Ethno-religious groups like Jewry or the Jews are not merely aggregates of individuals but rather collectives whose members are bound to each other in a common historical identity, life, and fate. To understand any such group, we must therefore understand what binds these people together into a community, why the burdens and benefits or responsibilities and resources of the community are distributed among its members as they are, and both how and how well internal conflicts are managed. This course considers the ways in which the Jewish community -- in its local and global guises -- has reflected upon and dealt with these issues in classical and contemporary contexts.