Author Hannah S. Pressman reflects on her experience attending the inaugural 'Muestros Artistas' [Our Artists] Sephardic Arts Symposium and speaking with artists and others who were involved.
Liv Fowler, an incoming senior majoring in Jewish Studies with a focus on Jewish cultural history, is this year's outstanding student in Jewish studies.
Faculty member Nicolaas P. Barr, a lecturer in the Departments of Comparative History of Ideas (CHID), History, and International Studies, is this year's outstanding instructor in Jewish studies.
Matthew DesMarais's award-winning paper focuses on Jews living in Nazi-controlled Germany, who applied for and received a U.S. refugee visa and then immigrated to the United States during World War II.
Doctor of Music Education student Ke Guo (郭可), who is researching Sephardic music in diaspora, is the recipient of the 2023-24 Finish Line Fellowship.
Student Stephanie Dossett recalls her experience learning from Professor Canan Bolel in the Ladino Language and Culture course, which inspired her to cook and bake Sephardic foods.
Under the leadership of Benjamin Netanyahu and General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Israel and Sudan are close to establishing historic diplomatic ties — but outside of the democratic process. Graduate fellow Yasir Zaidan explains.
In a multi-faceted performance, Anthony Russell and accordionist Dmitri Gaskin explore W.E.B. DuBois' provocative question, "How does it feel to be a problem?" refracted through the texts and musical idioms of the African American South and Jewish Eastern Europe.
