Benaroya Gift Establishes Jackson School as a Leader in Israel Studies
The Benaroya Fund for Excellence in Israel Studies will support a world-class scholar at the University of Washington as well as public programming.
Hebrew & the Humanities Symposium 2016
This 2016 symposium convened a wide array of scholars to reflect on the future of Hebrew and the state of the humanities on college campuses.
Hebrew infusion in my American life connects me to Jews around the world
Sarah Benor loved hearing the mix of Hebrew and English at childhood summer camp. Now a prize-winning sociolinguist, she reflects on how Hebrew impacts her American Jewish identity.
American Jews and Hebrew–A Case of Active Resistance
It's not that American Jews can't learn Hebrew-they actively won't. Michael Weingrad argues that the psychological history of immigration is the reason why.
Dara Horn: Living in Hebrew
Novelist and literary scholar Dara Horn explores the role Hebrew can play in a living contemporary American Jewish culture in this 2016 Stroum Lecture.
Ilan Stavans: Dying in Hebrew
Professor Ilan Stavans discusses the opposing sides of Hebrew as a divine language and a human language in this 2016 Stroum Lecture.
Freud, Said, and the question of Jewish identity after the Holocaust
Religious identity was not part of Nick Barr’s Seattle upbringing, but a recent discovery about his family's past shifted his perspective.
“My Culture is Not in This Language”
Hebrew was the only way Anat Mooreville could communicate with her Romanian-born grandparents. A beautiful reflection on home as "a place beyond language."