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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170309T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170309T133000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170201T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170201T190000
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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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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170125T200000
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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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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170123T131500
DTSTAMP:20260406T055139
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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:20260406T055139
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
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161130T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161130T210000
DTSTAMP:20260406T055139
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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
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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
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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:20260406T055139
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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:20260406T055139
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:20260406T055139
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
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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:20260406T055139
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161005T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161005T132000
DTSTAMP:20260406T055139
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:20160929T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160929T203000
DTSTAMP:20260406T055139
CREATED:20160801T183504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160919T161200Z
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SUMMARY:Drawing on the Past: Biblical Women in History\, Memory\, and Ritual Life
DESCRIPTION:As part of the Women of the Book art exhibition at the Stroum Jewish Community Center\, Professor Mika Ahuvia will give a lecture about the women of the Bible and their impact on Jewish life. \nTo register for this event\, please fill out this online form for the Stroum Jewish Community Center. To learn more about the lecture or the Women of the Book art exhibit\, visit the Stroum Jewish Community Center Women of the Book webpage or contact the Stroum Jewish Community Center staff. \n  \nProf. Mika Ahuvia is Marsha and Jay Glazer Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies and Assistant Professor\, Jackson School of International Studies. She researches the formative history of Jewish and Christian communities in the ancient Mediterranean world. Specializing in Late Antique Jewish history\, she works with Rabbinic sources\, liturgical poetry\, magical texts\, early mystical literature\, and archaeological evidence. Her dissertation was on angels in Jewish texts from the fourth to eighth century CE. \n  \n\n \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\nRegister for the lecture\nWomen of the Book Project\nLearn more about the Founder of Women of th Book\, Shoshana Gugenheim\nStroum Jewish Community Center
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/biblical-women/
LOCATION:Stroum Jewish Community Center\, 3801 East Mercer Way\, Mercer Island\, WA\, 98040\, United States
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures,Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160927T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160927T133000
DTSTAMP:20260406T055139
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;VALUE=DATE:20160922
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161002
DTSTAMP:20260406T055139
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LAST-MODIFIED:20160927T194807Z
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SUMMARY:Women of the Book Exhibit
DESCRIPTION: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. \nWomen of the Book\, founded by Social Practice artist\, Shoshana Gugenheim\, is an international collaboration of 54 Jewish women artists. The selected artworks\, created on parchment – one for each Torah portion – acknowledge the emergence of Jewish women artists as visionaries and creative interpreters of text. The exhibition will be open to the public and on display at the Stroum Jewish Community Center from September 22\, 2016 through September 30\, 2016. \nJoin the JCC for a celebration and reception on the opening night of the exhibit\, 6:30 pm on Thursday\, Sept. 22! Associate curator Judith Margolis will lead a tour of the exhibit. Details and RSVP here. \nOn Thursday Sept. 29th\, Prof. Mika Ahuvia will give a special lecture as part of this exhibit. Find out more here. \nA partnership of the Stroum Jewish Community Center and UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies. \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\nWomen of the Book Project\nAbout the Founder\, Shoshana Gugenheim\nStroum Jewish Community Center
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/women-book-gallery/
LOCATION:Stroum Jewish Community Center\, 3801 East Mercer Way\, Mercer Island\, WA\, 98040\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160726T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160726T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T055139
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SUMMARY:Impressions of Israel with Prof. Joel Migdal
DESCRIPTION:Join 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. Refreshments will be provided. \n  \n$5 for members\, $10 for non-members\nRSVP required for admittance. Tickets can be purchased at WSJHS website: wsjhsorg.presencehost.net/historyhappyhour/page.html \n  \nAbout the speaker:\nJoel S. Migdal is the Robert F. Philip Professor of International Studies in the Jackson School of International Studies. He was the founding chair of the School’s International Studies Program. Dr. Migdal was formerly associate professor of Government at Harvard University and senior lecturer at Tel-Aviv University. His books include Peasants\, Politics\, and Revolution; Palestinian Society and Politics; Strong Societies and Weak States; State in Society; Through the Lens of Israel; The Palestinian People: A History (with Baruch Kimmerling); and\, most recently\, Shifting Sands: The United States in the Middle East. He received the UW’s Distinguished Teaching Award and Graduate Mentor Award\, as well as the Governor’s Writers Award. He is also a board member of the Washington State Jewish Historical Society
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/impressions-israel-prof-joel-migdal/
LOCATION:Washington State Jewish Historical Society Gallery\, 100 W Harrison Street\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160524T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160524T200000
