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SUMMARY:STUDENT EVENT: From Shylock to Charlottesville: Jews\, money\, and racism
DESCRIPTION:Virulent centuries-old tropes about Jews\, money and power have reemerged in the public square. What is the history of these themes and their implications for people of all races and creeds? \nJoin Dr. Constanze Kolbe\, UW’s 2017-18 Hazel D. Cole Fellow\, for a conversation about these particularistic themes and their universal impact. \nDinner provided. RSVP for on-campus location. \nOpen to all undergrads and graduate students. Limited to 15 students.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/student-event-from-shylock-to-charlottesville/
CATEGORIES:Student
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ORGANIZER;CN="Stroum Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishst@uw.edu
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180129T193000
DTSTAMP:20260421T045745
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LAST-MODIFIED:20180104T194127Z
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SUMMARY:STUDENT EVENT: Feasting with Faculty ft. Prof. Halperin
DESCRIPTION:Join Liora Halperin\, UW’s new Benaroya Chair in Israel Studies and Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and History while enjoying a free vegetarian dinner at a local restaurant. \nCome hungry\, and ready to share a student’s perspective on UW and learn more about Prof. Halperin. \nRSVP for location. \nOpen to undergraduate and graduate students only. Limited to 10 students.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/feasting-with-faculty-ft-prof-halperin/
CATEGORIES:Student
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171102T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171102T193000
DTSTAMP:20260421T045745
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LAST-MODIFIED:20180104T193533Z
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SUMMARY:STUDENT EVENT: Feasting with Faculty ft. Prof. Senderovich
DESCRIPTION:Join Sasha Senderovich\, a professor of Russian Studies and Jewish Studies\, for informal conversation over a free vegetarian dinner. \nOpen to undergraduate and graduate students only. \nNo cost. \nRSVP for location. \nThis event is limited to 15 students.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/student-event-feasting-faculty-ft-prof-senderovich/
LOCATION:RSVP for location
CATEGORIES:Student
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171024T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171024T190000
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SUMMARY:STUDENT EVENT: Medical Ethics: A Conversation with an Expert
DESCRIPTION:Meet other students and enjoy complementary Veggie Grill with Dr. Hadar Khazzam-Horovitz\, who will challenge us with a compelling case study related to her upcoming Winter course\, Bioethics: Jewish and Secular Perspectives.\n \n\nIn addition to being a sought-after lecturer in Hebrew\, Dr. Khazzam-Horovitz received a PhD in Medical Ethics/Bioethics at the UW.\n \nRSVP to reserve your spot.  \nNote: This conversation will be the main focus of the JSSAC meeting scheduled for this time. \n\nOpen to all undergrads.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/students-jssac/
LOCATION:THO 403
CATEGORIES:Student
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ORGANIZER;CN="UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishst@uw.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170929T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170929T123000
DTSTAMP:20260421T045745
CREATED:20170810T184546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170922T204004Z
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SUMMARY:Talking International Studies @ Dawg Daze
DESCRIPTION:Jewish Studies is one of seven majors offered by the Jackson School of International Studies. \nMeet other International Studies students\, advisers and staff to learn about classes\, internships\, study abroad and career possibilities all over the world. \nWe will have globally-minded food\, fun and prizes. \nUndergraduate\, transfer\, and graduate students welcome. \n 
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/talking-international-studies-dawg-daze/
LOCATION:HUB 334\, UW Campus\, 4001 E Stevens Way NE\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Student
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SUMMARY:Learn Salsa with the Jackson School @ Dawg Daze
DESCRIPTION:¡Vamos a bailar! \nLearn and practice the basic rhythms and footwork of salsa dancing with Reinier Valdes\, an Afro-Cuban master dancer and leader of the “La Clave Cubana” dance troupe. No dance experience or partner necessary. Free snacks. \nEat\, Salsa and be merry! \nSponsored by the Jackson School of International Studies\, the home of the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/learn-salsa/
LOCATION:HUB 334\, UW Campus\, 4001 E Stevens Way NE\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Student
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170117T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170117T190000
DTSTAMP:20260421T045745
CREATED:20160803T221602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170221T225054Z
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SUMMARY:STUDENTS: JSSAC Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Students are welcome to join the Jewish Studies Student Advisory Council to give feedback and input about upcoming Jewish Studies courses and programs. \nPlease RSVP so we can be sure to have enough food! \n 
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/students-jssac-meeting/
LOCATION:THO 403
CATEGORIES:Student
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161116T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161116T190000
DTSTAMP:20260421T045745
CREATED:20160803T215838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161031T175830Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161005T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161005T132000
DTSTAMP:20260421T045745
CREATED:20160826T212352Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160908T185829Z
