Jews, Muslims, and the Limits of Tolerance
Non-Muslims were accepted in the Ottoman Empire, but the tolerance policy for Jews had limits. Devin E. Naar suggests why tolerance is a double-edged idea.
Tolerance Roundtable
Tolerance has meant inclusion and exclusion for Jews throughout history, writes Noam Pianko in this Introduction to our Fall Faculty Roundtable.
My father was a refugee. Here’s why the immigration conversation matters.
Michael Rosenthal considers key moral and political questions on immigration. Join him for a 10/27 panel on this topic.
Michael Rosenthal, scholar of Spinoza, becomes new Stroum Chair
Michael Rosenthal, expert in early modern philosophy, will plan a Spinoza conference and seminars on core texts in his role as the new Stroum Chair at UW.
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.
Lessons in Solidarity at Seattle’s New Holocaust Center for Humanity
Katja Schatte unpacks the Holocaust Center's mission to teach about Jewish suffering as well as human rights.
Do American Jews Have White Privilege?
Graduate Fellow Rachel Graf on the ways American Jews can recognize their own biases and fight inequality.
Pianko “Peoplehood” Book Launch
Why does peoplehood matter? Join us for a reading and reception on Nov. 18.