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5/23 EVENT| An Evening with Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh

HUB 145, UW Campus 4001 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA, United States

Israeli/Druze emissary to the U.S. Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh will discuss her experiences as a journalist and former Knesset member, and "the complexity of Israel," with faculty member Alan Dowty.

6/1 TALK | Silenced Horrors: Sexual Violence During the Holocaust in Ukraine

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In this talk, Marta Havryshko (Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences) will discuss the silence around sexual violence that occurred in Ukraine during the Holocaust, and the devastating impact of this kind of violence in this and in other wars and genocides.

10/19 TALK | Arabian Judaism and Early Islam

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Who were the Jews of late ancient western Arabia? Hamza M. Zafer will explain how the Quran and other early Muslim writings provide tantalizing evidence about these communities.

10/26 TALK | The Jews of Medieval Baghdad in the Abbasid Era

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Learn about the significant Jewish population — including Talmudic yeshivas, government officials, and financial agents — that resided in Baghdad, at the heart of the Abbasid caliph's imperial rule, for more than 500 years.

12/1 EVENT | Israeli Elections Panel

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On the heels of the 5th Israeli election in 4 years, the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies' Israel Studies Program invites you to attend a panel of experts as they debrief the results and talk about what the outcome means—both for the future of Israel, and the world at large.

12/4 EVENT | Ladino Day 2022: The Future of Ladino

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On the tenth anniversary of Ladino Day, UW's Sephardic Studies Program presents four experts from different generations, all working to revitalize Ladino (Judeo-Spanish), the traditional language of Sephardic Jews.