Course List

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

Here are the titles of all evaluated learning experiences as listed on the NCCRS website:  (updated August 2023)

RECHTSCHAFFEN INSTITUTE OF JUDAIC STUDIES – BIBLE

Advanced Deuteronomy (BIB 350)

  • Formerly Advanced Deuteronomy (Bible 350)
Advanced Exodus (BIB 320)

  • Formerly Advanced Exodus (Bible 320)
Advanced Genesis (BIB 310)

  • Formerly Advanced Genesis (Bible 310)
Advanced Leviticus (BIB 330)

  • Formerly Advanced Leviticus (Bible 330)
Advanced Numbers (BIB 340)

  • Formerly Advanced Numbers (Bible 340)
The Book of Joshua (BIB 360)

  • Formerly The Book of Joshua (Bible 360)
The Book of Judges (BIB 370)

  • Formerly The Book of Judges (Bible 370)
Comprehensive Exodus (BIB 225)

  • Formerly Comprehensive Exodus (Bible 225)
Comprehensive Genesis (BIB 215)

  • Formerly Comprehensive Genesis (Bible 215)
Comprehensive Leviticus (BIB 235)

  • Formerly Comprehensive Leviticus (Bible 235)
Deuteronomy: An In-Depth Study (BIB 355)

  • Formerly Deuteronomy: An In-Depth Study (Bible 355)
Exodus: An In-Depth Study (BIB 325)

  • Formerly Exodus: An In-Depth Study (Bible 325)
Genesis: An In-Depth Study (BIB 315)

  • Formerly Genesis: An In-Depth Study (Bible 315)
Introduction to Exodus (BIB 220)

  • Formerly Introduction to Exodus (Bible 220)
Introduction to Genesis (BIB 210)

  • Formerly Introduction to Genesis (Bible 210)
Introduction to Leviticus (BIB 230)

  • Formerly Introduction to Leviticus (Bible 230)
Leviticus: An In-Depth Study (BIB 335)

  • Formerly Leviticus: An In-Depth Study (Bible 335)
Numbers: An In-Depth Study (BIB 345)

  • Formerly Numbers: An In-Depth Study (Bible 345)

RECHTSCHAFFEN INSTITUTE OF JUDAIC STUDIES – HISTORY

The American Jewish Experience (JHis 310)

  • Formerly The American Jewish Experience (Jewish History 310)
The Early Ashkenazim: 10th and 11th Century (JHis 303)

  • Formerly The Early Ashkenazim: 10th and 11th Century (Jewish History 303)
The History of Anti-Semitism in the United States (JHis 350)

  • Formerly The History of Anti-Semitism in the United States (Jewish History 350)
The History of Orthodox Jewry in the United States (1880-1945) (JHis 300)

  • Formerly The History of Orthodox Jewry in the United States (1880-1945) (Jewish History 300)
Medieval Western Europe: 12th – 14th Century (JHis 306)

  • Formerly Medieval Western Europe: 12th – 14th Century (Jewish History 306)
  • Formerly The Period of the Ba’alei Tosafos (Jewish History 304); 13th and 14th Century Europe (Jewish History 306)
Spain and the Expulsion: 14th and 15th Century (JHis 307)

  • Formerly Spain and the Expulsion: 14th and 15th Century (Jewish History 307)

RECHTSCHAFFEN INSTITUTE OF JUDAIC STUDIES – JEWISH LAW

The Jewish Festivals I (JLaw 220)

  • Formerly The Jewish Festivals I (Jewish Law 220)
The Jewish Festivals II (JLaw 230)

  • Formerly The Jewish Festivals II (Jewish Law 230)
The Jewish Festivals III – Passover (JLaw 240)

  • Formerly The Jewish Festivals III – Passover (Jewish Law 240)
The Laws of Kashrus I (JLaw 390)

  • Formerly The Laws of Kashrus I (Jewish Law 390)
The Laws of Kashrus II (JLaw 395)

  • Formerly The Laws of Kashrus II (Jewish Law 395)
The Laws of the Sabbath: The Order of Baking Bread (JLaw 320)

  • Formerly The Laws of the Sabbath: The Order of Baking Bread (Jewish Law 320)
The Laws of the Sabbath: The Order of Construction (JLaw 340)

  • Formerly The Laws of the Sabbath: The Order of Construction (Jewish Law 340)
The Laws of the Sabbath: The Order of the Garments (JLaw 330)

