BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies - ECPv6.15.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20150308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20151101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20160313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20161106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20170312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20171105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20180311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20190310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180108T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180108T200000 DTSTAMP:20260421T103006 CREATED:20171214T004213Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171229T203240Z UID:27811-1515438000-1515441600@jewishstudies.washington.edu SUMMARY:Book launch with Prof. Sasha Senderovich at Elliott Bay Books DESCRIPTION:Professor Sasha Senderovich will discuss his recently published translation of the 1929 Yiddish-language novel Judgment in this evening at The Elliott Bay Book Company. Prof. Senderovich’s translation\, a collaboration with Professor Harriet Murav of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign\, is the first time Bergelson’s portrait of a Jewish shtetl in the Russian Revolution has been rendered into English. \nRSVP is not required for this event. Inquiries should be directed to the Elliott Bay Book Company. Learn more about this event here. \nBook synopsis\nNever before available in English\, Judgment is a work of startling power by David Bergelson\, the most celebrated Yiddish prose writer of his era. \nSet in 1920 during the Russian Civil War\, Judgment (titled Mides-hadin in Yiddish) traces the death of the shtetl and the birth of the “new\, harsher world” created by the 1917 Russian Revolution. As Bolshevik power expanded toward the border between Poland and Ukraine\, Jews and non-Jews smuggled people\, goods\, and anti-Bolshevik literature back and forth. In the novel’s fictional town of Golikhovke\, the Bolsheviks have established their local outpost in a former monastery\, where the non-Jewish Filipov acts as the arbiter of “judgment” and metes out punishments and executions to the prisoners held there: Yuzi Spivak\, arrested for anti-Bolshevik activities; Aaron Lemberger\, a pious and wealthy Jew; a seductive woman referred to as “the blonde” who believes she can appease Filipov with sex; and a memorable cast of toughs\, smugglers\, and criminals. \nOrdinary people\, depicted in a grotesque\, aphoristic style—comparable to Isaac Babel’s Red Cavalry—confront the overwhelming\, mysterious forces of history\, whose ultimate outcome remains unknown. Murav and Senderovich’s new translation expertly captures Bergelson’s inimitable modernist style. \nBios\nSASHA SENDEROVICH is an assistant professor of Russian and Jewish studies at the University of Washington in Seattle. He has published on Soviet Jewish culture and literature\, including on Yiddish writer Moyshe Kulbak’s novel The Zelmenyaners\, as well as on contemporary fiction by émigré Russian Jewish writers in America. \nDAVID BERGELSON (1884–1952)\, a Jewish novelist\, short-story writer\, and literary editor\, was born in Ukraine. He moved to Berlin in 1921 and traveled throughout Europe and the United States until Hitler came to power in Germany. He returned to the Soviet Union in 1934\, where he was eventually executed under Stalin’s orders. The author of The End of Everything and Descent\, Bergelson was one of the most widely read Yiddish-language writers of the twentieth century. \nHARRIET MURAV is a professor of Russian and comparative literature at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is the author of Music from a Speeding Train: Jewish Literature in Post-Revolution Russia and Holy Foolishness: Dostoevsky’s Novels and the Poetics of Cultural Critique. URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/senderovich-elliott-bay-books/ LOCATION:The Elliott Bay Book Company\, 1521 10th Ave\, Seattle\, WA\, 98122\, United States CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Bergelson-book-cover.