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SUMMARY:LSJ Lox and Learn: Jewish Bioethics
DESCRIPTION:LSJ students are invited to speak with Hadar Khazzam-Horovitz about Jewish Bioethics. \nThis lecture will explore Jewish-religious perspectives on contemporary biomedical issues. It will focus on some of the key differences between secular and Jewish approaches in interpretation and application of medical ethics. The topics to be discussed include: doctor-patient relationship; euthanasia; and stem cell research. The goal is to promote important discussion of alternative perspectives to ethical evaluations and practices.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/lsj-lox-learn-jewish-bioethics/
LOCATION:Gates Hall (UW School of Law)
CATEGORIES:Student
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160927T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160927T133000
DTSTAMP:20260421T045746
CREATED:20160826T210113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160908T204748Z
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SUMMARY:STUDENTS: Talking International Studies -- Food\, Music & Your Future
DESCRIPTION:Jewish Studies is one of SEVEN majors available at the Jackson School of International Studies. \nA degree in International Studies can take you anywhere. Just ask Jackson School students! \nThey’ll be here – along with Jackson School advisers\, Resource Centers\, and Career Services staff. \nFind out about classes\, internships\, study abroad\, and connect with fabulous alumni who have taken their international studies degrees to all corners of the world. \nOh\, and this too: We’ll have globally-minded refreshments\, music\, and salsa dancing! Join us for a fun and informative time.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/students-talking-international-studies-food-music-future/
LOCATION:HUB 340\, University of Washington HUB\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, US
CATEGORIES:Student
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160505T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160505T200000
DTSTAMP:20260421T045746
CREATED:20160425T210758Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160622T172114Z
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SUMMARY:STUDENT EVENT: Feasting with Faculty - Prof. Richard Block
DESCRIPTION:Join Professor Richard Block\, Associate Professor of Germanics and Jewish Studies faculty member\, for conversation over a free vegetarian dinner at Shalimar on the Ave. Next autumn\, Professor Block will be teaching a course on Popular Film and the Holocaust. \nAt Feasting with Faculty events\, students have an opportunity to meet with members of Jewish Studies faculty to get to know them informally. Often the featured faculty member is teaching a course during the upcoming quarter\, so it also allows students to experience a faculty member’s style and learn more about the course. Feasting is also a great opportunity for faculty members to get to know students\, and for students from diverse backgrounds and disciplines to get to know one another! \nEach Feasting with Faculty event is fun and different\, depending on the personality of the faculty member and the students who are involved. You are invited to any and all! \nOpen to undergraduate and graduate students only. \nNo cost but reservations required. This event is limited to 15 students.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/feasting-faculty-richard-block/
LOCATION:Shalimar Restaurant\, 4214 University Way Northeast\, Seattle\, WA\, 98105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Student
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160503T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160503T190000
DTSTAMP:20260421T045746
CREATED:20160209T183130Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160622T172118Z
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SUMMARY:STUDENT EVENT: Jewish Studies Student Advisory Committee
DESCRIPTION:The Jewish Studies Advisory Council (JSSAC) is a non-religious and non-political organization at UW that serves as a liaison between students and Stroum Center for Jewish Studies faculty and staff. The council provides a forum for student input and ideas\, and offers students the opportunity to build leadership skills and gain mentorship in curriculum development and organizational management. JSSAC also builds community and friendships among students who are interested in Jewish Studies at the University of Washington. Undergraduate and graduate students from all backgrounds and majors with an interest in Jewish Studies are welcome to join. \nDinner is provided! RSVPs appreciated so we can order the right amount of food. Please RSVP to Lauren Kurland at lkurland@uw.edu.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/student-event-jewish-studies-student-advisory-committee/
LOCATION:Thomson 317\, UW Campus\, 2023 Skagit Lane\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Student
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160302T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160302T193000
DTSTAMP:20260421T045746
CREATED:20160201T181211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181102T193643Z
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SUMMARY:STUDENT EVENT: Feasting with Faculty: Profs. Mika Ahuvia and Sarah Culpepper Stroup
DESCRIPTION:Beyond the Gender Binary\nJoin Professor Mika Ahuvia (Assistant Professor of Classical Judaism\, Jackson School of International Studies) and Professor Sarah Culpepper Stroup (Associate Professor of Classics) for an informal conversation about ancient texts that go “beyond the gender binary.” \nOpen to undergraduate and graduate students only. \nFree vegetarian dinner provided. \nNo cost but reservations required. This event is limited to 30 students. \nThis event co-sponsored with the Religious Studies Club of UW.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/feasting-with-faculty-profs-mika-ahuvia-and-sarah-stroup/
LOCATION:Thomson 317\, UW Campus\, 2023 Skagit Lane\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Student
