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Dibs Fall 2026

RELIGN M10

Introduction to Judaism

(Same as Jewish Studies M10.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Judaism's basic beliefs, institutions, and practices. Topics include development of biblical and rabbinic Judaism; concepts of god, sin, repentance, prayer, and the messiah; history of Talmud and synagogue; evolution of folk beliefs and year-cycle and life-cycle practices. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.50
n = 52 · 3 terms · ± 0.068
A range
62%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
4%
100% of those passed
D / F / W
1.9%
incl. withdrawals

Sections in Fall 2026

Sections offered, with live enrollment and predicted GPA
Section Status Enrolled Seat risk Meets Instructor Predicted GPA
Lec 1 Waitlist
15 of 15
100% full
 fills TR 11:00am-12:15pm Bonesho, C.E.
3.43n=36 · this instructor

Enrollment history

Final enrollment per term, averaged across that term's sections. Four years deep, summer excluded. Per-section live curves are on each section page.

  • 1721F
  • 1523S
  • 2224F
Enrolment by term: 21F 17, 23S 15, 24F 22
Peak 22 Most recent 22 in 24F 3 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 9 · 16.7%
  • A 16 · 29.6%
  • A- 7 · 13.0%
  • B+ 6 · 11.1%
  • B 5 · 9.3%
  • B- 5 · 9.3%
  • C 3 · 5.6%
  • D- 1 · 1.9%
  • P 2 · 3.7%

Grey bars are non-letter outcomes — P/NP, S/U, incompletes. They are excluded from the GPA entirely rather than scored, because counting a P as a 4.0 would be a fabrication.

By instructor

Instructor Predicted Raw n Terms A range
BONESHO, CATHERINE E 3.43 3.41 36 2 61%
BIRNBAUM, SARIEL HAIM 3.58 3.64 16 small sample 1 63%

“Predicted” is shrunk toward the course average, which is itself shrunk toward the department — so an instructor with a handful of students sits near the course mean rather than topping the list.

By term