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SUMMARY:5th Annual International Ladino Day: Yasmin Levy in Concert
DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the 5th Annual International Ladino Day\, the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies is proud to present a concert with Sephardic singer Yasmin Levy\, to be held at the Stroum Jewish Community Center in Seattle in conjunction with Town Hall Seattle.\n \nIn her haunting\, deeply spiritual and passionate style of singing\, Yasmin Levy preserves and revives the most beautiful\, romantic songs of her Ladino/Judeo-Spanish heritage and fuses them with the distinctive\, smoldering sounds of Andalusia. Yasmin uniquely blends old and new – traditional Sephardic Jewish ballads with new flamenco – and evokes the emotional rhythms and style of ancient Spain and the Middle East.\n \nThe performance will be followed by a Q&A with Prof. Devin Naar\, the Chair of the Stroum Center’s Sephardic Studies Program\, along with Jon Kertzer\, co-curator of Town Hall Seattle’s Global Rhythms concert series.\n \nPlease note that tickets to this event will be sold by Stroum Jewish Community Center (SJCC) and are available online here.\n \nContact SJCC’s box office at BoxOffice@SJCC.org or 206.388.0833 for more details.\n \nThis event is sponsored by the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies\, the Sephardic Studies Program\, the Stroum Jewish Community Center\, and Town Hall Seattle. It is made possible by the Lucie Benveniste Kavesh Endowed Fund for Sephardic Studies.\n 
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/5th-annual-international-ladino-day-yasmin-levy-concert/
LOCATION:Stroum Jewish Community Center\, 3801 East Mercer Way\, Mercer Island\, WA\, 98040\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Sephardic Studies
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SUMMARY:Unsettling the Occupation: Israel and Palestine in 2017 with Prof. Gershon Shafir
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Shafir will speak about his new book\, A Half Century of Occupation \nThe Israel-Palestine conflict is one of the world’s most polarizing confrontations. Its current phase\, Israel’s “temporary” occupation of the West Bank\, Gaza\, and East Jerusalem\, turned a half century old in June 2017. \nShafir will give a talk based on his new book\, A Half Century of Occupation (University of California Press\, 2017). In the book’s timely and provocative essays\, Gershon Shafir asks three questions —What is the occupation\, why has it lasted so long\, and how has it transformed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? \nShafir demonstrates that at its fiftieth year\, the occupation is riven with paradoxes\, legal inconsistencies\, and conflicting interests that weaken the occupiers’ hold and leave the occupation itself vulnerable to challenge. \nGershon Shafir is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of California\, San Diego\, and the founding director of its Human Rights Program. He has served as President of the Association for Israel Studies and is the author or editor of ten books\, among them Land\, Labor\, and the Origins of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict\, 1882–1914. He is also the coauthor\, with Yoav Peled\, of Being Israeli: The Dynamics of Multiple Citizenship\, which won the Middle Eastern Studies Association’s Albert Hourani Award in 2002\, and the coeditor\, with Mark Levine\, of Struggle and Survival in Palestine/Israel. \nNote: The contents of this event do not represent an official position of the University of Washington or the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies. \nThis event will take place on November 7\, 2017 at 3:30pm in Thomson Hall 317. Refreshments will be provided; please RSVP below.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/gershon-shafir/
LOCATION:Thomson 317\, UW Campus\, 2023 Skagit Lane\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
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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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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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SUMMARY:Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architects of a New City
DESCRIPTION:Please join the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies for the inaugural Jack and Rebecca Benaroya Endowed Lecture. \nAward-winning essayist and biographer Adina Hoffman will trace the footsteps of the three very different architects who helped to shape modern Jerusalem. \nAbout this talk\nThe celebrated Berlin architect Erich Mendelsohn was a refugee from Hitler’s Germany\, a man of fiercely held views about both politics and aesthetics\, and the creator of several singular Jerusalem buildings. The “most private of public servants\,” Austen St. Barbe Harrison\, British Mandatory Palestine’s chief government architect from 1922-1937\, arrived in the city steeped in the traditions of Byzantine and Islamic building\, and left behind a number of remarkable structures. And the mysterious Greek-Arab architect Spyro Houris\, once a fixture on the local scene\, has been utterly forgotten\, though his grand\, Armenian-tile-clad buildings still stand\, a ghostly testimony to the cultural fluidity that has historically characterized Jerusalem at its best. \nBased on her critically acclaimed new book\, Till We Have Built Jerusalem\, Hoffman’s talk uncovers layers of one great city’s buried history as it asks what it means to be foreign and to belong. \nBio\nEssayist and biographer Adina Hoffman writes often of the Middle East\, approaching it from unusual angles and shedding light on overlooked dimensions of the place\, its people\, and their cultures. She is the author of House of Windows: Portraits from a Jerusalem Neighborhood\, My Happiness Bears No Relation to Happiness: A Poet’s Life in the Palestinian Century\, and\, with Peter Cole\, Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza\, which won the American Library Association’s prize for the best Jewish book of 2011. The Los Angeles Times called her most recent book\, Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architects of a New City\, “brave and often beautiful\,” and Haaretz described it as “a passionate\, lyrical defense of a Jerusalem that could still be.” Her essays and criticism have appeared the Nation\, the Washington Post\, the TLS\, the Boston Globe\, and on the World Service of the BBC.  A Guggenheim Foundation Fellow and one of the inaugural winners of the Windham-Campbell Literary Prizes\, she divides her time between Jerusalem and New Haven. \n\nThis lecture is generously supported by the Jack and Rebecca Benaroya Fund for Excellence in Israel Studies. \nThe Jackson School and Stroum Center would like to thank the cosponsors of this event:\nDepartment of Comparative Literature\, Cinema & Media\nMiddle East Center – Jackson School of International Studies
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/israel_studies_adina_hoffman/
LOCATION:Kane Hall — Walker-Ames Room and 210\, 4069 Spokane Ln\, Seattle\, WA\, 98105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures,Israel Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170929T113000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170523T190000
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SUMMARY:Stroum Lecture Night 2: Jewish Emancipation and the Radical Enlightenment