  • Formerly The Laws of the Sabbath: The Order of the Garments (Jewish Law 330)
The Laws of the Sabbath: The Rabbinical Laws (JLaw 350)

  • Formerly The Laws of the Sabbath: The Rabbinical Laws (Jewish Law 350)
  • Formerly The Laws of the Sabbath: Advanced Topics (Jewish Law 250) and The Laws of the Sabbath: Time Frame and Rabbinical Institutions (Jewish Law 310); The Laws of the Sabbath: Advanced Topics (Jewish Law 250)

RECHTSCHAFFEN INSTITUTE OF JUDAIC STUDIES – JEWISH STUDIES

Advanced Laws and Concepts of Prayer (JST 210)

  • Formerly Advanced Laws and Concepts of Prayer (Jewish Studies 210)
Advanced Topics in Blessings-Part I (JST 350)

  • Formerly Advanced Topics in Blessings-Part I (Jewish Studies 350)
Advanced Topics in Blessings-Part II (JST 360)

  • Formerly Advanced Topics in Blessings-Part II (Jewish Thought 360)
The Essential Laws of Blessings (JST 250)

  • Formerly The Essential Laws of Blessings (Jewish Studies 250)
  • Formerly The Essential Laws of Blessings (Jewish Thought 250)

RECHTSCHAFFEN INSTITUTE OF JUDAIC STUDIES – LANGUAGE

Beginners Modern Yiddish (YID 101)
Intermediate Biblical Hebrew (BIH 202)

  • Formerly Intermediate Biblical Hebrew (Biblical Hebrew 202)
Intermediate Modern Yiddish (YID 102)
Introduction to Biblical Hebrew (BIH 201)

  • Formerly Introduction to Biblical Hebrew (Biblical Hebrew 201)
Introduction to Modern Hebrew (HEB 203)

  • Formerly Introduction to Modern Hebrew (Hebrew 203)

RECHTSCHAFFEN INSTITUTE OF JUDAIC STUDIES – LITERATURE

Judaic Literature and Liturgy of Andalusia from the 15th Century and Onward (LIT 401)

RECHTSCHAFFEN INSTITUTE OF JUDAIC STUDIES – MUSIC

Sociology of Jewish Music (MUS 310)

  • Formerly The Music of the Orthodox Jew from Antiquity through the Twentieth Century (MUS 301)

RECHTSCHAFFEN INSTITUTE OF JUDAIC STUDIES – PHILOSOPHY

Ethics of Communication I (ETH 310/310 DL)

  • Formerly Ethics of Communication I (Ethics 310/310 DL)
Ethics of Communication II (ETH 320)

  • Formerly Ethics of Communication II (Ethics 320)
Foundations of Moral Behavior I (ETH 201)

  • Formerly Foundations of Moral Behavior I (Ethics 201)
Foundations of Moral Behavior II (ETH 202)

  • Formerly Foundations of Moral Behavior II (Ethics 202)
  • Formerly Foundations of Moral Behavior II (Ethics 350)
Principles of Moral Development I (Phil 310/310 DL)

  • Formerly Principles of Moral Development I (Philosophy 310/310 DL)
Principles of Moral Development II (Phil 320)

  • Formerly Principles of Moral Development II (Philosophy 320)

RECHTSCHAFFEN INSTITUTE OF JUDAIC STUDIES – POLITICAL SCIENCE

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

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

RECHTSCHAFFEN INSTITUTE OF JUDAIC STUDIES – PSYCHOLOGY/SOCIOLOGY

Jewish Marriage in Law and Tradition (SOC 307)
The Jewish Woman in Medieval Society (SOC 304)
The Modern Chassidic Society (SOC 306)
Sociology of Childhood and Adolescence in Orthodox Judaism (SOC 310)
Sociology of Ethnic Jewish Cuisine Throughout the Ages (SOC 311)
Sociology of the Return to Orthodox Judaism (SOC 313)

RECHTSCHAFFEN INSTITUTE OF JUDAIC STUDIES – RETIRED LEARNING EXPERIENCES

The Laws of the Sabbath (Jewish Law 201)
The Laws of the Sabbath: Advanced Topics (Jewish Law 250)
The Laws of the Sabbath: Time Frame and Rabbinical Institutions (Jewish Law 310)
Philosophy and Meaning in Jewish Prayer (Jewish Studies 320/320 DL)

  • Formerly Philosophy and Meaning in Jewish Prayer (Jewish Thought 320/320 DL)

RECHTSCHAFFEN INSTITUTE OF JUDAIC STUDIES- TALMUD

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