2/15 TALK | Masua Sagiv on Religious Feminism and Social Change in Israel
HUB 214, UW Seattle Campus 4001 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesMasua Sagiv dives into the revolution of religious feminism and social change that has been developing in Israel over the past two decades, and continues on today.
2/23 RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM | “Suppose the Mother were Jewish”, a Happy Hour with Susan Glenn
Smith Room, Suzzallo Library, UW 4000 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesThe Stroum Center for Jewish Studies is thrilled to invite you to a happy-hour research colloquium led by Susan Glenn, in which she will discuss her forthcoming paper, “Suppose the Mother Were Jewish”: Leo Pfeffer, the American Jewish Congress, and the Problem of Religious Protection Law.
2/28 EVENT | “Muestros Artistas” [Our Artists]
Kane Hall — Walker-Ames Room and 210 4069 Spokane Ln, Seattle, WA, United StatesUW's Sephardic Studies Program and Stroum Center for Jewish Studies showcases six Sephardic artists from different creative backgrounds, and explores what exactly makes Sephardic art "Sephardic".
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
3/31 EVENT | A Workshop with Rachel Brown
Thomson 317, UW Campus 2023 Skagit Lane, Seattle, WA, United StatesThe Stroum Center for Jewish Studies is hosting Rachel Brown for a morning workshop, in which she'll discuss chapter 1 of her forthcoming paper, titled “Land, Reproductive Labor and Accumulation: Situating Migrant Carework in Israel/Palestine”. Jewish Studies grad fellow Jake Beckert will serve as respondent.
4/3 TALK | Sarah Zaides Rosen on “Tevye’s Ottoman Daughter”
Zoom 0The Stroum Center for Jewish Studies' Associate Director Sarah Zaides Rosen discusses her new book "Tevye's Ottoman Daughter: Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews at the End of Empire."
4/19 | FREE FOOD! A “Grub n’ gab” with Stroum Center leadership
Microsoft Cafe 3785 Jefferson Rd NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesFree Food Provided! Curious about Jewish Studies? Stop by the Microsoft Cafe on campus to learn more about the Stroum Center and meet with our engaging leaders: Director Mika Ahuvia, and Interim Associate Director Brendan Goldman.
5/2 STROUM LECTURE | “Melodeklamatsiye”: A Yiddish Performance Genre 🎼
Kane Hall 220 4069 Spokane Ln, Seattle, WA, USAnthony Russell and accompanist Dmitri Gaskin perform a combination of oration and art music that investigates disparate elements—Black religiosity, the music of Chopin, queerness, the ambiguities of diaspora—through the mediums of Jewishness and sound.
5/4 STROUM LECTURE | “Between Me and the Other World”, an Immersive Music Experience
Walker-Ames room in Kane HallIn a multi-faceted performance, Anthony Russell and accordionist Dmitri Gaskin explore W.E.B. DuBois' provocative question, "How does it feel to be a problem?" refracted through the texts and musical idioms of the African American South and Jewish Eastern Europe.
5/4 | Boba After Dark🧋(and after Stroum Lectures)
Boba Up 4141 University Way NE # 103, Seattle, WAWe're inviting UW students to free boba tea following musician Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell's performance on the evening of May 4. Meet, mingle with, and sip alongside our dynamic 2023 Stroum Lectures guest!
5/15 BOOK TALK | Wordplay in Ancient Near Eastern Texts with Professor Scott Noegel
Zoom 0An "all-access" event featuring conversation with Prof. Scott Noegel about his open-access book “Wordplay” in Ancient Near Eastern Texts.
5/21 – 5/22 UW Symposium | Jews Amidst the Embers of the Ottoman Empire
Madrona 313 + Communications 202The University of Washington is hosting an international symposium focused on the late Ottoman period (variously defined) and successor regimes (e.g. Republican Turkey, Arab and Balkan nation-states, British mandate Palestine or French mandate Syria).
5/25 WORKSHOP | ‘Anglo-Saxons of the East’: Armenian Self-Definition… with Ara Daglian
Thomson 317, UW Campus 2023 Skagit Lane, Seattle, WA, United StatesAra Daglian examines a work of early twentieth century Armenian-American identity using analytical lenses developed in Jewish Studies to understand how American Jews grappled with redefining themselves.
5/30 — 6/1 TALKS | ’22 — ’23 Graduate Fellow Colloquia
Zoom 02022-2023 graduate fellows discuss Jewish demons in folklore, Armenians in Jerusalem, non-Zionist economic investment in Mandatory Palestine, and much more.