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171207T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171207T190000 DTSTAMP:20260421T103006 CREATED:20161018T214744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230327T094829Z UID:27256-1512669600-1512673200@jewishstudies.washington.edu SUMMARY:Referendum on the Deli Menu: American Jewish Nostalgia and the Deli Revival DESCRIPTION:In recent years\, there has been a nostalgic resurgence of interest in American Jewish cuisine. Restaurateurs are making American Jewish food fit for the twenty-first century\, emphasizing sustainability\, reliance on local goods\, and the slow food movement. Through a playful\, edible nostalgia for the Jewish deli\, contemporary American Jews express their longing for authentic Jewish pasts\, build community in the present\, and pass on their values to future generations. \nBio\nProf. Rachel B. Gross is the John and Marcia Goldman Professor of American Jewish Studies in the Department of Jewish Studies at San Francisco State University. She is currently working on a book that examines the religious nature of contemporary nostalgic representations of American Jewish immigration history. She received her PhD in Religion from Princeton University in 2014. \nWenn man in seiner Jugend z.B. jeden Tag aktiv Sex hatte apothekeein.com\, und das sogar mehrmals\, dann ist mit 40-50 Jahren die Grenze der sexuellen Möglichkeiten erreicht – stimmt das? Physiologisch gesehen ist diese Aussage völlig unbegründet. \n  URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/referendum-deli-menu-american-jewish-nostalgia-deli-revival/ LOCATION:HUB 145\, UW Campus\, 4001 E Stevens Way NE\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures,Arts & Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Rachel-Gross-v1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishst@uw.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171111T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171111T213000 DTSTAMP:20260421T103006 CREATED:20170915T002537Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170915T005251Z UID:27195-1510430400-1510435800@jewishstudies.washington.edu SUMMARY:5th Annual International Ladino Day: Yasmin Levy in Concert DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the 5th Annual International Ladino Day\, the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies is proud to present a concert with Sephardic singer Yasmin Levy\, to be held at the Stroum Jewish Community Center in Seattle in conjunction with Town Hall Seattle.\n \nIn her haunting\, deeply spiritual and passionate style of singing\, Yasmin Levy preserves and revives the most beautiful\, romantic songs of her Ladino/Judeo-Spanish heritage and fuses them with the distinctive\, smoldering sounds of Andalusia. Yasmin uniquely blends old and new – traditional Sephardic Jewish ballads with new flamenco – and evokes the emotional rhythms and style of ancient Spain and the Middle East.\n \nThe performance will be followed by a Q&A with Prof. Devin Naar\, the Chair of the Stroum Center’s Sephardic Studies Program\, along with Jon Kertzer\, co-curator of Town Hall Seattle’s Global Rhythms concert series.\n \nPlease note that tickets to this event will be sold by Stroum Jewish Community Center (SJCC) and are available online here.\n \nContact SJCC’s box office at BoxOffice@SJCC.org or 206.388.0833 for more details.\n \nThis event is sponsored by the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies\, the Sephardic Studies Program\, the Stroum Jewish Community Center\, and Town Hall Seattle. It is made possible by the Lucie Benveniste Kavesh Endowed Fund for Sephardic Studies.\n  URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/5th-annual-international-ladino-day-yasmin-levy-concert/ LOCATION:Stroum Jewish Community Center\, 3801 East Mercer Way\, Mercer Island\, WA\, 98040\, United States CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Sephardic Studies ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Yasmin-Levy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170125T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170125T200000 DTSTAMP:20260421T103006 CREATED:20161123T230506Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230327T095059Z UID:23133-1485370800-1485374400@jewishstudies.washington.edu SUMMARY:An Evening with MaNishtana DESCRIPTION:“Truth\, Justice\, and the American (Oy) Vey: The Significance of the Jewish Influence on Comic Books” \nMaNishtana is a writer and speaker whose work takes prejudice\, bias\, and ignorance head on\, relentless in the pursuit of truth by partnering with his audience to ask the questions about humanity\, race\, religion\, and social injustice that we all have… and maybe are afraid to talk about. A social activist more by chance than choice\, MaNishtana’s humorous and often irreverent voice shatters the paradigms and misconceptions of both American Jewish and African-American identity. \nBorn to two African-American Jewish parents\, MaNishtana grew up in Brooklyn\, New York\, the oldest of five siblings in a Chabad family. He graduated from Brooklyn College in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in English & Secondary Education. He has taught English Literature\, Math\, and Science in both public and Yeshiva secondary schools. \nIn 2014\, MaNishtana was part of the inaugural writing staff of Hevria\, whose mission is to be the go-to community for creative