DESCRIPTION:Learn more about Spinoza\, and read writing by Jonathan Israel and other Spinoza scholars\, at the 2017 Spinoza & Modern Jewish Philosophy Conference website.\n \nThe 2017 Stroum Lectures will feature Prof. Jonathan Israel of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. The second night’s lecture\, on May 23\, 2017\, will explore “Eighteenth-Century Jewish Emancipation: a Consequence of the Radical Enlightenment?” \nJonathan Israel’s recent work focuses on the impact of radical thought (especially Spinoza\, Bayle\, Diderot\, and the eighteenth-century French materialists) on the Enlightenment and on the emergence of modern ideas of democracy\, equality\, toleration\, freedom of the press\, and individual freedom. His books include European Jewry in the Age of Mercantilism\, 1550–1750 (1985); The Dutch Republic: Its Rise\, Greatness\, and Fall\, 1477–1806 (1995); Radical Enlightenment: Philosophy and the Making of Modernity\, 1650–1750 (2001); Enlightenment Contested: Philosophy\, Modernity\, and the Emancipation of Man 1670–1752 (2006); and A Revolution of the Mind: Radical Enlightenment and the Intellectual Origins of Modern Democracy (2009). \nProf. Israel received his Ph.D. from the University of Oxford in 1972. Prior to the IAS\, he taught at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne\, the University of Hull\, and University College London. He has been awarded numerous prizes\, including the PROSE Award 2015; City of Amsterdam\, Frans Banninck Cocq Medal 2012; London Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts\, Manufactures and Commerce\, Benjamin Franklin Medal 2010; Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences\, Dr. A. H. Heineken Prize in History 2008; Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion 2004; American Historical Association\, Leo Gershoy Award 2001; Wolfson Literary Award for History 1986. He is a member of the British Academy and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. \nJewish Emancipation and the Radical Enlightenment\nThe process of Jewish emancipation in Europe proved to be long\, hard\, and bitter. Most people\, most churchmen\, and most governments\, as well as most academics in Europe did not accept that Jews had rights equal to those of other citizens until well into the second half of the nineteenth century. How then did Jewish emancipation come about? What were the forces that dismantled the near-universal prevalence of restrictions that controlled where Jews could live\, excluded them from occupations\, limited their property rights\, kept them out of the universities and excluded them from holding public office? \nThis lecture will explore how the Jewish emancipation is inseparable from the eighteenth and early nineteenth-century revolutionary tendency\, especially the subversive call for “universal and equal rights” that first arose in the 1770s and 1780s. The intellectual forces that rallied behind the call for Jewish emancipation were the same as those fighting for “universal and equal rights” in Europe generally– the Radical Enlightenment.  \nBecause of this\, modern Jewish history is fundamentally embedded in a style of political and religious thinking that was anti-monarchical\, anti-aristocratic and anti-ecclesiastical\, one that began in Holland with the group around Baurch Spinoza in the seventeenth century. This Radical Enlightenment included a long list of subversive thinkers and revolutionaries from a variety of backgrounds\, including a remarkable batch of Jewish revolutionaries before Marx: Moses Mendelssohn\, the “gentle revolutionary\,” Zalkind Hourwitz\, Hartog de Hartog Lemon\, Ludwig Börne\, Heinrich Heine\, Moses Hess. Even young Marx himself can be seen as part of this tradition–until he turned away from democracy and equal rights\, rejected Spinoza\, and finally became a “Marxist.” \n\nThis year’s Stroum Lectures will take place in conjunction with the international conference on “Spinoza and Modern Jewish Philosophy\,” taking place at the UW on May 21-22\, 2017. Learn more about the conference\, which has been organized by Prof. Michael Rosenthal\, the Samuel and Althea Stroum Chair in Jewish Studies and professor in the Department of Philosophy. \n  \n \nPowered by Eventbrite\n\n\nRelated Events:\n\nStroum Lecture Night 1\, May 21\, 2017: “In What Sense was Spinoza a Revolutionary Thinker?” featuring Prof. Jonathan Israel\nSpinoza and Modern Jewish Philosophy Conference\, May 21-22\, 2017: Hosted by the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Washington\n\nRelated Links:\n\nStroum Lecture Digital Archive – watch lectures from previous years by scholars such as Ruth Behar\, Jonathan Sarna\, and Yael Zerubavel\nStroum Lectures at the University of Washington Press – browse titles that emerged from previous years’ Stroum Lectures\, including Yosef Haim Yerushalmi’s Zakhor: Jewish History and Jewish Memory and Ilana Pardes’ Agnon’s Moonstruck Lovers: The Song of Songs in Israel Culture.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/stroum-lecture-jonathan-israel-night-2/
LOCATION:Kane Hall 220\, 4069 Spokane Ln\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, US
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170522T090000
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SUMMARY:Spinoza and Modern Jewish Philosophy Conference: Day 2
DESCRIPTION:Spinoza by Studio Odilo Girod. \nThis international conference aims to explore the myriad ways in which Spinoza contributed to the development of modern Jewish philosophy. Although Spinoza was banned from the Jewish community in 1656 due to his “abominable heresies\,” posterity has come to see his work differently. For some he is the central figure of the radical Enlightenment and the secular world. For others he is the first modern Jew\, the harbinger of reforms that make Judaism possible in the modern world. Is Spinoza antithetical to the basic tenets of Judaism\, or is his work essential to the articulation of a modern Jewish identity? The sessions will explore Spinoza’s philosophy and its impact on the philosophical\, historical\, and literary understanding of the modern world. \nConfirmed speakers include:\nLeora Batnitzky (Princeton University) ● Julie E. Cooper (Tel Aviv University) ● Paul Franks (Yale University) ● Willi Goetschel (University of Toronto) ● Michah Gottlieb (New York University) ● Jonathan Israel (Institute for Advanced Studies\, Princeton University) ● Julie R. Klein (Villanova University) ● Tracie Matysik (University of Texas) ● Yitzhak Melamed (Johns Hopkins) ● Michael Morgan (University of Indiana & University of Toronto) ● Steven Nadler (University of Wisconsin) ● Benjamin Pollock (Hebrew University) ● Michael A. Rosenthal (University of Washington) ● Daniel Schwartz (George Washington University) ● Abraham Socher (Oberlin College) \nThe conference schedule\, along with information about speakers and panels\, are online now on the conference webpage. Conference sessions (excluding meals) are free and open to the public; please register in advance. You may reserve a seat at either day session\, and attend any or all panels on that day. \nThe UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies is pleased to host “Spinoza and Modern Jewish Philosophy” in conjunction with the 2017 Stroum Lectures featuring Prof. Jonathan Israel. Prof. Israel will be speaking on May 21st and 23rd\, 7:00 pm in Kane Hall. Click here for more information and registration for the Stroum Lectures. \nWe thank the following units for their support of this event: the Department of Philosophy\, the Department of Germanics\, and the Simpson Center for the Humanities. \nRelated Events:\n\nSpinoza and Modern Jewish Philosophy Conference: Day 1 – May 21\, 2017\nSamuel and Althea Stroum Lectures featuring Prof. Jonathan Israel
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/spinoza-modern-jewish-philosophy/
LOCATION:HUB 334\, UW Campus\, 4001 E Stevens Way NE\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170521T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170521T203000
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SUMMARY:Stroum Lecture Night 1: In What Sense was Spinoza a Revolutionary Thinker?
