Academic Lectures
3/27 EVENT | A Spark of King David: The Musical Poetry of Rabbi Israel Najara Then and Now
Kane Hall 220 4069 Spokane Ln, Seattle, WA, USEdwin Seroussi of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem will discuss the pizmonim (musical religious poems) of 16th-century rabbi Israel Najara.
3/28 LECTURE | Sonic Ruins of Modernity: Ladino Folksongs Today
Kane Hall 220 4069 Spokane Lane, Seattle, WA, United StatesEdwin Seroussi of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem will discuss Judeo-Spanish folk songs in modern times.
4/11 LECTURE | Contemporary Ethiopian Artists in Israel and the Question of Hyphenated Identity
Thomson Hall 101 2023 King Lane, Seattle, WA, United StatesArtist and researcher Efrat Yerday will present on how Ethiopian Jewish artists in Israel navigate challenges around their work and their identities.
5/7 STROUM LECTURE | The Complexities of Jewish Friendships: Jews and Non-Jews in Imperial Germany
RSVP for Zoom linkHistorian Marion Kaplan will explore grassroots social interactions between Jewish and non-Jewish Germans in Imperial "Enlightenment" Germany.
5/9 STROUM LECTURE | Hitler’s Jewish Refugees: Hope and Anxiety in Portugal
In this lecture, historian Marion Kaplan will discuss the experiences of Jewish refugees as they fled Hitler’s regime and lived in limbo in Portugal, seeking safer havens abroad.
6/25 LECTURE | Not a Good Time for Hebrew? Novelist Maya Arad & “The Hebrew Teacher”
RSVP for locationHebrew-language author Maya Arad will discuss her latest collection of novellas, "The Hebrew Teacher," with Naomi Sokoloff.