Jeffrey I. Israel

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Professor of Religion

jii1@williams.edu
413-597-4974
Schapiro Hall Rm 228

Education

B.A. Oberlin College (1999)
M.A. University of Chicago (2001)
Ph.D. University of Chicago (2011)

Courses

REL 104 LEC

Religious Conflict and Cooperation (not offered 2025/26)

REL 118 SEM

Emerson's American Religion and Ethics (not offered 2025/26)

REL 136 / JWST 101(F) SEM

Judaism: Before The Law

REL 200(S) SEM

What is Religion? Theories and Methods in the Study of Religion

REL 209 / JWST 209 SEM

Jewish America (not offered 2025/26)

REL 214 SEM

Religion and the State (not offered 2025/26)

REL 222 / JWST 222 SEM

The Jewish Art of Interpretation (not offered 2025/26)

REL 249 / JWST 249 SEM

Antisemitism (not offered 2025/26)

REL 259 / ENGL 259 / JWST 259 SEM

Ethics of Jewish American Fiction (not offered 2025/26)

REL 293(F) SEM

Religion, Play, and Fantasy

REL 299 / JWST 299 SEM

Shakespeare's Torah (not offered 2025/26)

REL 330 / PSCI 375 / JWST 492 SEM

Modern Jewish Political Theory (not offered 2025/26)

REL 331 / JWST 331(S) SEM

I and Thou

REL 333 SEM

The Politics of Myth (not offered 2025/26)