DESCRIPTION:Learn more about Spinoza\, and read writing by Jonathan Israel and other Spinoza scholars\, at the 2017 Spinoza & Modern Jewish Philosophy Conference website.\n \nThe 2017 Stroum Lectures will feature Prof. Jonathan Israel of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. \nJonathan Israel’s recent work focuses on the impact of radical thought (especially Spinoza\, Bayle\, Diderot\, and the eighteenth-century French materialists) on the Enlightenment and on the emergence of modern ideas of democracy\, equality\, toleration\, freedom of the press\, and individual freedom. His books include European Jewry in the Age of Mercantilism\, 1550–1750 (1985); The Dutch Republic: Its Rise\, Greatness\, and Fall\, 1477–1806 (1995); Radical Enlightenment: Philosophy and the Making of Modernity\, 1650–1750 (2001); Enlightenment Contested: Philosophy\, Modernity\, and the Emancipation of Man 1670–1752 (2006); and A Revolution of the Mind: Radical Enlightenment and the Intellectual Origins of Modern Democracy (2009). \nProf. Israel received his Ph.D. from the University of Oxford in 1972. Prior to the IAS\, he taught at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne\, the University of Hull\, and University College London. He has been awarded numerous prizes\, including the PROSE Award 2015; City of Amsterdam\, Frans Banninck Cocq Medal 2012; London Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts\, Manufactures and Commerce\, Benjamin Franklin Medal 2010; Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences\, Dr. A. H. Heineken Prize in History 2008; Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion 2004; American Historical Association\, Leo Gershoy Award 2001; Wolfson Literary Award for History 1986. He is a member of the British Academy and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. \nIn What Sense was Spinoza a Revolutionary Thinker?\nIn the centuries since his expulsion from the synagogue in 1656\, Spinoza has been a notorious figure within the Jewish world\, and in the wider Western world as a whole. Spinoza is seen as the very embodiment of irreligion\, of the rejection of religious authority\, and of skepticism about the Hebrew Bible as divine revelation. As several key passages of his writings make clear\, however\, his principal aim was not to spread irreligious attitudes\, but rather to promote “freedom” and to fight political tyranny\, especially tyranny in the form of great monarchical empires\, like those of Philip II of Spain and Louis XIV of France\, which operated in close alliance with religious authority. \nSpinoza was a revolutionary in his attempt to undermine political tyranny in alliance with institutionalized religion and philosophy in alliance with theology\, and in his efforts to move the intellectually aware toward the view that the democratic republic guaranteeing individual freedom is the best\, safest and freest form of government. In this respect\, Spinoza can be described as the greatest Jewish “revolutionary” before Karl Marx. \n\nFollowing Prof. Israel’s first Stroum Lecture\, the Stroum Center will host a kosher reception in the Walker Ames Room of Kane Hall. \nThis year’s Stroum Lectures will take place in conjunction with the international conference on “Spinoza and Modern Jewish Philosophy\,” taking place at the UW on May 21-22\, 2017. Learn more about the conference\, which has been organized by Prof. Michael Rosenthal\, the Samuel and Althea Stroum Chair in Jewish Studies and professor in the Department of Philosophy. \n  \n \nPowered by Eventbrite\n\n\nRelated Events:\n\nStroum Lecture Night 2\, May 23\, 2017: “Eighteenth-Century Jewish Emancipation: a Consequence of the Radical Enlightenment?” featuring Prof. Jonathan Israel\nSpinoza and Modern Jewish Philosophy Conference\, May 21-22\, 2017: Hosted by the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Washington\n\nRelated Links:\n\nStroum Lecture Digital Archive – watch lectures from previous years by scholars such as Ruth Behar\, Jonathan Sarna\, and Yael Zerubavel\nStroum Lectures at the University of Washington Press – browse titles that emerged from previous years’ Stroum Lectures\, including Yosef Haim Yerushalmi’s Zakhor: Jewish History and Jewish Memory and Ilana Pardes’ Agnon’s Moonstruck Lovers: The Song of Songs in Israel Culture.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/stroum-lecture-jonathan-israel-night-1/
LOCATION:Kane Hall 220\, 4069 Spokane Ln\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, US
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170521T124500
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SUMMARY:Spinoza and Modern Jewish Philosophy Conference: Day 1
