Arts & Culture
11/18 DISCUSSION | “Since 1948: Israeli Literature in the Making”
A conversation between Naomi Sokoloff and Nancy Berg, co-editors of the new collection "Since 1948: Israeli Literature in the Making," and many of the contributors.
1/27 TALK | A Land of Milk and Honey: Biblical Narratives in Modern Israel
RSVP for Zoom linkRuth Tsoffar (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) will give an online talk exploring the sublime space of milk and honey in the Bible and the way it has been mythologized in Israeli discourse
2/11 TALK | Outside of the Frame: Enslaved Persons in New Testament Ethics
RSVP for Zoom linkBernadette Brooten (Brandeis University) will give a virtual talk on the ways early Christian authors sought theologically to form gender and other relationships.
VIDEO | Writing Trauma, from the Holocaust to the Pandemic: Poetry from Immigrant Jewish Writers from the Former Soviet Union
RSVP for Zoom linkJulia Kolchinsky Dasbach and Luisa Muradyan discuss their poetry with faculty member Sasha Senderovich.
10/25 EVENT | “The Hangman”: On Adolf Eichmann’s Executioner — Screening & Conversation with Director Netalie Braun
Following a screening, director Netalie Braun will discuss the story of Shalom Nagav, the Yemenite Jew who executed Adolf Eichmann and has ruminated on this experience ever since. In conversation with Smadar Ben-Natan and Liora Halperin.
4/10 PANEL | Perspectives on Cosmopolitan Istanbul in the Hit Netflix Series, “The Club”
In this virtual panel, scholars Reşat Kasaba (University of Washington), Christine Philliou (UC Berkeley), and Aron Rodrigue (Stanford University) will discuss the historical context and
4/22 SEMINAR | Jewish Writers from 20th-Century Ukraine: In Anticipation of the Revolution
A reading & discussion-based online seminar with faculty member Sasha Senderovich, looking at the prose and poetry of Jewish writers from Ukraine at three key moments in the 20th century. Advance registration required.
COSPONSORED EVENT | De Inga y Mandinga: A Diaspora Tale from Latin America
A multimedia, bilingual theater production that tells the story of two women, one Jewish and one African, and their journey to Latin America.
5/6 SEMINAR | Jewish Writers from 20th-Century Ukraine: In the Midst of Pogrom Violence
A reading & discussion-based online seminar with faculty member Sasha Senderovich, looking at the prose and poetry of Jewish writers from Ukraine at three key moments in the 20th century. Advance registration required.
5/20 SEMINAR | Jewish Writers from 20th-Century Ukraine: In the Shadow of the Holocaust
A reading & discussion-based online seminar with faculty member Sasha Senderovich, looking at the prose and poetry of Jewish writers from Ukraine at three key moments in the 20th century. Advance registration required.
5/23 EVENT| An Evening with Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh
HUB 145, UW Campus 4001 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesIsraeli/Druze emissary to the U.S. Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh will discuss her experiences as a journalist and former Knesset member, and "the complexity of Israel," with faculty member Alan Dowty.
12/4 EVENT | Ladino Day 2022: The Future of Ladino
Zoom 0On the tenth anniversary of Ladino Day, UW's Sephardic Studies Program presents four experts from different generations, all working to revitalize Ladino (Judeo-Spanish), the traditional language of Sephardic Jews.
3/12 FILM | Sephardic Spotlight at Seattle Jewish Film Festival: “Alegría” (Happiness)
AMC Pacific Place 600 Pine Street, Seattle, WA, United StatesFilm: ALEGRÍA Violeta Salama | Narrative Comedy/Drama | Spain | 2021 | Spanish, Chelja w/English subtitles | 104m | PG The North African city of
3/22 FILM + CONVERSATION (virtual) | “Divorce Denied” at Seattle Jewish Film Festival
Zoom 0Film: DIVORCE DENIED David Ofek and Mia Webb | Documentary | Israel | 2019 | Hebrew w/English subtitles | 59m | PG-13 In Israel, no