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== Syllabus ==
== Syllabus ==


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==== (1) Jan 8, 2020 ====


(A) The Bible
Children in the Ancient Near East: General Introduction


General information
* The Binding of Isaac (Child sacrifice)


* The Binding of Isaac (Child sacrifice)
==== (2-3) Jan 13 & 15, 2020 ====


==== ====
<a> Children in Second Temple Judaism  


(-) Children in the Hebrew Bible (I and II)
Children in the Hebrew Bible  
The Obedient child
* Young Ishmael
* Young Ishmael
* Young Joseph
* Young Joseph
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* Young Samuel (1:23-2:11) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNoeawBth7w The Call of Samuel - Moody Bible Story] (6m)
* Young Samuel (1:23-2:11) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNoeawBth7w The Call of Samuel - Moody Bible Story] (6m)


Children in the Early Jesus Movement
* Child Mary
* Child John the Baptist
* [[Child Jesus]]
* [[Suffer Little Children]] (Jesus and the Children)


<b> Children in the Diaspora (the Book of Daniel)


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Living in an Hostile World (The Pious Child)
 
(B) The Diaspora
 
<-> Living in an Hostile World (The Pious Child)


*From Daniel to the present
*From Daniel to the present
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[[Fiery Furnace of Babylon]]
[[Fiery Furnace of Babylon]]


A dangerous world for children (
A dangerous world for children  


<-> The Child martyr  
The Child martyr (the Books of the Maccabees)


*From the maccabees to the present (Kiddush Ha-Shem)
*From the maccabees to the present (Kiddush Ha-Shem)
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancras_of_Rome St. Pancras of Rome (Sanctus Pancratius)] (304)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancras_of_Rome St. Pancras of Rome (Sanctus Pancratius)] (304)


==== (4) Jan 22, 2020 (no class on Jan 20) ====


==== =====
The Jewish Child in the Middle Ages
* Rituals of Initiation
* Education


<->  Children in the New Testament
The Blood Libel
Christian Origins
* Child Mary
* Child John the Baptist
* [[Child Jesus]]
* [[Suffer Little Children]] (Jesus and the Children)
 
 
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(C) The Jewish Family
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(D) The contested child
 
*The Blood Libel
**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_of_Norwich William of Norich] (England, 1144)
**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_of_Norwich William of Norich] (England, 1144)
**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_of_Gloucester Harold of Gloucester] (England, 1168)  
**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_of_Gloucester Harold of Gloucester] (England, 1168)  
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**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_of_Bia%C5%82ystok Gabriel of Białystok] (Belarus, 1690) -- canonized in 1820; cult suppressed during the Soviet period; revived in 1992
**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_of_Bia%C5%82ystok Gabriel of Białystok] (Belarus, 1690) -- canonized in 1820; cult suppressed during the Soviet period; revived in 1992


 
The convert (Abduction of Children)
 
*The convert.
* [https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/forced-baptism Forced Baptism]
* [https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/forced-baptism Forced Baptism]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortara_case The kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara] (1858)
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortara_case The kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara] (1858)


==== (5-6) Jan 27-29, 2020 ====


(E) After the Emancipation
<a> After the Emancipation


Jewish Orphanages (late 19th-cent - early 20th cent. until WW2)
Jewish Orphanages (late 19th-cent - early 20th cent. until WW2)
* [https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/orphanages-in-united-states Orphanages in the United States]
* [https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/orphanages-in-united-states Orphanages in the United States]
* Orphanages by Janusz Korczak and Stefania Wilczyńska
* Orphanages by Janusz Korczak and Stefania Wilczyńska


Jewish Schools
Jewish Schools
Children' literature
Children' literature


<b> Children of the Holocaust: General Introduction


==== (7-8) Feb 3 & 5, 2020 ====


(F) Children of the Holocaust
Kindertrasport
 
<Overview>


* Our Beloved Children or Kindertrasport  <Documentary>


==Kindertrasport== (2 meetings
==== (9-10) Feb 10 & 12, 2020 ====
 
* Kindertrasport  <Documentary>
 
 
== Children in the Ghettoes == (2 meetings)


Jews in the Ghettoes
Jews in the Ghettoes
* Varsaw film  
* Varsaw film  


==== (11-12) Feb 17 & 19, 2020 ====


The Literature of the Holocaust
* <a> Diaries, Music, Art, Poems
* <b> Memories


==== (13-14) Feb 24 & 26, 2020 ====


The Holocaust Movies


== (Children in Hiding). == (2 meetings)
FebMid-Term Exam
 
Europa Europa
 
Jewish Orphanages and Boarding School during the Holocaust


< Spring Break >


==== 17-18 : March 16 & 18, 2020 ====  
==== (15-16) March 9 & 11, 2020 ====  


Children in Hiding
Children in Hiding
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Film: Un sac de billes / A Bag of Marbles (France, 2017) [110m]  
Film: Un sac de billes / A Bag of Marbles (France, 2017) [110m]  


