Summer and Autumn 2016 Opportunity Grant Winners Heading to Turkey, Australia, Lithuania, and Israel
This summer, UW students will have in-depth academic experiences near and far, thanks to Opportunity Grants from the Stroum Center.
Muestra Kultura, Original Poem by Ashley Bobman
"Our language and culture must be preserved, and with them our community."
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.
Of Genizahs, Sufi Jewish Saints, and Forgotten Corners of History
Sasha Prevost, this year's Gorasht Scholar, studies the life of Persian-Jewish poet Sarmad Kashani.
Do American Jews Have White Privilege?
Graduate Fellow Rachel Graf on the ways American Jews can recognize their own biases and fight inequality.
Finding Sephardic Blessings and Johnny Carson in the WSJHS Archives
The archival adventures of Emily Thompson, this year's Mickey Sreebny Memorial Scholar.
Jewish Life at the Fringes of the Black Sea
Ariel Vardy describes his studies abroad in Romania and the Republic of Georgia.
“Obedience” Exhibit in Berlin asks, Are you Abraham?
Graduate Fellow Katja Schatte reviews a stunning new exhibit at the Jewish Museum Berlin.