Jewish and “spiritual” people. MaNishtana is also on the Speaker’s Bureau of Bechol Lashon\, an internationally active San Francisco non-profit dedicated to celebrating racial and ethnic diversity in the Jewish community. He has created books\, films\, and video games. You can read more about MaNishtana’s biography at his official website: https://manishtana.net/biography/ \nWe thank our campus cosponsors for this event: \nDepartment of Comparative Literature\, Cinema & Media\nComparative Religion Program\, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies\nRace and Equity Initiative \n[title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”single solid” sep_color=”” class=”” id=””]Links for Further Exploration[/title] \nHere are some recent articles written by MaNishtana\, who describes his work as “100% Black. 100% Jewish. 0% Safe.” \n\nLatino Jews Respond to Trump (Tablet Magazine\, Dec. 6\, 2016)\n“You Don’t Get To Play Much with Kids Who Look Like You\, Right?” (Tablet Magazine\, Sept. 29\, 2016)\nThis is #MyJewish. It Matters (Tablet Magazine\, July 13\, 2016) URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/an-evening-with-manishtana/ LOCATION:Kane Hall 110\, 4069 Spokane Lane\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Student ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/MaNishtana-photo-1-e1479941787513.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishst@uw.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170123T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170123T131500 DTSTAMP:20260421T103006 CREATED:20160908T190512Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161216T051844Z UID:22383-1485171900-1485177300@jewishstudies.washington.edu SUMMARY:Discussion Screening of “Ha’Ivrim” (“The Writers”) DESCRIPTION:Access Students and community members are invited to join Professor Naomi Sokoloff for a screening of an episode from the Israeli television series Ha’Ivrim (“The Writers”) about the Israeli poet\, Zelda. Professor Sokoloff will lead a discussion after the screening. \nPlease bring your own lunch; the Stroum Center will provide tea\, coffee and cookies. \nThe film is in Hebrew with English subtitles. \nNo cost. \nRegistration is limited to 40. \nThis event is co-sponsored by the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization. URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/zelda/ LOCATION:HUB 337\, Husky Union Building\, University of Washington\, Seattle\, WA CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Zelda.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161130T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161130T210000 DTSTAMP:20260421T103006 CREATED:20160728T225120Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171019T173536Z UID:22137-1480534200-1480539600@jewishstudies.washington.edu SUMMARY:4th Annual International Ladino Day DESCRIPTION:The Stroum Center for Jewish Studies and the Sephardic Studies Program present \nInternational Ladino Day \nSupport made possible by the Lucie Benveniste Kavesh Endowed Fund for Sephardic Studies \nAdditional support provided by Sephardic Bikur Holim\, Congregation Ezra Bessaroth\, the Seattle Sephardic Network\, the Seattle Sephardic Brotherhood\, and the Sephardic Studies Program Founders Circle \nIn 1978\, the acclaimed film Song of the Sephardi by David Raphael premiered in Seattle. The director decided to set the film—and premiere it—in Seattle because he wanted to capture the dynamic Sephardic culture\, religion\, and the Ladino language in all of its richness\, and recognized Seattle as one of the best places to do so. Nearly forty years later\, in honor of the Fourth International Ladino Day\, we will revisit the film\, reflect on the snapshot of Sephardic culture it captured\, and follow the protagonists and the families featured in the film: Where are they now? And what is the present status of Sephardic culture and community in Seattle? Are there more verses to the Song of the Sephardi yet to be composed? \nAfter a brief screening of excerpts from Song of the Sephardi\, Prof. Devin E. Naar will moderate a panel of Seattle community members to discuss the past\, present\, and future of Ladino. The panel participants include: Judith Amiel\, Hazzan Isaac (Ike) Azose\, David Behar\, and Makena Owens. \n  \n\nEnjoy video highlights from our previous celebrations of International Ladino Day in Seattle\n“Ladino Day Confirms Seattle as Vibrant Hub of Sephardic Culture” by Molly FitzMorris\n“What is the History of Ladino and Its Alphabet?” Video Featuring Prof. Devin Naar and Prof. David Bunis URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/ladino-day/ LOCATION:Kane Hall 120\, 4069 Spokane Ln\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, US CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Sephardic Studies ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Ladino-Day-2014-schenker_ladinoday_201432.