Arts & Culture
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An Evening with MaNishtana
Kane Hall 110 4069 Spokane Lane, Seattle, WA, United StatesMaNishtana visits the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies to discuss humanity, race, religion, and social injustice using humor and dialogue.
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5th Annual International Ladino Day: Yasmin Levy in Concert
Stroum Jewish Community Center 3801 East Mercer Way, Mercer Island, WA, United StatesCelebrate Ladino language and Sephardic culture in this concert with singer Yasmin Levy, which will be followed by a Q&A with Prof. Devin Naar.
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Referendum on the Deli Menu: American Jewish Nostalgia and the Deli Revival
HUB 145, UW Campus 4001 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesProfessor Rachel Gross will speak about how in recent years, there has been a nostalgic resurgence of interest in American Jewish cuisine.
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Book launch with Prof. Sasha Senderovich at Elliott Bay Books
The Elliott Bay Book Company 1521 10th Ave, Seattle, WA, United StatesProfessor Sasha Senderovich will discuss his recently published translation of the 1929 Yiddish-language novel "Judgment" in this evening at The Elliott Bay Book Company.
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Salud y Shalom: Jews in the Spanish Civil War
Thomson 317, UW Campus 2023 Skagit Lane, Seattle, WA, United States3,000 Americans, one-third of them Jews, chose to fight against fascism as volunteers in the 1936 Spanish Civil War. Professor Joe Butwin presents the voices of five of these volunteers in this new digital exhibit and talk.
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Grad Fellows: Sephardic Culture: Music, Language & Literature from Spain to Seattle
HUB 145, UW Campus 4001 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesGraduate Fellows Molly FitzMorris, Vivian Mills and Sarah Riskind share their research on the topics of Ladino language, Sephardic music, and the early-modern literature of Spain.
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Seattle Jewish Film Festival: “Trezoros” Sephardic Spotlight
AMC Pacific Place 600 Pine Street, Seattle, WA, United StatesIn this year's Sephardic Spotlight film, learn about the coastal city of Kastoria, Greece, which was once home to a harmonious and vibrant population of Jews and Christians.
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Seattle Jewish Film Festival: Praise the Lard
SIFF Cinema Uptown 511 Queen Anne Ave N, Seattle, WA, United StatesThis documentary presents the untold story of the Israeli pork industry, which has created heated struggles throughout the country's short history.
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Pre-Lecture Discussion of Gary Shteyngart’s “Little Failure”
Stroum Jewish Community Center 3801 East Mercer Way, Mercer Island, WA, United StatesDiscuss author and 2018 Stroum Lecturer Gary Shteyngart's memoir "Little Failure" with UW Professor Sasha Senderovich.
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STUDENT EVENT: Discuss Gary Shteyngart’s “Little Failure”
RSVP for locationSTUDENTS! Join UW Professor Sasha Senderovich for dinner and a discussion of 2018 Stroum Lecturer Gary Shteyngart's memoir "Little Failure."
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Failure is an Option: Immigration, Memory, and the Russian Jewish Experience with Gary Shteyngart
Kane Hall 120 4069 Spokane Ln, Seattle, WA, USThe Stroum Center for Jewish Studies proudly announces its 2018 Samuel and Althea Stroum Lecture series with Gary Shteyngart. A decade and a half ago, with
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I Alone Can Fix It: Tales from the New Dystopia with Gary Shteyngart
Kane Hall 120 4069 Spokane Ln, Seattle, WA, USThe Stroum Center for Jewish Studies proudly announces its 2018 Samuel and Althea Stroum Lecture series with Gary Shteyngart. A decade and a half ago, with
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SIFF Film: The Oslo Diaries
An in-depth documentary the Israelis and Palestinians who met in Norway—secretly and against the law—to try to bring an end to one of the most intractable conflicts of our time.
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“What We Talk About When We Talk About Hebrew (and What It Means to Americans)” Book Launch
HUB 145, UW Campus 4001 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesProfessor Naomi Sokoloff will discuss her new collection of essays on Hebrew in America and around the world, co-edited with Professor Nancy Berg.
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Ladino Day 2018: Jewish Folktales of the Mediterranean
Kane Hall 130 4069 Spokane Lane, Seattle, WA, United StatesLadino Day 2018 will showcase Paris-based author François Azar's collections of Ladino folktales, which bring Sephardic traditions to new generations.