Broken Glass and the Berlin Wall
Graduate Fellow Katja Schatte reflects on being part of the "Third Generation East" and writing post-Holocaust German history.
Graduate Fellow Katja Schatte reflects on being part of the "Third Generation East" and writing post-Holocaust German history.
UW senior Gabi Natelson, winner of a Jewish Studies Travel Grant, describes her semester in Israel at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Grad Fellow Esra Bakkalbasioglu reflects on the raki-maker Rabbi Nahmias, the rebetiko singer Roza Eskenazi, and Jewish identities.
Shirin Lotfi reports on the state of Jordan's nuclear energy program after spending fall quarter in Amman on a Jewish Studies Travel Grant.
Grad Fellow Oscar Aguirre-Mandujano found manuscripts, mentors, and inspiration during his research quarter in Istanbul, Turkey.
Sandra Barnes reflects on how her family's history differs from popular and scholarly representations of Jewish immigration to America.
Graduate Fellow Sarah Zaides is studying the emigration of Russian Jews to Ottoman lands in the early 20th century, using archival Ladino newspapers.
Sarah Zdancewicz won a Jewish Studies travel grant to explore European Jewish culture last summer.