Welcoming the 2024-2025 graduate fellows in Jewish Studies
The 2024-2025 cohort of graduate fellows study Jewish refugees during World War II, Sephardic Jews in Greece and the U.S., German antisemitism, and Israel/Palestine past and present.
Annual report highlights Stroum Center’s impact in 2023-2024
View highlights from the 2023-2024 year, which focused on student support, responsive programming, and initiatives in Sephardic Studies.
2024 Impact Report
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Annual letter from Stroum Center director Mika Ahuvia
Stroum Center Director Mika Ahuvia writes about the past year and the Stroum Center's public education mission.
Muestras Konsejas: Si Kere El Dio
Winner, general category. A conscripted husband miraculously reunites with his pregnant wife after fighting in the Balkan Wars in the Ottoman army — the great-grandfather and great-grandmother of author Nuia Menda Malki.
Muestras Konsejas: Mother, a Memoir
Runner up, general category. Gloria DeVida Kirchheimer offers a hilarious tribute to her feisty, theatrical mom, who came from Alexandria, Egypt, to New York in the 1930s.
Muestras Konsejas: Las Validjas
Winner, student category. Liza Cemel tells the story of her family's history, first across cities in Turkey, then across countries, bringing their validjas of memories and relationships with them.
Muestras Konsejas: Yogurt in Sephardi Life
Runner up, student category. Nesi Altaras recounts summers spent on the island of Buyukada, close to Istanbul, and the "traditional but extremely practical" feeling of being Sephardic in Turkey.