Course List

At RIJS, we offer college-level courses via distance learning or classroom instruction.

Titles of all evaluated learning experiences

RECHTSCHAFFEN INSTITUTE OF JUDAIC STUDIES – BIBLE

Beginners Chumash

Comprehensive Genesis (Bible 215) 6 Upper level credits
Comprehensive Exodus (Bible 225)  6 Upper level credits
Comprehensive Leviticus (Bible 235) 6 Upper level credits
Advanced Chumash:
Genesis: An In-Depth Study (Bible 315)
Exodus: An In-Depth Study (Bible 325)
Leviticus: An In-Depth Study (Bible 335)
Numbers: An In-Depth Study (Bible 345)
Deuteronomy: An In-Depth Study (Bible 355)
Beginners Lower level Chumash
Introduction to Genesis (Bible 210) 3 Lower level credits
Introduction to Exodus (Bible 220) 3 Lower level credits
Introduction to Leviticus (Bible 230) 3 Lower level credits

RECHTSCHAFFEN INSTITUTE OF JUDAIC STUDIES – EDUCATION

Assessment in Early Childhood Education (ECE 410)
Creative Arts in the Classroom (ECE 450)
Early Childhood Curriculum (ECE 401)
Family-Centered Early Childhood Education (ECE 330)
Introduction to Early Childhood Education (ECE 310)
Literacy Development (ECE 420)

RECHTSCHAFFEN INSTITUTE OF JUDAIC STUDIES – HISTORY

The American Jewish Experience (Jewish History 310)
The Early Ashkenazim: 10th and 11th Century (Jewish History 303)
The History of Anti-Semitism in the United States (Jewish History 350)
The History of Orthodox Jewry in the United States (1880-1945) (Jewish History 300)
Medieval Western Europe: 12th – 14th Century (Jewish History 306)
Spain and the Expulsion: 14th and 15th Century (Jewish History 307)

RECHTSCHAFFEN INSTITUTE OF JUDAIC STUDIES – JEWISH LAW

The Jewish Festivals I (Jewish Law 220)
The Jewish Festivals II (Jewish Law 230)
The Jewish Festivals III – Passover (Jewish Law 240)
The Laws of Kashrus I (Jewish Law 390)
The Laws of Kashrus II (Jewish Law 395)
The Laws of the Sabbath: The Order of Baking Bread (Jewish Law 320)
The Laws of the Sabbath: The Order of Construction (Jewish Law 340)
The Laws of the Sabbath: The Order of the Garments (Jewish Law 330)
The Laws of the Sabbath: The Rabbinical Laws (Jewish Law 350)

RECHTSCHAFFEN INSTITUTE OF JUDAIC STUDIES – JEWISH STUDIES

Advanced Laws and Concepts of Prayer (Jewish Studies 210)
Advanced Topics in Blessings-Part I (Jewish Studies 350)
Advanced Topics in Blessings-Part II (Jewish Studies 360)The Essential Laws of Blessings (Jewish Studies 250)

The Jewish Woman in Medieval Society (Sociology 304)
Philosophy and Meaning in Jewish Prayer (Jewish Studies 320/320 DL)

RECHTSCHAFFEN INSTITUTE OF JUDAIC STUDIES – LANGUAGE

Intermediate Biblical Hebrew (Biblical Hebrew 202)
Introduction to Biblical Hebrew (Biblical Hebrew 201)
Introduction to Modern Hebrew (Hebrew 203)

RECHTSCHAFFEN INSTITUTE OF JUDAIC STUDIES – PHILOSOPHY

Ethics of Communication I (Ethics 310/310 DL)
Ethics of Communication II (Ethics 320)
Foundations of Moral Behavior I (Ethics 201)
Foundations of Moral Behavior II (Ethics 202)
Principles of Moral Development I (Philosophy 310/310 DL)
Principles of Moral Development II (Philosophy 320)

RECHTSCHAFFEN INSTITUTE OF JUDAIC STUDIES – POLITICAL SCIENCE

The Politics of Anti-Semitism in the United States (Political Science 350)

RECHTSCHAFFEN INSTITUTE OF JUDAIC STUDIES- TALMUD

Advanced Talmud (400-450)
Intermediate Talmud (300-350)