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140520T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140520T133000
DTSTAMP:20260421T045746
CREATED:20130611T212835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170724T212439Z
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SUMMARY:Graduate Fellows Spring Research Symposium
DESCRIPTION:The future of Jewish Studies scholarship will be on display at the Stroum Center’s second annual Spring Research Symposium\, featuring the 2013-14 class of Jewish Studies Graduate Fellows. Join us for two fascinating panels followed by a reception. \nFull schedule available here. \nRSVP here to reserve your spot. Last year’s symposium was completely sold out! \n\n \nSell Tickets Online through Eventbrite \n\n  \nClick here to find out more about the fellows and their diverse research interests\, which include Ottoman Turkish poetry\, Bedouins and solar energy in Israel\, Ladino newspapers\, post-Holocaust films\, and Russian-Jewish culture. \nAbout our fellowship program: The goal of the Jewish Studies Graduate Fellowship at the University of Washington is to build an intellectual community around Jewish Studies. Fellows participate in a workshop series to foster professional development and advance their research agendas. Now in its second year\, the Fellowship is coordinated by Dr. Hannah Pressman\, an affiliate faculty member of the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies. \nThanks to the generosity of our community supporters\, five outstanding graduate students received $3\,000 grants to support research related to Jewish Studies during the 2013-14 academic year. Our five new graduate fellows represent several UW departments. Each brings a unique perspective to the field of Jewish Studies and has great potential to contribute to the future of Jewish scholarship. \nThe 2013-14 Jewish Studies Graduate Fellows:\n\nEsra Bakkalbasioglu\nI. Mervyn and Georgiana Gorasht Scholarship in Jewish Studies \nEsra Bakkalbasioglu is a second year PhD student in the Interdisciplinary Program on Near and Middle Eastern Studies. She completed her BA and MA degrees from the Political Science and International Relations Department of the University of Bogazici\, Turkey. She wrote her master thesis on the West Bank Wall and non-violent anti-wall movements. After completing her MA degree\, she worked for two years as the Democratization Program project coordinator\, in one of Turkey’s prominent think-tanks\, Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation. Her main areas of research interest are infrastructure-politics relations\, social movements and state-society relations in the Middle East. Currently\, she is working on the political and social impacts of solar panel fields in Israel\, Turkey and Jordan.\n  \n\n\nOscar Aguirre-Mandujano\nMickey Sreebny Memorial Scholarship in Jewish Studies\nOscar Aguirre-Mandujano is a second-year PhD student in the Interdisciplinary Program in Near and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Washington. He was born in Mexico City in 1986 and attended the National University of Mexico (UNam). In 2008 he obtained a BA degree in History\, and in 2009 he moved to the United Kingdom to read an MA degree at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London. Oscar’s dissertation undertakes an interdisciplinary study of the impact of book production in the emergence of a new court literary culture during the reign of Bayezid II (r. 1452-1512) in the Ottoman Empire. As a Jewish Studies Graduate Fellow\, Oscar focuses on an in-depth study of the original compositions of Yehuda (Leon) Behar in Ottoman Turkish\, and examines the development of the main themes in the poetic and literary work of the Jewish community of the late Ottoman Empire.\n  \n\n\nDenise Grollmus\nPhilip Bernstein Memorial Scholarship in Jewish Studies\nDenise Grollmus is an award-winning journalist and Fulbright Scholar. After receiving her MFA in Creative Writing from Penn State University\, Denise lived in Warsaw\, Poland as a Fulbright scholar researching the Revival of Jewish Life throughout the country. She is now a PhD candidate in English at the University of Washington. Her project is a comparative study of Philip Roth’s novel Operation Shylock: A Confession and Yael Bartana’s film series And Europe Will Be Stunned… that examines how the satirical representations of counter-Zionist movements in both works perform and extend Hannah Arendt’s critique of the nation-state by performing the problematics not only of Jewish nationalism\, but also of nationalism (especially with regard to “The Jewish Question”) more generally.\n  \n\n\nCyrus Rodgers\nRichard M. Willner Memorial Scholarship in Jewish Studies\nIn 2011\, Cyrus began his master’s degree in the Slavic Languages and Literature Department at the University of Washington.  His main interests are Soviet literature\, film\, and visual art with special emphasis on Jewish themes in literature. Next year he will graduate with plans to complete a Master’s thesis\, which will discuss the relationship between art and Bolshevik politics at critical stages in the evolution of the Judeo-Soviet paradigm from 1917 to 1953.\n  \n\n\nSarah Zaides\nSamuel and Althea Stroum Fellowship in Jewish Studies\nSarah’s work studies the cultural and social histories of Jews in the Soviet Union\, particularly around the early years of Israeli Independence. Her current project examines the historical enigma of Arkady Raikin\, a yeshiva-educated Jewish actor who became one of the most famous satirists of the Soviet state. Her work uses the case of Raikin to engage broadly with the historiography of Soviet Jews and also employs the transnational histories of emigre communities in the United States and Israel.  After a successful year in the first class of Jewish Studies Graduate Fellows\, Sarah returns to continue her research in Jewish Studies.\n \n 
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/graduate-fellows-symposium/
LOCATION:Thomson 317\, UW Campus\, 2023 Skagit Lane\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Sephardic Studies,Student
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