加州大学圣克鲁斯分校的犹太研究是一个具有智力吸引力的跨学科计划，为学生提供有关犹太文化的广泛课程，尤其是其文学，艺术和历史，以及其道德，民俗和哲学方面的课程。从古代以色列的社会历史到现代犹太文化的比较研究，我们的课程涵盖三千年和五大洲，尤其着重于世界各大城市中犹太人的动态历史。我们还提供希伯来语和意第绪语课程，犹太知识史和犹太神秘主义课程，犹太复国主义历史，大屠杀研究的跨学科方法，中东和北非犹太历史和文化课程以及各种课程犹太音乐，包括现代以色列音乐和伊斯兰教地区的音乐。UCSC是加利福尼亚州为数不多的校园
Jewish Studies at UC Santa Cruz is an intellectually compelling, interdisciplinary program that makes it possible for students to achieve an extraordinary depth and breadth of learning about Jewish history and culture. From the social history of ancient Israel to the comparative study of modern Jewish cultures, our courses range across three millennia and five continents, with particular emphasis on the dynamic histories of Jews in the world's great cities. We also offer courses in Hebrew and Yiddish, modern Jewish history, the history of Zionism, the Hebrew Bible, an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the Holocaust, Middle Eastern and North African Jewish history, Latin American Jewish history, the history of Jewish radicalism, Anti-Semitism and the American legal system, the history of Israel, and a variety of courses on Jewish music, including the music of modern Israel and music in the lands of Islam. UC Santa Cruz is one of the very few campuses in California where undergraduates have the opportunity to major in Jewish Studies