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161116T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161116T190000 DTSTAMP:20260421T103006 CREATED:20160803T215838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161031T175830Z UID:22175-1479317400-1479322800@jewishstudies.washington.edu SUMMARY:STUDENTS: Funny Jews--From Seinfeld to Broad City\, An Evening of Comedy with Prof. Pianko DESCRIPTION:Broad City Girls. Seinfeld. Curb Your Enthusiasm. \nWatch clips from some of these classic shows and chat afterward with Prof Noam Pianko about what makes these shows so darned funny. \nLight refreshments will be served. \nCo-sponsored by Hillel UW. \nOpen to all UW undergraduate and graduate students. \nRSVP is required. URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/funny-jews/ LOCATION:Hillel UW\, 4745 17th Ave NE\, Seattle\, WA\, 98105\, US CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Student ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/funny-jews.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161109T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161109T131500 DTSTAMP:20260421T103006 CREATED:20160725T224037Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160908T191129Z UID:22038-1478691900-1478697300@jewishstudies.washington.edu SUMMARY:Screening of "Ha'Ivrim" ("The Writers") and Discussion with Professor Sokoloff DESCRIPTION:Access Students and community members are invited to join Professor Naomi Sokoloff for a screening of an episode from the Israeli television series Ha’Ivrim (“The Writers”) about Israel’s national poet\, Hayim Nahman Bialik. Professor Sokoloff will lead a discussion after the screening. \nPlease bring your own lunch; the Stroum Center will provide tea\, coffee and cookies. \nThe film is in Hebrew with English subtitles. \nNo cost. \nRegistration is limited to 40. URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/screening-haivrim-bialik/ LOCATION:HUB 145\, UW Campus\, 4001 E Stevens Way NE\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160929T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160929T203000 DTSTAMP:20260421T103006 CREATED:20160801T183504Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160919T161200Z UID:22159-1475177400-1475181000@jewishstudies.washington.edu SUMMARY:Drawing on the Past: Biblical Women in History\, Memory\, and Ritual Life DESCRIPTION:As part of the Women of the Book art exhibition at the Stroum Jewish Community Center\, Professor Mika Ahuvia will give a lecture about the women of the Bible and their impact on Jewish life. \nTo register for this event\, please fill out this online form for the Stroum Jewish Community Center. To learn more about the lecture or the Women of the Book art exhibit\, visit the Stroum Jewish Community Center Women of the Book webpage or contact the Stroum Jewish Community Center staff. \n  \nProf. Mika Ahuvia is Marsha and Jay Glazer Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies and Assistant Professor\, Jackson School of International Studies. She researches the formative history of Jewish and Christian communities in the ancient Mediterranean world. Specializing in Late Antique Jewish history\, she works with Rabbinic sources\, liturgical poetry\, magical texts\, early mystical literature\, and archaeological evidence. Her dissertation was on angels in Jewish texts from the fourth to eighth century CE. \n  \n\n \n[separator top=”10″ style=”none”] \n[title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”single solid” sep_color=”” class=”” id=””]Links for Further Exploration[/title] \n\nRegister for the lecture\nWomen of the Book Project\nLearn more about the Founder of Women of th Book\, Shoshana Gugenheim\nStroum Jewish Community Center URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/biblical-women/ LOCATION:Stroum Jewish Community Center\, 3801 East Mercer Way\, Mercer Island\, WA\, 98040\, United States CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures,Arts & Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Women-of-the-Book-Collage.