DESCRIPTION:This international conference aims to explore the myriad ways in which Spinoza contributed to the development of modern Jewish philosophy. Although Spinoza was banned from the Jewish community in 1656 due to his “abominable heresies\,” posterity has come to see his work differently. For some he is the central figure of the radical Enlightenment and the secular world. For others he is the first modern Jew\, the harbinger of reforms that make Judaism possible in the modern world. Is Spinoza antithetical to the basic tenets of Judaism\, or is his work essential to the articulation of a modern Jewish identity? The sessions will explore Spinoza’s philosophy and its impact on the philosophical\, historical\, and literary understanding of the modern world. \nConfirmed speakers include: \nLeora Batnitzky (Princeton University) ● Julie E. Cooper (Tel Aviv University) ● Paul Franks (Yale University) ● Willi Goetschel (University of Toronto) ● Michah Gottlieb (New York University) ● Jonathan Israel (Institute for Advanced Studies\, Princeton University) ● Julie R. Klein (Villanova University) ● Tracie Matysik (University of Texas) ● Yitzhak Melamed (Johns Hopkins) ● Michael Morgan (University of Indiana & University of Toronto) ● Steven Nadler (University of Wisconsin) ● Benjamin Pollock (Hebrew University) ● Michael A. Rosenthal (University of Washington) ● Daniel Schwartz (George Washington University) ● Abraham Socher (Oberlin College) \nThe conference schedule\, along with information about speakers and panels\, are online now on the conference webpage. Conference sessions (excluding meals) are free and open to the public; please register in advance. You may reserve a seat at both day sessions\, and attend any or all panels on that day. \nThe UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies is pleased to host “Spinoza and Modern Jewish Philosophy” in conjunction with the 2017 Stroum Lectures featuring Prof. Jonathan Israel. Prof. Israel will be speaking on May 21st and 23rd\, 7:00 pm in Kane Hall. Click here for more information and registration. \nWe thank the following units for their support of this event: the Department of Philosophy\, the Department of Germanics\, and the Simpson Center for the Humanities. \nRelated Events:\n\nSpinoza and Modern Jewish Philosophy Conference: Day 2 – May 22\, 2017\nSamuel and Althea Stroum Lectures featuring Prof. Jonathan Israel\n\n  \n 
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/spinoza-modern-jewish-philosophy/
LOCATION:Hillel UW\, 4745 17th Ave NE\, Seattle\, WA\, 98105\, US
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170511T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170511T133000
DTSTAMP:20260406T041512
CREATED:20161024T221630Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170823T212115Z
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SUMMARY:Graduate Fellow Presentation: Life in Conflict Zones
DESCRIPTION:New event series this year! The Jewish Studies faculty is hosting quarterly seminars featuring the research projects of our Jewish Studies Graduate Fellows. These talks will take place at lunchtime\, 12:00-1:30 pm\, on the UW campus. Join us to hear about the latest innovations in the field from our talented class of 2016-17 fellows! \nVegetarian lunch will be provided; please RSVP so that we can plan our catering accordingly. \n“Non-Muslim Military Service and Minority Experience in the Late Ottoman Empire”\nOzgur Ozkan – 2016-17 I. Mervin & Georgiana Gorasht Fellow\nOzgur Ozkan is a PhD candidate in the Jackson’s School International Studies doctoral program. He holds a BS degree in Systems Engineering and an MA degree in Regional Security Studies from the US Naval Postgraduate School. Ozgur is planning to study Sephardic Jewish heritage in the Northern Aegean and Southern Marmara\, especially in Canakkale and its vicinity. He is particularly interested in Sephardic Jewish participation in the Ottoman Gallipoli Front in the First World War and the immigration patterns of Sephardic Jews of this region. \n“Effects of Violence on Civilian Support for Militancy”\nEmily Gade – 2016-17 Samuel & Althea Stroum Fellow\nEmily Gade is a PhD candidate in the Political Science Department at the University of Washington. Her research focuses on civilians in conflict zones\, political violence and nonviolent resistance\, and she is especially interested in the role of ZAKA recovery workers in Israel. Before coming to Seattle\, she worked as a contract research and writer\, most recently completing research for the LSE Center for the Study of Global Governance on peace agreements. Emily also enjoys athletic endeavors\, having competed at the 2012 Olympic Trials (rowing) in the lightweight double sculls and placed second in that same event at the 2013 US National Team Trials. \nProfessor Noam Pianko will serve as moderator and respondent for these presentations. \n\n \nPowered by Eventbrite
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/life-in-conflict-zones/
LOCATION:Thomson 317\, UW Campus\, 2023 Skagit Lane\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures,Graduate Fellows
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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:20170504T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170504T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T041512
CREATED:20170501T150414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170501T150645Z
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SUMMARY:Tabling Outside Thomson!
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nJoin UW Stroum Center outside Thomson hall to learn about upcoming courses and to get a free Stroum Center Tote Bag! \n  \n 
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/tabling-outside-thomson/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170425T114500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170425T131500
DTSTAMP:20260406T041512
CREATED:20170130T195628Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170403T210414Z
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SUMMARY:Screening of "Ha'Ivrim" ("The Writers") and Discussion with Professor Sokoloff
DESCRIPTION:Access 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 the Sephardic cantor and hymnist Rabbi David Buzaglo. \nThe Moroccan-born rabbi\, considered the greatest Hebrew liturgical poet of the 20th century\, took inspiration from all sources\, including even Arab pop music in the synagogue while remaining faithful to a musical tradition dating back to Andalusian Spain. \nProfessor Sokoloff will lead a discussion after the screening. \nPlease bring a lunch; the Stroum Center will provide complimentary tea\, coffee and cookies. \nThe film is in Hebrew with English subtitles. \nCo-sponsored with UW’s Department of Near Eastern Language and Civilization. \n  \n\n \nPowered by Eventbrite
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/screening-haivrim-writers-discussion-professor-sokoloff/
LOCATION:HUB 334\, UW Campus\, 4001 E Stevens Way NE\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
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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:20170420T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170420T134500
DTSTAMP:20260406T041512
CREATED:20170324T195343Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170417T171804Z
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn with Dr. Federica Francesconi
DESCRIPTION:The Stroum Center is proud to host Dr. Francesconi’s lunchtime talk\, “The Italian Jewish Household in the Early Modern Mediterranean\,” with a response from Dr. Rena Lauer. Complimentary falafel lunch to be provided. Please RSVP to ensure enough food. \n \nFederica Francesconi (PhD\, University of Haifa) is Assistant Professor of History and the Howard Berger-Ray Neilsen Chair in Judaic Studies at The College of Idaho. Her research and publications address the social\, religious\, and cultural aspects of the early modern history of Jews in Italy\, focusing on the multifaceted politics and dynamics of ghetto life. She has held fellowships at the University of Pennsylvania\, the University of California\, Los Angeles\, and the University of Oxford. She has just completed a monograph\, Invisible Enlighteners: Modenese Jewry from the Renaissance to Emancipation. Her new book project is tentatively entitled “Cosmopolitan Intimacy: Jewish Spaces as Crossroads for Multi-Religious Communities in Early Modern Italy.” \n  \nRespondent Rena Lauer (PhD\, Harvard) studies minority life on the borders of medieval Christendom and cross-cultural contacts in the late medieval Mediterranean. Her current book project is a social history of the Jews of Venetian Crete in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries\, particularly through the lens of intra-Jewish litigation in the Venetian secular courtroom. \n  \nThis seminar is made possible thanks to the American Academy of Jewish Research. \n\n \nPowered by Eventbrite
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/feasting-faculty-federica-francesconi/
LOCATION:Thomson 317\, UW Campus\, 2023 Skagit Lane\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures
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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:20170406T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170406T133000
DTSTAMP:20260406T041512
CREATED:20160728T232859Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170324T214131Z
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn with Prof. Jeffrey Herf
DESCRIPTION:Undeclared Wars with Israel:  East Germany and the West German Far Left\, 1967-1989  examines a spectrum of antagonism by the East German government and West German radical leftist organizations – ranging from hostile propaganda and diplomacy to military support for Israel’s Arab armed adversaries – from 1967 to the end of the Cold War in 1989. The book is about ideas and politics as well as details of arms deliveries and military training. \nVegetarian lunch provided. \n  \nProf. Jeffrey Herf is Distinguished University Professor in the Department of History at the University of Maryland\, College Park. \n  \n\n \nPowered by Eventbrite
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/jeffrey-herf/
LOCATION:HUB 214\, UW Seattle Campus\, 4001 E Stevens Way NE\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures
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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:20170309T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170309T133000
DTSTAMP:20260406T041512
CREATED:20161024T215547Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170823T212128Z
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SUMMARY:Graduate Fellow Presentation: Refugees and Minorities in Israel
DESCRIPTION:New event series this year! The Jewish Studies faculty is hosting quarterly seminars featuring the research projects of our Jewish Studies Graduate Fellows. These talks will take place at lunchtime\, 12:00-1:30 pm\, on the UW campus. Join us to hear about the latest innovations in the field from our talented class of 2016-17 fellows! \nVegetarian lunch will be provided; please RSVP so that we can plan our catering accordingly. Everyone who RSVPs will receive an advance copy of the research papers to be discussed. \nOded Oron \nOded Oron – 2016-17 Rabbi Arthur A. Jacobovitz Fellow. His research project is “Migrants’ Mobilization for Rights and Recognition in Israel and the United States” \nOded Oron was born and raised in Tel Aviv\, and his research focuses on the political mobilization of labor migrants and undocumented workers in Israel and the USA. Oded already holds degrees in Political Science and Communications as well as in Politics and Government. Prior to his enrollment in the Jackson School’s International Studies doctoral program\, Oded worked in the Israeli media and government communications\, and also worked for Hillel at UCLA. This is his second year in the Jewish Studies Graduate Fellowship. \nEsra Bakkalbasioglu – 2016-17 Robert and Pamela Center Fellow. Her research project is “Non-Jewish Citizens of the Jewish State: Bedouin Citizens’ Perception of the State in Israel.” \nEsra Bakkalbasioglu is a PhD candidate in Near and Middle Eastern Studies in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. She received her MA and BA degrees in Political Sciences and International Relations from Bogazici University\, Turkey. She is writing her dissertation on the politics of infrastructure in the peripheral regions of Turkey and Israel. This is Esra’s second year in the Jewish Studies Graduate Fellowship. Check out Esra’s new blog post\, Questions of Denial. \nThis research seminar will be facilitated by Prof. Kathie Friedman of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. \nSave the date for the final seminar in the series:\nLife in Conflict Zones\, Thursday\, May 11th\, 12:00-1:30 pm\, featuring Ozgur Ozkan (JSIS-International Studies) and Emily Gade (Political Science)
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/refugees-minorities-in-israel/
LOCATION:HUB 145\, UW Campus\, 4001 E Stevens Way NE\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures,Graduate Fellows
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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:20170201T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170201T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T041512
CREATED:20161031T222608Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180707T010832Z
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SUMMARY:Medicine & Medical Ethics After the Holocaust
DESCRIPTION:In this public lecture\, Dr. Sheldon Rubenfeld of the Baylor College of Medicine will speak on how medicine and medical ethics were challenged and affected by the Holocaust.\nGerman physicians embraced eugenics\, a worldwide movement in the first three decades of the twentieth century\, transformed the Hippocratic Oath from a doctor-patient relationship into a StateVolkskörper relationship\, and developed a politicized philosophy of medicine called “Applied Biology.” Hitler refashioned these ideas into public health policies such as involuntary sterilization\, the Nuremberg Laws\, and involuntary euthanasia.\nThe United States was the world leader in eugenics\, providing moral\, legal\, and philanthropic support to the Third Reich. After the end of World War II and the Nuremberg Medical Trial\, the United States dismissed the behavior of German medical professionals as an irrelevant aberration\, developed comforting but false myths about medicine and the Holocaust\, and failed to examine her own eugenic past and its implication for contemporary medicine.\nThis lecture will review this history and challenge medical professionals and healthcare policy makers to personally confront the bioethics of the Holocaust and apply that knowledge to contemporary medicine.\nDr. Sheldon Rubenfeld is the editor of Medicine After the Holocaust: From the Master Race to the Human Genome and Beyond (Palgrave\, 2010). Dr. Rubenfeld is Clinical Professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine\, Clinical Professor of Nursing at the University of Texas School of Nursing in Houston\, and a Fellow in the American College of Endocrinology. He has taught courses on medical ethics and the Holocaust at the Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas Medical School at Houston\, and publishes and lectures throughout the world on both subjects. Dr. Rubenfeld is the founding chairman of the Center for Medicine After the Holocaust. Among other activities\, the Center hosts a biennial trip to European medical sites relevant to the Holocaust\, and is preparing a documentary about medicine and the Holocaust. In April of 2015 Dr. Rubenfeld convened the First International Scholars Workshop on Medicine After the Holocaust to promote medicine and the Holocaust as an academic discipline in medical centers throughout the world.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/medicine-medical-ethics-holocaust/
LOCATION:Thomson Hall 101\, 2023 King Lane\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170125T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170125T200000
DTSTAMP:20260406T041512
CREATED:20161123T230506Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230327T095059Z
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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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ORGANIZER;CN="UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishst@uw.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170123T114500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170123T131500
DTSTAMP:20260406T041512
CREATED:20160908T190512Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161216T051844Z
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SUMMARY:Discussion Screening of “Ha’Ivrim” (“The Writers”)
DESCRIPTION:Access 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 the Israeli poet\, Zelda. Professor Sokoloff will lead a discussion after the screening. \nPlease bring your own lunch; the Stroum Center will provide tea\, coffee and cookies.  \nThe film is in Hebrew with English subtitles.  \nNo cost. \nRegistration is limited to 40. \nThis event is co-sponsored by the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/zelda/
LOCATION:HUB 337\, Husky Union Building\, University of Washington\, Seattle\, WA
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170117T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170117T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T041512
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:20161208T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161208T133000
DTSTAMP:20260406T041512
CREATED:20161024T215012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220314T185903Z
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SUMMARY:Graduate Fellow Presentation: Spinoza\, Borges\, and Literary Imagination
DESCRIPTION:New event series this year! The Jewish Studies faculty is hosting quarterly seminars featuring the research projects of our Jewish Studies Graduate Fellows. These talks will take place at lunchtime\, 12:00-1:30 pm\, on the UW campus. Join us to hear about the latest innovations in the field from our talented class of 2016-17 fellows! \nVegetarian lunch will be provided; please RSVP so that we can plan our catering accordingly. Everyone who RSVPs will receive an advance copy of the research paper to be discussed. \nFirst Presentation: Zachary Tavlin\, “Polishing Crystals in the Twilight: Spinoza\, Borges\, and the Literary Imagination”\nOn Thursday\, December 8th at 12:00 pm\, Zachary Tavlin\, a PhD candidate in the Department of English\, will present “Polishing Crystals in the Twilight: Spinoza\, Borges\, and the Literary Imagination.” Zachary Tavlin is the 2017-17 Richard M. Willner Memorial Scholar at the Stroum Center. He is a PhD candidate in the UW Department of English. He received his BA in Philosophy from The George Washington University in 2011\, and his MA in Philosophy from Louisiana State University in 2013. He is currently writing a dissertation on nineteenth-century American literature\, the visual arts\, and embodied phenomenology. He has published numerous articles and book chapters on topics including psychoanalysis\, Victorian materialisms\, eco-criticism\, poetics\, philosophy and American literature\, and film theory. \nCheck out Zachary Tavlin’s new blog post\, Is It Time to Reconsider Marlowe’s and Shakespeare’s Jews? \nProf. Michael Rosenthal\, this year’s Samuel and Althea Stroum Chair\, will serve as the respondent to Zachary’s paper. Prof. Rosenthal is faculty for the UW Department of Philosophy. He teaches and publishes in the areas of early modern philosophy\, ethics\, political philosophy\, and Jewish philosophy. Prof. Rosenthal’s current research focuses on the philosophy of Benedict Spinoza\, and he is currently finishing a book on Baruch Spinoza’s Theological-Political Treatise. \nCheck out Prof. Rosenthal’s blog post\, Was Spinoza a Heretic or a Theologian? \nSave the dates for the Winter Quarter and Spring Quarter Graduate Fellow presentations:\nThursday\, March 9th\, 12:00-1:30 pm: Oded Oron (JSIS-International Studies) and Esra Bakkalbasioglu (JSIS-Near and Middle Eastern Studies) will speak on Refugees and Minorities in Israel \nThursday\, May 11th\, 12:00-1:30 pm: Ozgur Ozkan (JSIS-International Studies) and Emily Gade (Political Science) will speak on Life in Conflict Zones \n  \n 
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/spinoza-borges-literary-imagination/
LOCATION:Thomson Hall 317\, Thomson Hall 317\, Seattle
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures,Graduate Fellows
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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:20161130T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161130T210000
DTSTAMP:20260406T041512
CREATED:20160728T225120Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171019T173536Z
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SUMMARY:4th Annual International Ladino Day
DESCRIPTION:The Stroum Center for Jewish Studies and the Sephardic Studies Program present \nInternational Ladino Day \nSupport made possible by the Lucie Benveniste Kavesh Endowed Fund for Sephardic Studies \nAdditional support provided by Sephardic Bikur Holim\, Congregation Ezra Bessaroth\, the Seattle Sephardic Network\, the Seattle Sephardic Brotherhood\, and the Sephardic Studies Program Founders Circle \nIn 1978\, the acclaimed film Song of the Sephardi by David Raphael premiered in Seattle. The director decided to set the film—and premiere it—in Seattle because he wanted to capture the dynamic Sephardic culture\, religion\, and the Ladino language in all of its richness\, and recognized Seattle as one of the best places to do so. Nearly forty years later\, in honor of the Fourth International Ladino Day\, we will revisit the film\, reflect on the snapshot of Sephardic culture it captured\, and follow the protagonists and the families featured in the film: Where are they now? And what is the present status of Sephardic culture and community in Seattle? Are there more verses to the Song of the Sephardi yet to be composed? \nAfter a brief screening of excerpts from Song of the Sephardi\, Prof. Devin E. Naar will moderate a panel of Seattle community members to discuss the past\, present\, and future of Ladino. The panel participants include: Judith Amiel\, Hazzan Isaac (Ike) Azose\, David Behar\, and Makena Owens. \n  \n\nEnjoy video highlights from our previous celebrations of International Ladino Day in Seattle\n“Ladino Day Confirms Seattle as Vibrant Hub of Sephardic Culture” by Molly FitzMorris\n“What is the History of Ladino and Its Alphabet?” Video Featuring Prof. Devin Naar and Prof. David Bunis
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/ladino-day/
LOCATION:Kane Hall 120\, 4069 Spokane Ln\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, US
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Sephardic Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161129T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161129T133000
DTSTAMP:20260406T041512
CREATED:20160728T223206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170724T210800Z
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SUMMARY:"Oriental Neighbors" Discussion with Prof. Moshe Naor
DESCRIPTION:Oriental Neighbors: Middle Eastern Jews and Arabs in Mandatory Palestine \nFocusing on Oriental Jews and their relations with their Arab neighbors in Mandatory Palestine\, this book analyzes the meaning of the hybrid Arab-Jewish identity that existed among Oriental Jews\, and discusses their unique role as political\, social\, and cultural mediators between Jews and Arabs. Integrating Mandatory Palestine and its inhabitants into the contemporary Semitic-Levantine surroundings\, Oriental Neighbors illuminates broad areas of cooperation and coexistence\, which coincided with conflict and friction\, between Oriental and Sephardi Jews and their Arab neighbors. The book brings the Oriental Jewish community to the fore\, examines its role in the Zionist nation-building process\, and studies its diverse and complex links with the Arab community in Palestine. \nCo-sponsored by the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization\, UW Middle East Center*\, and Stroum Center for Jewish Studies. \nKosher lunch will be provided. Note that registration is required to attend this event. \n  \n*The Middle East Center’s sponsorship of this of this event does not imply that the Center endorses the content of the event.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/moshe-naor/
LOCATION:Thomson 317\, UW Campus\, 2023 Skagit Lane\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures,Sephardic Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161116T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161116T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T041512
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:20161115T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161115T200000
DTSTAMP:20260406T041512
CREATED:20160728T220958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160926T232149Z
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SUMMARY:Tomasz Łysak: Classic Documentary Films About Auschwitz-Birkenau
DESCRIPTION:After WWII there was a significant shift in the visual principles of rendering the operations of Auschwitz-Birkenau\, its history\, and its moral significance. Soviet and Polish filmmakers established the cinematographic conventions of Holocaust documentaries\, which contributed to the conceptualization of concentration camps and industrial genocide as modernist events. The films in question span the period between the liberation of Auschwitz and the 1960s\, and include liberation footage recorded by the Red Army and the Polish Film Chronicle\, Alain Resnais’s Night and Fog (1955)\, Andrzej Brzozowski’s Archeology (1967)\, and Tadeusz Jaworski’s I was a Kapo (1963). This selection sheds light on the aesthetic choices of film genres like newsreel\, post-traumatic film\, scientific film\, and first person testimony.\n \nJoin former Polish Fulbright Scholar Tomasz Łysak as he discusses his new book Od kroniki do filmu posttraumatycznego – filmy dokumentalne o Zagładzie. The book explores a comparative perspective on Holocaust cinema\, placing Polish productions in the context of the larger international phenomenon of this genre.\n \nThis event is free and open to the public. No registration is required.\n \nOrganized by UW Polish Studies\, co-sponsored by the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies.\n \n \nAbout the Speaker:\nTomasz Łysak\, University of Warsaw\, received his PhD in Philosophy from the Polish Academy of Sciences. His work focuses on representations of the Holocaust in relation to trauma studies and psychoanalysis. He has held fellowships at the University of Washington\, Seattle\, the University of Edinburgh\, and the University of Chicago.\n \n  \nAbout the Book:\nDocumentary materials shot during the war by Nazi cameramen came to define the audiovisual memory of Polish Jews in the ghettoes and Auschwitz-Birkenau liberation footage became a powerful symbol of the Holocaust. Polish documentary filmmakers had relied on these materials in order to present various aspects of the genocide\, Nazi atrocities\, and the fate of Jews under the occupation. Subsequently\, quoting of archival footage lost its appeal and other modes of documentary film-making prevail: cinematic memory work (in response to Alain Resnais’s Night and Fog)\, audiovisual testimony\, documentaries of return etc. The book traces these developments and adopts a comparative perspective showing Polish productions in the context of a larger international phenomenon of Holocaust cinema. The argument combines insights from psychoanalytical trauma theory\, generic criticism\, memory studies\, and political aesthetics.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/tomasz-lysak/
LOCATION:Kane Hall 110\, 4069 Spokane Lane\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161109T114500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161109T131500
DTSTAMP:20260406T041512
CREATED:20160725T224037Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160908T191129Z
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SUMMARY:Screening of "Ha'Ivrim" ("The Writers") and Discussion with Professor Sokoloff
DESCRIPTION:Access 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 Israel’s national poet\, Hayim Nahman Bialik. Professor Sokoloff will lead a discussion after the screening. \nPlease bring your own lunch; the Stroum Center will provide tea\, coffee and cookies. \nThe film is in Hebrew with English subtitles. \nNo cost. \nRegistration is limited to 40.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/screening-haivrim-bialik/
LOCATION:HUB 145\, UW Campus\, 4001 E Stevens Way NE\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161103T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161103T203000
DTSTAMP:20260406T041512
CREATED:20160725T225847Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161103T183827Z
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SUMMARY:Jewish Salonica Book Launch with Prof. Devin Naar
DESCRIPTION:Note: This event is sold out and no more tickets are available. A waitlist will be available at the event on a first-come\, first-served basis. Thank you for your understanding.\nA video of Prof. Naar’s lecture will be available by the end of Autumn Quarter. He will also be among the featured speakers at International Ladino Day on Nov. 30th. More info and registration are available here.\n  \nThe city of Salonica (Thessaloniki) was once home to the largest Sephardic Jewish community in the world. In this lecture\, Prof. Naar will explore the fate of Salonica’s Jews and offer behind-the-scenes insight into how he uncovered the previously lost sources necessary to tell the story. Join the Stroum Center and the Sephardic Studies Program for this exciting book launch event. \nLight kosher reception to follow lecture. \nThis event is co-sponsored by the University of Washington’s Department of History\, the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies\, and the Center for West European Studies. \nDevin Naar at Ladino Day 2015 \nDevin E. Naar is the Isaac Alhadeff Professor of Sephardic Studies and Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies at the University of Washington. \nParking & Transportation to the UW Tower\nThe W-46 parking garage is attached to the UW Tower via a skybridge located on the 3rd floor of the garage. Vehicles may enter on 12th Ave NE and NE 43rd Street. The garage and skybridge entrance normally close at 6pm\, but the Stroum Center has arranged to hire a guard for the entrance so that our guests may enter until 7:30pm. This should give everyone plenty of time to park and get to the book launch.\nVisitors should be sure to park only in numbered spaces and use machines on the 1st or 3rd floor to prepay. The cost is $3 per hour.\nFor more information including details on ADA accessibility and public transit\, see the UW Tower’s “Getting Here” page: https://www.washington.edu/facilities/uwtower/getting-here. \n[separator top=”10″ style=”none”] \n[title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”single solid” sep_color=”” class=”” id=””]Links for Further Exploration[/title] \n\nLearn more about Prof. Naar’s book Jewish Salonica: Between the Ottoman Empire and Modern Greece\nExplore the UW Sephardic Studies program\nVisit the Sephardic Studies Collection at the UW Libraries Digital Collections
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/naar-book-launch/
LOCATION:UW Tower Auditorium\, 4333 Brooklyn Ave NE\, Seattle\, WA\, 98105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures,Sephardic Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161027T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161027T210000
DTSTAMP:20260406T041512
CREATED:20160908T203645Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160908T203728Z
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SUMMARY:Immigration\, Religion & Human Rights Panel
DESCRIPTION:Should our country discriminate among potential immigrants on the basis of religion? Our policy has been not to do so. But there have been recent calls by prominent politicians to change that practice. Our panelists will discuss this and related questions from philosophical\, sociological\, and historical perspectives. \nModerator:\nMichael Rosenthal\, Professor of Philosophy and Samuel and Althea Stroum Chair in Jewish Studies\, UW Seattle \nParticipants:\nMichael Blake\, Professor of Philosophy\, Public Policy\, and Governance\, Department of Philosophy and Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy and Governance\, UW Seattle \nSarah Eltantawi\, Assistant Professor of Comparative Religion and Islamic Studies\, Evergreen State College \nKathie Friedman\, Associate Professor\, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies\, UW Seattle \nThomas Schmidt\, Professor of Philosophy of Religion\, Department of Catholic Theology\, Goethe University\, Frankfurt\, Germany \nThis panel is part of a conference\, “Immigration\, Toleration\, and Human Rights\,” which will take place on October 27-28th. Please see the Simpson Center website for more details: https://simpsoncenter.org/projects/immigration-toleration-and-human-rights. \nSponsors: The conference and related events are co-sponsored by the UW Tri-Campus Research Cluster on Human Interactions and Normative Innovation (HI-NORM)\, the Global Innovation Fund of the UW Office of Global Affairs\, the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities\, the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences at UW-Tacoma\, the Department of Philosophy\, the Program on Values in Society\, the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies\, the Friends of Philosophy\, the UW Center for Human Rights\, the MERCUR Research Project: Ethics of Immigration at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities in Essen\, and the Cluster of Excellence: The Formation of Normative Orders at the Goethe University\, Frankfurt\, Germany.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/immigration-religion-human-rights/
LOCATION:HUB 332\, Husky Union Building\, University of Washington\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161013T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161013T200000
DTSTAMP:20260406T041512
CREATED:20160926T233359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160927T002801Z
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SUMMARY:The Holocaust in the Soviet Union
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Daniel Newman will discuss the experiences of Holocaust victims in the Soviet Union as well as the divisiveness of the memory of the Holocaust in the postwar USSR. Additionally\, he will address the political factors affecting the remembrance of the Holocaust and argue that it is essential to study this horrific tragedy both in the context of Holocaust history and also in the context of politics and conflict in the former USSR. Remembrance of the millions of Jews murdered in the Holocaust proved to be a contentious issue throughout the Soviet period and regrettably remains so today\, with certain political considerations and even possibly anti-Semitic agendas relegating the story of the Jews during the Holocaust to a historical byline at best that is completely absent from the historical record at worst. \nThis event is free and open to the public. No RSVP is necessary. \n \nAbout the Speaker\nDr. Daniel Newman is the Program Manager of the Initiative for the Study of the Holocaust in the Soviet Union at the the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Jack\, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies. He holds a PhD in modern European history from the University of California\, Los Angeles (UCLA).\n \n 
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/holocaust-in-the-soviet-union/
LOCATION:Kane Hall 110\, 4069 Spokane Lane\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ellison Center for Russian%2C East European and Central Asian Studies":MAILTO:reecas@uw.edu
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