News - UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies

Announcing the 2019 Excellence in Scholarship Holocaust paper prize winner

History major Jacqueline Goodrich ('20) won this year's prize for her paper on the importance of portraying Holocaust victims, and survivors, in ways that humanize them.

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2019-06-13T14:22:13+00:00June 13th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: Holocaust|0 Comments

Announcing our summer & autumn 2019 opportunity grant winners

Stroum Center opportunity grant winners will learn Yiddish in Poland, study modern Hebrew, and research the Jewish community in Côte d'Ivoire.

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2019-06-12T11:20:54+00:00June 12th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: Opportunity Grants|0 Comments

Mika Ahuvia publishes new co-edited volume, “Placing Ancient Texts”

Mika Ahuvia's new co-edited book, "Placing Ancient Texts," reconstructs the dynamic interactions between space, place, and position and texts in ancient times.

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2019-02-06T10:18:43+00:00February 6th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: Faculty Publications, Mika Ahuvia|0 Comments

Stroum Center celebrates 50 years of the Association for Jewish Studies

As the Association for Jewish Studies turns 50, the Stroum Center plays an increasingly important role in shaping Jewish studies scholarship.

By Noam Pianko|2019-01-14T13:54:38+00:00January 10th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: Faculty, Graduate Fellows, Jewish Studies|0 Comments

Meet our Winter/Spring 2019 Opportunity Grant winners!

Our newest Opportunity Grant winners will study Hebrew in Israel, research cooperation between Kurdish and Jewish groups in Germany, present at international conferences, and more.

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2019-06-12T11:11:51+00:00December 11th, 2018|Categories: News|Tags: Opportunity Grants|0 Comments

Stroum Center faculty respond to Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

Jewish Studies faculty share perspectives on anti-Semitism and anti-Semitic violence.

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2018-11-21T11:17:48+00:00November 12th, 2018|Categories: News, Our Events, Video|Tags: Anti-Semitism, Devin Naar, Pittsburgh shooting, Refugees|0 Comments

Stroum Center Opportunity Grants support study and research related to Jewish Studies

Applications for Stroum Center Opportunity Grant funding for study abroad and research experiences taking place in Summer/Autumn 2019 experiences are due March 6, 2019.