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160922 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161002 DTSTAMP:20260421T103006 CREATED:20160725T202112Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160927T194807Z UID:22039-1474513200-1475290799@jewishstudies.washington.edu SUMMARY:Women of the Book Exhibit DESCRIPTION:A collection of 54 limited edition artworks\, each representing one of the 54 weekly Torah portions and completed by a different female artist from around the world. \nWomen of the Book\, founded by Social Practice artist\, Shoshana Gugenheim\, is an international collaboration of 54 Jewish women artists. The selected artworks\, created on parchment – one for each Torah portion – acknowledge the emergence of Jewish women artists as visionaries and creative interpreters of text. The exhibition will be open to the public and on display at the Stroum Jewish Community Center from September 22\, 2016 through September 30\, 2016. \nJoin the JCC for a celebration and reception on the opening night of the exhibit\, 6:30 pm on Thursday\, Sept. 22! Associate curator Judith Margolis will lead a tour of the exhibit. Details and RSVP here. \nOn Thursday Sept. 29th\, Prof. Mika Ahuvia will give a special lecture as part of this exhibit. Find out more here. \nA partnership of the Stroum Jewish Community Center and UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies. \n[separator top=”10″ style=”none”] \n[title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”single solid” sep_color=”” class=”” id=””]Links for Further Exploration[/title] \n\nWomen of the Book Project\nAbout the Founder\, Shoshana Gugenheim\nStroum Jewish Community Center URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/women-book-gallery/ LOCATION:Stroum Jewish Community Center\, 3801 East Mercer Way\, Mercer Island\, WA\, 98040\, United States CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/014_Sooze-Bloom-DeLeon-Grossman-V’eira.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160726T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160726T190000 DTSTAMP:20260421T103006 CREATED:20160629T005811Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160629T010109Z UID:21734-1469554200-1469559600@jewishstudies.washington.edu SUMMARY:Impressions of Israel with Prof. Joel Migdal DESCRIPTION:Join the Washington State Jewish Historical Society for the next History Happy Hour on July 26th in the WSJHS exhibit gallery. Jewish Studies faculty member\, Professor Joel Migdal\, will speak about his impressions from living in Israel over the past year. Refreshments will be provided. \n  \n$5 for members\, $10 for non-members\nRSVP required for admittance. Tickets can be purchased at WSJHS website: wsjhsorg.presencehost.net/historyhappyhour/page.html \n  \nAbout the speaker:\nJoel S. Migdal is the Robert F. Philip Professor of International Studies in the Jackson School of International Studies. He was the founding chair of the School’s International Studies Program. Dr. Migdal was formerly associate professor of Government at Harvard University and senior lecturer at Tel-Aviv University. His books include Peasants\, Politics\, and Revolution; Palestinian Society and Politics; Strong Societies and Weak States; State in Society; Through the Lens of Israel; The Palestinian People: A History (with Baruch Kimmerling); and\, most recently\, Shifting Sands: The United States in the Middle East. He received the UW’s Distinguished Teaching Award and Graduate Mentor Award\, as well as the Governor’s Writers Award. He is also a board member of the Washington State Jewish Historical Society URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/impressions-israel-prof-joel-migdal/ LOCATION:Washington State Jewish Historical Society Gallery\, 100 W Harrison Street\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109\, United States CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/History-Happy-Hour-Spotlight-July.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160410T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160410T173000 DTSTAMP:20260421T103006 CREATED:20160128T230157Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160622T172138Z UID:19662-1460302200-1460309400@jewishstudies.washington.edu SUMMARY:SJFF Short Film Highlight: In the Footsteps of Regina Jonas DESCRIPTION:Who was the first woman rabbi and why don’t we know about her? Most American Jews believe that women in the rabbinate is an American phenomenon that arose out of the feminist movement of the 1970s. So it is surprising to discover that the first woman rabbi\, Regina Jonas\, was ordained in Berlin in 1935 and served German Jewry as they faced the agonies of Hitler’s murderous regime in Germany and then in the Theresienstadt concentration camp. The film explores that question through a trip to Berlin and Terezin undertaken by America’s pioneering rabbis to recover their fore-mother and to discover both who she was and why she matters to us. \nTickets for this short film are available through the Seattle Jewish Film Festival. This short will be screened immediately before the showing of Raise the Roof.  URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/sjff-short-film/ LOCATION:Stroum Jewish Community Center\, 3801 East Mercer Way\, Mercer Island\, WA\, 98040\, United States CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/502887488.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR