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Upcoming Events
Grad Fellows Research Colloquium: Jewish Memory, History & Thought
Tuesday, May 21, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Visualizing Resistance: From Conflict to Concord in a 6th-Century Synagogue Mosaic
Thursday, May 23, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Seattle Sephardic Legacies
Sunday, June 2, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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The Benezra collection: A Seattle Sephardic legacy
Sephardic Jews coming from the Ottoman Empire to Seattle never could have dreamed that one day their family heirlooms would be on display at the Seattle Sephardic Legacies exhibition.
Share your story with the Sephardic Studies Program
Do you have letters, books, immigration documents, or other pieces of your family history? Please consider sharing them with the Sephardic Studies Program at our upcoming Seattle Sephardic Legacies event on June 2nd.
Learning about counterterrorism in Israel
Opportunity grant winner Graham Harper's key takeaways from a summer study-abroad program on counterterrorism.
The circuitous travels of a Ladino schoolbook through Istanbul, Seattle, the East Coast and Missouri
Rare Ladino artifact returns to Seattle after two-year exhibition tour.
How should we remember the forced migration of Jews from Egypt?
The recent controversy around Jews' forced migration from Egypt in the 1950s raises questions about how history is used and by whom, writes Grad Fellow Pablo Jairo Tutillo Maldonado.
American Jews before 1880: Mobile, entrepreneurial, unconventional
Uniquely mobile, religiously unconventional Jews of 19th-century America laid the groundwork for American Judaism today, writes Dr. Shari Rabin.Israel Studies Program
Promoting and encouraging the critical study of the histories, societies, cultures, and politics of the State of Israel
Sephardic Studies Program
World-renowned for the study of Sephardic culture and history, the Sephardic Studies Program features a growing online library and museum, undergraduate and graduate courses, public programs like Ladino Day, and academic conferences.
Graduate Fellowship
Convening students from departments across campus to learn about Jewish Studies and public scholarship.
Stroum Lectures Archive
For over 30 years, the annual Stroum Lectures at the University of Washington have showcased leading scholars in the field.
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