What is unique about Seattle’s Sephardic community? Watch this clip to hear Dr. Ruth Behar, the 2015 Stroum Lecturer, reflecting on this question:

Dr. Ruth Behar is the Victor Haim Perera Collegiate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. This video is an excerpt from an interview with Hannah Pressman conducted at the University of Washington on May 21, 2015. To find out more about Dr. Ruth Behar, visit these links:

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