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  • Hazzan Azose sings Ladino song in zoom recording with Ladino text at right.

Listen to Hazzan Isaac Azose sing a popular Ladino song with an Ottoman melody

With Ladino lyrics drawn from the Sephardic Studies Digital Collection, UW Ph.D. student Ke Guo and Hazzan Isaac Azose preserve the Ottoman tune to "El Dyo Alto."

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2020-12-30T13:19:59-08:00December 30th, 2020|Categories: Sephardic Studies, Student Writing|Tags: Graduate Student Writing, Sephardic music|0 Comments
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  • Sephardic Studies Program of the UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies

Learning Ladino, a Language I Already Knew

Graduate Fellow Oscar Aguirre-Mandujano specializes in Ottoman Turkish history, but his Jewish Studies research project has led him to a rare Ladino manuscript.

By Oscar Aguirre-Mandujano|2020-06-18T16:24:44-07:00January 12th, 2020|Categories: Grad Student Writing, Personal History, Student Writing|Tags: Devin Naar, Graduate Fellows, Ladino, Ladino Reflections, Oscar Aguirre-Mandujano, Sephardic, Turkey|3 Comments
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A bio major asks: Why study a language?

Biology major and Opportunity Grant winner Michael Peterson encourages you to study a language.

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2019-07-30T13:04:03-07:00October 18th, 2017|Categories: Israel & Hebrew Studies, Student Writing|Tags: Hebrew, Hebrew Student Writing, Student Writing, Undergraduate|2 Comments
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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.

By Lauren Kurland|2017-09-04T22:41:26-07:00May 16th, 2016|Categories: News, Student Writing|Tags: Opportunity Grants|1 Comment
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  • Ashley Bobman

Muestra Kultura, Original Poem by Ashley Bobman

"Our language and culture must be preserved, and with them our community."

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2017-09-04T22:41:28-07:00April 26th, 2016|Categories: Sephardic Studies, Student Writing|Tags: Ashley Bobman, Devin Naar, Ladino Day, Ladino Day 2013, Sephardic Studies|1 Comment
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  • A tour group in the main exhibition space at the Holocaust Center for Humanity in downtown Seattle. Photo Credit Katja Schatte.

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.

By Katja Schatte|2017-09-04T22:41:33-07:00March 18th, 2016|Categories: Grad Student Writing, Jewish History & Thought, Student Writing|Tags: Europe, History, Holocaust, Katja Schatte, Seattle|0 Comments
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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.

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2018-01-28T19:40:53-08:00March 1st, 2016|Categories: Global Judaism, Grad Student Writing, Student Writing|Tags: Gender, Graduate Fellows, Middle East, Religion & Ritual, Sephardic|3 Comments
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Do American Jews Have White Privilege?

Graduate Fellow Rachel Graf on the ways American Jews can recognize their own biases and fight inequality.

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2017-09-04T22:41:36-07:00January 27th, 2016|Categories: Grad Student Writing, Jewish History & Thought, Student Writing|Tags: American Jewish Community, Graduate Fellows, History, Seattle|1 Comment
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