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Latest Articles
Native New Yorkers Jack Zaraya and Wendy Sabin create new fund to support the Sephardic Studies Program at the UW
Jack Zaraya and Wendy Sabin, longtime residents of New York City, have created an endowed fund to support Sephardic Studies and honor the memory of Danny and Lily Zaraya.
The building of the UW’s Sephardic Studies Program, from “Safeway archives” to one of the world’s largest Sephardic digital collections and more
In a panel on March 11, 2025, speakers discussed the history of the Sephardic Studies Program at the University of Washington as part of the Stroum Center's 50th anniversary celebration.
Nearly one hundred years ago a group of American Jews hatched a plan to end the kibbutz. Today it looks like their plan might have worked
As kibbutzim (Jewish collective farms) began to form in British Palestine in the early 1900s, American Jewish businessmen worked hard to promote an alternate model of private homeownership — one that has largely won out today, writes graduate fellow Jake Beckert.
“It must start with us”: The grassroots struggle for peace amid violence in Israel-Palestine
Amid recurring violence, Israeli and Palestinian grassroots groups are bridging divides and engaging in "constructive resistance" against the status quo to work towards a more peaceful future, writes graduate fellow Kara Atkinson.
Liberal Jews and the American eugenics movement: A forgotten history
Before eugenics became infamous, the movement to select and control human reproduction "to suppress defective classes" was popular among American liberals and progressives — including Jews. Graduate fellow Ari Forsyth explains.
Documenta fifteen: Art and antisemitism in Germany today
An international art festival in Germany sparked a national controversy about antisemitism in 2022, but the conversation largely left out the voices of actual German Jews, writes graduate fellow Martin H. Schwartz.
