In partnership with community leaders and local institutions, the Sephardic Studies Program is proud to announce the Hazzan Isaac Azose Fund for Public Engagement in Sephardic Studies at the University of Washington.
Incoming graduate fellows study peacebuilding and diplomacy, poetry, the Hebrew Bible, archiving historic artifacts, and German Jewish writing.
New funding sources for graduate students, Ph.D candidates and undergraduates support engagement in Jewish studies on all levels — thanks to generous community supporters.
Wendi Zhou's award-winning paper looks at perceptions of Jewish refugees in Shanghai during the World War II era.
Senior and history major Frances Johnson is the recipient of the Stroum Center's 2021 Outstanding Student in Jewish Studies award.
Students of Liora Halperin's winter 2021 Jewish Cultural History course share their research into global Jewish history through informative, visually rich websites.
Postdoctoral fellow Smadar Ben-Natan has received a grant of $40,000 to study the effects of political incarceration on reconciliation, as opposed to radicalization, in Israel/Palestine.
"Jewish Questions" explores anti-Semitism: what it is, its long history, and how we can push back against it today.
