STUDENT EVENT: Jewish Studies Student Advisory Committee
Thomson 317 on the UW Campus 2023 Skagit Lane, Seattle, WA, United StatesThe 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
STUDENT EVENT: Feasting with Faculty – Prof. Richard Block
Shalimar Restaurant 4214 University Way Northeast, Seattle, WA, United StatesJoin Professor Richard Block, Associate Professor of Germanics and Jewish Studies faculty member, for conversation over a free vegetarian dinner at Shalimar on the Ave.
Graduate Fellows Spring Research Symposium
Intellectual House 4249 Whitman Court, Seattle, WA, United StatesThe Stroum Center for Jewish Studies Research Symposium will highlight graduate research in diverse disciplines.
Stroum Lecture Night 1: Dara Horn on “Living in Hebrew”
Kane Hall 220 4069 Spokane Ln, Seattle, WA, USDara Horn is an award-winning author and scholar of Hebrew and Yiddish literatures. Her opening night Stroum Lecture addresses the theme of "Hebrew and the Creative Imagination."
Hebrew and the Humanities Symposium
Petersen Room University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United StatesThis conference brings together leading scholars and translators of Hebrew to discuss how this field reflects the challenges faced by language arts in higher education today.
Stroum Lecture Night 2: Ilan Stavans on “Dying in Hebrew”
Kane Hall 220 4069 Spokane Ln, Seattle, WA, USStavans, an accomplished writer and professor at UMass Amherst, will give a lecture on "Hebrew and the Creative Imagination."
Impressions of Israel with Prof. Joel Migdal
Washington State Jewish Historical Society Gallery 100 W Harrison Street, Seattle, WA, United StatesJoin 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.
Women of the Book Exhibit
Stroum Jewish Community Center 3801 East Mercer Way, Mercer Island, WA, United StatesWomen of the Book: Jewish Women Recording, Reflecting, Revisioning - 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.
STUDENTS: Talking International Studies — Food, Music & Your Future
HUB 340 University of Washington HUB, Seattle, WA, USA degree in International Studies can take you anywhere! Talk to Jackson School students, advisers and Center and Career Services staff about Jewish Studies and other majors.
Drawing on the Past: Biblical Women in History, Memory, and Ritual Life
Stroum Jewish Community Center 3801 East Mercer Way, Mercer Island, WA, United StatesFree lecture by Prof. Mika Ahuvia. Part of the "Women of the Book Exhibit" on view at Seattle JCC.
LSJ Lox and Learn: Jewish Bioethics
Gates Hall (UW School of Law)LSJ students are invited to speak with Hadar Khazzam-Horovitz about Jewish Bioethics. This lecture will explore Jewish-religious perspectives on contemporary biomedical issues. It will focus
The Holocaust in the Soviet Union
Kane Hall 110 4069 Spokane Lane, Seattle, WA, United StatesDr. Daniel Newman will discuss the experiences of Holocaust victims in the Soviet Union as well as the divisiveness of the memory of the Holocaust
Immigration, Religion & Human Rights Panel
HUB 332 Husky Union Building, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United StatesShould our country discriminate among potential immigrants on the basis of religion? Recent calls by prominent politicians have suggested just this. Four panelists will discuss this and related questions from philosophical, sociological, and historical perspectives.
Jewish Salonica Book Launch with Prof. Devin Naar
UW Tower Auditorium 4333 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesJoin the Stroum Center for an exciting book launch event, as Prof. Naar highlights the diverse experiences of Jewish Salonica, a lost religious, linguistic, and national minority at the crossroads of Europe and the Middle East.
Screening of “Ha’Ivrim” (“The Writers”) and Discussion with Professor Sokoloff
HUB 145, UW Campus 4001 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesAccess 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