Dear all, welcome to English 303, Jews Across the Americas! For the first day, please have read the following:

Jews Across the Americas (in bookstore and on reserve), pp. 1-8, 17-19, 33-37, 133-136:

• General Introduction
• Jonathan Ray , Edict of Expulsion
• Leibman, The Lost Tribes and Indigenous Judaism
• Edith Bruder, Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa: An Icon of Africa Judaism

In class we will be signing up for cities. Your final project and many of your shorter assignments will involve Jewish literature and culture from this city, so take a look at the list and think about which interest you the most! We will also going over an Introduction to WordPress for those who haven’t used it before.