==== 19-20 : March 23 & 25, 2020 ====
==== (17-18) March 16 & 18, 2020 ====  


Children in concentration Camps
Children in concentration Camps
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Film: Look at the Sky (1993)
Film: Look at the Sky (1993)


==== 21-22 : March 30 & April 1, 2020 ====
==== (19-20) March 23 & 25, 2020 ====


(b) the Buchenwald Children
(b) The Buchenwald Children


Film: Fateless  
Film: Fateless  


==== 23 : April 6, 2020 ====
==== (21-22) : March 30 & April 1, 2020 ====
 
* After the Holocaust (the Displaced Children)
 
Film: The Search (USA 1948) [105m]
 
==== (23) April 6, 2020 ====


The first witnesses:
* One Child's Story at Chelmo:  Szymon Srebrnik
* One Child's Story at Auschwitz: Luigi Ferri (lecture)
* One Child's Story at Auschwitz: Luigi Ferri (lecture)


==== 24-25 : April 13 & 15, 2020 ====  
==== 24-25 : April 13 & 15, 2020 ====  


* After the Holocaust
Students' Presentations
 
Film: The Search (USA 1948) [105m]


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Final Exam: Students' Presentations
Final Exam: Students' Presentations
== Come and Live==
[[The Terrorist Child]]
(Children's rights

Revision as of 12:09, 5 January 2020

History and Religion of Second Temple Judaism: The Jewish Child, from the Bible to the Holocaust (MIDEAST 335) is a course offered by Gabriele Boccaccini in the Winter 2020.

Description

What is the role of children, boys and girls, in Judaism? Although the religious education of children in the family has always been a major concern in Judaism, children are rarely presented as role models in the Hebrew Bible. Since Hellenistic-Roman times (in Second Temple Judaism and the New Testament) we can see more attention being paid to children, which led Jews (and Christians) to stress the importance of schooling and formal education even outside the family. Children however were not recognized as autonomous until the nineteenth century, when Jews and Christians in Europe and the United States got involved in the general cultural debate on children's rights, which also led to the establishment of the first youth organizations. The course will focus in particular on the "ideal" role that Jews attributed to children based on their reading and rereading of ancient scriptures, and on the Holocaust as a very special chapter in the experience of the Jewish child, when thousands of children in total abandonment found themselves forced to take their destiny in their own hands, in the struggle to survive, in hiding, in ghettoes or concentration camps.

Syllabus

(1) Jan 8, 2020

Children in the Ancient Near East: General Introduction

  • The Binding of Isaac (Child sacrifice)

(2-3) Jan 13 & 15, 2020

<a> Children in Second Temple Judaism

Children in the Hebrew Bible

Children in the Early Jesus Movement

Children in the Diaspora (the Book of Daniel)

Living in an Hostile World (The Pious Child)

  • From Daniel to the present
  • Saints of the Church
  • S. Dominic Savio, 14 years (1857

Fiery Furnace of Babylon

A dangerous world for children

The Child martyr (the Books of the Maccabees)

(4) Jan 22, 2020 (no class on Jan 20)

The Jewish Child in the Middle Ages

  • Rituals of Initiation
  • Education

The Blood Libel

The convert (Abduction of Children)

(5-6) Jan 27-29, 2020

<a> After the Emancipation

Jewish Orphanages (late 19th-cent - early 20th cent. until WW2)

Jewish Schools

Children' literature

Children of the Holocaust: General Introduction

(7-8) Feb 3 & 5, 2020

Kindertrasport

  • Our Beloved Children or Kindertrasport <Documentary>

(9-10) Feb 10 & 12, 2020

Jews in the Ghettoes

  • Varsaw film

(11-12) Feb 17 & 19, 2020

The Literature of the Holocaust

  • <a> Diaries, Music, Art, Poems
  • Memories

(13-14) Feb 24 & 26, 2020

The Holocaust Movies

FebMid-Term Exam

< Spring Break >

(15-16) March 9 & 11, 2020

Children in Hiding

  • [ Villa Nonantola]]
  • [ Jewish Children's Home in Oslo]
  • Christian Orphanages and Schools

Film: Un sac de billes / A Bag of Marbles (France, 2017) [110m]

(17-18) March 16 & 18, 2020

Children in concentration Camps

(a) Auschwitz, Belsen-Belsen

Film: Look at the Sky (1993)

(19-20) March 23 & 25, 2020

(b) The Buchenwald Children

Film: Fateless

(21-22) : March 30 & April 1, 2020

  • After the Holocaust (the Displaced Children)

Film: The Search (USA 1948) [105m]

(23) April 6, 2020

The first witnesses:

  • One Child's Story at Chelmo: Szymon Srebrnik
  • One Child's Story at Auschwitz: Luigi Ferri (lecture)

24-25 : April 13 & 15, 2020

Students' Presentations

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Students' Presentations:

Final Exam: Students' Presentations

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