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Video: Ladino Day 2018 celebrates Sephardic folktales, language and culture

Watch folklorist François Azar's talk on Jewish folktales of the Mediterranean and a Ladino-language performance of "The Jewish Parrot" in 2018's International Ladino Day celebration.

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2019-02-08T11:41:29+00:00January 24th, 2019|Categories: Our Events, Sephardic Studies, Video|Tags: Folktales, Ladino, Ladino Day 2018, Sephardic Studies|3 Comments

“Seattle is a Sephardic country:” Behind the scenes of Ladino Day 2018

Makena Mezistrano reflects on the sixth annual Ladino Day celebration.

By Makena Mezistrano|2019-01-25T15:29:52+00:00January 7th, 2019|Categories: Our Events, Sephardic Studies|Tags: Devin Naar, Folktales, Jewish Languages, Ladino, Ladino Day, Ladino Day 2018, Makena Mezistrano, Sephardic Studies|2 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

François Azar brings folktales and the French Sephardic revival to Seattle Ladino Day

François Azar, a leader of the French Sephardic revival, on writing his own Ladino folktales, censorship, and why he is confident about the future.

By Hannah Pressman|2019-01-29T11:34:01+00:00November 11th, 2018|Categories: Arts & Culture, Our Events, Sephardic Studies|Tags: Devin Naar, Folktales, France, Hannah Pressman, Jewish Languages, Ladino, Ladino Day, Ladino Day 2018, Sephardic Studies|0 Comments

Video: Gary Shteyngart discusses his new novel and “the new dystopia” of America in the 2018 Stroum Lectures

Author Gary Shteyngart shares tales from the world of hedge fund management and Trump's America that informed his new novel "Lake Success."

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2018-08-19T21:15:16+00:00August 8th, 2018|Categories: Our Events, Video|Tags: Literature, Politics, Stroum Lectures|0 Comments

Video: Gary Shteyngart reflects on immigration, memory, and Russian Jews in the 2018 Stroum Lectures

Author Gary Shteyngart, in conversation with Professor Sasha Senderovich, shares stories from his memoir "Little Failure."

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2018-09-03T13:45:39+00:00August 3rd, 2018|Categories: Our Events, Video|Tags: Immigrants, Literature, Russia, Soviet Union, Stroum Lectures|0 Comments

How Gary Shteyngart’s Russian Jewish past informs his literary present

Novelist Gary Shteyngart's Soviet-inflected humor is more relevant than ever in Trump's America.

By Denise Grollmus|2018-09-05T12:19:35+00:00June 11th, 2018|Categories: Arts & Culture, Our Events|Tags: Culture, Literature, Russia, Soviet Union|0 Comments

2018 Stroum Lectures with Gary Shteyngart

Novelist Gary Shteyngart will explore questions of humor, identity, and politics in a series of conversations with Professor Sasha Senderovich.

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2018-05-11T14:30:34+00:00January 27th, 2018|Categories: Our Events|Tags: American Jewish Community, Culture, Russia, Stroum Lectures|0 Comments