The Stroum Center for Jewish Studies promotes the study of Jewish histories, cultures, societies, ideas, languages, and religion and integrates insights from these fields into broader scholarly and public conversations. View our mission statement >
Students can major or minor in Jewish Studies through our home department, the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies.
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Thinking Forward with Jewish Studies
Noam Pianko is Director of the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies. He is the Lucia S. and Herbert L. Pruzan Professor of Jewish Studies and the Samuel N. Stroum Chair of Jewish Studies.
He has been the Director of the Stroum Center since 2011 and has overseen the development of a model online presence, the creation of a graduate fellowship program, and the emergence of the Sephardic Studies program. Learn more >
Our Team
| Sarah Zaides Rosen Associate Director |
Emily Thompson Outreach & Events Manager |
| Lauren Kurland Director of Student Engagement |
Kara Schoonmaker Communications Manager |
| Makena Mezistrano Sephardic Studies Assistant Director |
Ty Alhadeff Sephardic Studies Research Coordinator |
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Advisory Board
The Jewish Studies Advisory Board helps to build a strong bridge between the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies at UW and the broader Seattle community. Advisory Board members are community leaders from a variety of backgrounds, who bring their expertise, wisdom, and enthusiasm to help shape the future of the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies.
Your donation to the Stroum Center goes to support our slate of free events for the public on a wide range of topics in Jewish Studies; research and learning opportunities for students; digital initiatives to share faculty and student knowledge with the general public; and more. Make a donation >