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  • The Anne Frank exhibit at the Taiwan Holocaust Museum, showing black-and-white photographs of Anne Frank and her family, with captions in blue Chinese text

Global Holocaust education? What Taiwan can teach us

Graduate fellow Eryk Waligora explains why Holocaust education matters on a global scale by looking at the case of Taiwan — a country with a painful past of its own to contend with.

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2020-09-09T09:53:06-07:00May 29th, 2020|Categories: Global Judaism|Tags: Education, Graduate Student Writing, Holocaust, Learn with Us 2019-2020, Student Writing|0 Comments
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  • Hazzan Avraham Yago, wearing a kippa, sits at a table, speaking with Francis Abugbilla, who takes notes

How the Jewish community in Côte d’Ivoire is helping to build peace after war

Graduate fellow Francis Abugbilla tells the story of C'ôte d'Ivoire's young Jewish community, and its efforts to promote peace in a country recovering from multiple civil wars.

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2020-02-12T13:04:09-08:00February 4th, 2020|Categories: Global Judaism|Tags: Africa, Graduate Student Writing, Jewish Community, Peacebuilding, Student Writing|0 Comments
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  • Portrait of Rabbi Lody van de Kamp smiling, wearing a button-up shirt and tie, kippah, and coat. A building and street are visible in the background.

Using Jewish history to combat anti-Muslim discrimination in the Netherlands: Rabbi Lody van de Kamp

Dutch Orthodox rabbi Lody van de Kamp believes that building bridges with other marginalized groups is essential in opposing white supremacy. Dr. Nicolaas P. Barr explains.

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2019-10-16T10:55:05-07:00October 11th, 2019|Categories: Global Judaism|Tags: Anti-Semitism, Europe, Faculty Writing, Politics|0 Comments
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  • A black-and-white photograph of family members standing in a line, wearing traditional clothing: robes, turbans with tassels and headscarves

The Jews of Kurdistan: How Kurdish Jews became Israeli

Opportunity grant winner Pinar Kara tells the story of Kurdish Jews' migration to Israel, and how they keep connected with Kurdish culture today.

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2020-01-21T10:54:05-08:00September 18th, 2019|Categories: Global Judaism|Tags: Graduate Student Writing, Israel, Middle East, Mizrahi, Opportunity Grants, Student Writing|0 Comments
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  • Author Pablo Jairo Tutillo Maldonado in black shirt and pants standing alongside museum curator Zhor Rahihil, wearing blouse, shawl, and khaki pants outside of the museum entrance with sandstone pillars. A black marble marquee reads "Moroccan Jewish Museum" in French, English, Arabic and Hebrew text.
  • Entryway to the Moroccan Jewish Museum, with sandstone pillars and a black granite marquee reading "Moroccan Jewish Museum" in English, French, Arabic, Hebrew Entryway to the Moroccan Jewish Museum, with sandstone pillars and a black granite marquee reading "Moroccan Jewish Museum" in English, French, Arabic, Hebrew

Reviving Morocco’s multicultural past through the Museum of Moroccan Judaism (& other initiatives)

How the Museum of Moroccan Judaism — alongside other organizations, students, and individuals — is working to revive a multicultural Morocco.

By Pablo Jairo Tutillo Maldonado|2019-11-05T11:32:40-08:00August 6th, 2019|Categories: Global Judaism|Tags: Africa, Graduate Student Writing, Mizrahi, Student Writing|0 Comments
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  • Medieval illumination from the Darmstadt Haggadah showing a group of men and women in long medieval robes studying books

Debunking the myth of “elite Jews” in medieval Europe

Contrary to the stereotypes, the biggest bankers, traders, and financiers in medieval Europe were Christians, not Jews, writes graduate fellow Kerice Doten-Snitker.

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2019-06-25T13:44:03-07:00May 31st, 2019|Categories: Global Judaism|Tags: Anti-Semitism, Europe, Graduate Student Writing, Middle Ages, Student Writing|0 Comments
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  • A black-and-white negative photostat showing several lines in Arabic, with a date and signature below. A caption reads, "Photostat of official expulsion order."

How should we remember the forced migration of Jews from Egypt?

The recent controversy around Jews' forced migration from Egypt in the 1950s raises questions about how history is used and by whom, writes Grad Fellow Pablo Jairo Tutillo Maldonado.

By Pablo Jairo Tutillo Maldonado|2019-03-28T11:22:25-07:00March 27th, 2019|Categories: Global Judaism|Tags: Graduate Student Writing, History, Israel, Jewish History, Mizrahi, Student Writing|2 Comments
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  • Photo showing two somber-looking Kurdish women in a hallway in discussion with someone off-camera

How a shared history of persecution brought two communities (back) together: Kurdish-Jewish cooperation in Germany

Opportunity Grant winner Pinar Kara traces the re-emergence of a historic connection between Kurds and Jews in Germany.

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2020-01-21T10:54:37-08:00December 28th, 2018|Categories: Global Judaism|Tags: Germany, Graduate Student Writing, Middle East, Opportunity Grants, Student Writing|2 Comments
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