaisman Schulman, Jordan Brown, and Mikhl Yashinsky. Amherst: MA: The Yiddish Book Center (2020). ISBN-13: 9781734387230, ISBN-10: 1734387238, $100 (https://yiddish-book-center-store.myshopify.com/products/the-new-yiddish-textbook-by)
YIDD 203/503: Yiddish III
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In Eynem: The New Yiddish Textbook Vols. I & II by Asya Vaisman Schulman, Jordan Brown, and Mikhl Yashinsky. Amherst: MA: The Yiddish Book Center (2020). ISBN-13: 9781734387230, ISBN-10: 1734387238, $100 (https://yiddish-book-center-store.myshopify.com/products/the-new-yiddish-textbook-by)