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Online Courses Attract Global Audience |
Two articles appeared in the New Jersey Jewish News
(August 2008) about the Jewish Studies Online program.
The first article is about the courses themselves:
"In the two years since the non-credit courses went on-line, they have attracted students from Europe, Africa, South America, the Middle East, and southeast Asia...Two courses are now offered — the Bible and History, taught by Dr. Gary Rendsburg, chair of the Jewish studies department and the Blanche and Irving Laurie Chair in Jewish History, and the Israeli Political System, taught by Dr. Yaacov Yadgar, senior lecturer in the Department of Political Studies at Bar-Ilan University and a visiting professor last year at Rutgers.
Within the next several weeks, said Rendsburg, a third course will be added, Introduction to Rabbinic Literature, taught by Dr. Azzan Yadin, associate professor of Jewish studies."
Update: A fourth course on the History of Zionism will be added soon (Fall 2009).
The next article (scroll down in the pdf to read) is about the generous donors, Gene and Adele Hoffman.
 Read the articles here .
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