| DAY | DATE | TOPIC | READING | ASSIGNMENT | N O T E S |
| Tues. | Aug. 25 | Intro | |||
| Thurs. | Aug. 27 | Judaism-The OT/Talmud etc. | Call it Sleep - p. 71 | ||
| Tues. | Sept. 1 | The Shtetl - Tevye (Sholom Aleichem) | CIS 71-207 | ||
| Thurs. | Sept. 3 | Diaspora - Language | CIS 208-261 | ||
| Tues. | Sept. 8 | Eastern Europe to America | CIS 262-348 | ||
| Thurs. | Sept. 10 | Re-representing/The Paradox | CIS 348-441 | ||
| Tues. | Sept. 15 | The Comics & Comedy | Krakow Preface-27 | Take Home | |
| Thurs. | Sept. 17 | The Holocaust | Maus I | ||
| Tues. | Sept. 22 | Semiti-phobia | Maus I | ||
| Thurs. | Sept. 24 | Kvetch 1-90 | |||
| Tues. | Sept. 29 | Voss macht a Yid? | Kvetch 91-115, 141-158 | ||
| Thurs. | Oct. 1 | Intellectual Inquiry - Efsher? | Kvetch 197-220 | ||
| Tues. | Oct. 6 | Secret Language Identities | Kvetch 265-285 | ||
| Thurs. | Oct. 8 | Kal-El & Clark Kent - How to Assimilate | Krakow 32-51, 63-81 | ||
| Tues. | Oct. 13 | Fall Break | |||
| Thurs. | Oct. 15 | Humour & Language | Krakow 137-175 & The Escapist | 1st Paper | |
| Tues. | Oct. 20 | Escapism - Houdini - Self Hatred | Kav&Clay, 1-66 | ||
| Thurs. | Oct. 22 | Escapism - Houdini - Self Hatred | Kav&Clay 69-161 | ||
| Tues. | Oct. 27 | Presentations | Kav&Clay 165-236 | ||
| Thurs. | Oct. 29 | Presentations | Kav&Clay 237-313 | ||
| Tues. | Nov. 3 | Presentations | Kav&Clay 314-370 | ||
| Thurs. | Nov. 5 | Presentations | Kav&Clay 371-436 | ||
| Tues. | Nov. 7 | Presentations | Kav&Clay 437-487 | Take Home | |
| Thurs. | Nov. 12 | Presentations | Kav&Clay 488-559 | ||
| Tues. | Nov. 17 | Anti-American Blacklisting | Kav&Clay 559-636 | ||
| Thurs. | Nov. 19 | Worthem - Seduction of the Innocents | Contract 5-65 | ||
| Tues. | Nov. 24 | Jewish Anxiety-Shpilkes, Bagroobs, & Freud | Rabbi's Cat & Maus II | ||
| Thurs. | Nov. 26 | Thanksgiving | |||
| Tues. | Dec. 1 | Nouveau Jew-Willy Loman to Bernie Madoff | Rabbi's Cat & Maus II | ||
| Thurs. | Dec. 3 | Charity (tsedakah) in this world! | Knipl | ||
| Tues. | Dec. 8 | Review | Knipl | 2nd Paper | |
| Wed.Last Day | Dec. 9 |