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An introduction to the history, literature, ideas and practices of Judaism from its biblical origins to the present. Topics include: the major festivals and High Holidays; Torah and Talmud, mitzvah and midrash; philosophers of Judaism; Kabbalah and the mystical tradition; temples and synagogues; Rabbinic Judaism; Orthodox, Conservative and Reform; dietary and religious practices; women and the rabbinate; rites of passage; the Holocaust; the modern state of Israel and messianism.