DTSTAMP:20260406T055139
CREATED:20160120T220049Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181108T181934Z
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SUMMARY:Stroum Lecture Night 2: Ilan Stavans on "Dying in Hebrew"
DESCRIPTION:Hebrew is lashon ha’kodesh and lashon b’nei adam\, a divine language\, the way for man to communicate with G-d\, and\, as such\, an eternal language defying the passing of time; and a human language\, earthly\, clumsy\, vulgar\, imperfect\, and prone to decay. These opposing sides make Hebrew unique\, that is\, the Jewish language par excellence and the route through which Jews negotiate the passage from life to death.\nAn essayist\, cultural critic\, and translator\, Professor Stavans is Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture and Five College-Fortieth Anniversary Professor at Amherst College. A native of Mexico\, he received his Doctorate in Latin American Literature from Columbia University.\nProf. Stavans’ books include The Hispanic Condition (1995)\, On Borrowed Words (2001)\, Spanglish (2003)\, Love and Language (2007)\, and Gabriel García Márquez: The Early Years (2010). His book Resurrecting Hebrew\, published in Schocken’s Jewish Encounters series in 2008\, is a personal memoir alongside a history of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and the remarkable revival of Hebrew in the early 20th century. Recently\, Stavans translated Pablo Neruda’s All the Odes (Farrar\, Straus\, and Giroux\, 2013)\, and authored Return to Centro Histórico: A Mexican Jew Looks for His Roots (Rutgers\, 2012)\, the graphic novel El Iluminado (Basic\, 2012\, with Steve Sheinkin)\, and the children’s book Golemito (New South).\nClick here to find out out Stroum Lectures Night 1–Dr. Dara Horn on “Living in Hebrew.”\nLearn more about events at the Hebrew and the Humanities Symposium on the Symposium webpage.\nLinks for Further Exploration\n\nHebrew and the Humanities: Present Tense Symposium\nIlan Stavans’ webpage with media links\nThe Beauty of the Hebrew Language – video interview with Hadar Khazzam-Horovitz\, 2014\nStroum Lectures Archive
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/stroum-lecture-ilan-stavans/
LOCATION:Kane Hall 220\, 4069 Spokane Ln\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, US
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160524T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160524T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T055139
CREATED:20151025T183531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160622T172102Z
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SUMMARY:Hebrew and the Humanities Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Visit the “Hebrew and the Humanities: Present Tense” homepage for the full symposium schedule\, speaker bios\, blog posts\, and more.\n \nYou can reserve your free ticket here for an audience seat at the full day of symposium sessions; please note that conference meals will not be provided to symposium audience members. \nThe Stroum Center thanks the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities and Dr. Elie Levy for generous grants supporting this event. We also thank the following cosponsors for their support: Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization at UW and the Department of Comparative Literature\, Cinema & Media at UW. \n \n[separator top=”20″ style=”none”] \n[title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”single solid” sep_color=”” class=”” id=””]Links for Further Exploration[/title] \n\nView the official “Hebrew and the Humanities: Present Tense” homepage.\nRegister for Stroum Lecture Night 1 (Dara Horn) and Stroum Lecture Night 2 (Ilan Stavans).\nVisit Modern Hebrew at UW for information about UW coursework and travel abroad opportunities to explore Hebrew and Israeli culture.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/hebrew-and-the-humanities-symposium/
LOCATION:Petersen Room\, University of Washington\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures
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ORGANIZER;CN="Stroum Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishst@uw.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160523T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160523T210000
DTSTAMP:20260406T055139
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SUMMARY:Stroum Lecture Night 1: Dara Horn on "Living in Hebrew"
DESCRIPTION:Dara Horn\, a scholar of Hebrew and Yiddish literatures\, is the author of several well-received novels. Photo credit: MichaelPriest \n[title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”single solid” sep_color=”” class=”” id=””]Living in Hebrew[/title] \nThe American Jewish community is always worried about authenticity\, and much of this anxiety comes from the lack of a Jewish language. But an American Jewish language does exist\, even if beneath the surface. In this talk\, novelist and literary scholar Dara Horn explores the role Hebrew can play in a living contemporary American Jewish culture\, as she has experienced it as a reader and as an American writer. \nDr. Dara Horn received her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Harvard University\, focusing on Hebrew and Yiddish. She held the Gerald Weinstock Visiting Professorship in Jewish Studies at Harvard and has lectured at over two hundred universities and cultural institutions throughout North America\, Israel\, and Australia. \nChosen by Granta magazine as one of the best young novelists in America\, Dara Horn has won several literary prizes\, including the National Jewish Book Award (for In the Image in 2003 and The World to Come in 2006) and New York Times Editors’ Choice (for The World to Come and All Other Nights). Her most recent novel\, A Guide for the Perplexed\, was published by W.W. Norton in September 2013\, and was selected as one of Booklist‘s Best Books of 2013 and was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. Horn is also the author of a best-selling non-fiction Amazon Kindle Single\, “The Rescuer\,” which follows the peculiar life and legacy of an American Oskar Schindler named Varian Fry. \nThis talk is free and open to the public. A kosher reception will follow in the Walker Ames Room. \nClick here to find out about Stroum Lectures Night 2–Prof. Ilan Stavans on “Dying in Hebrew.”\nLearn more about events at the Hebrew and the Humanities Symposium on the Symposium webpage.\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\nHebrew and the Humanities: Present Tense Symposium\nDara Horn’s website\nDara Horn’s ELI Talk: “The Eicha Problem: What Jews Really Believe about Anti-Semitism” (2013)\nStroum Lectures Archive
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/stroum-lecture-dara-horn/
LOCATION:Kane Hall 220\, 4069 Spokane Ln\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, US
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160506T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160506T113000
DTSTAMP:20260406T055139
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SUMMARY:Graduate Fellows Spring Research Symposium
DESCRIPTION:The UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies will host its annual Spring Research Symposium on Friday\, May 6. We are proud to highlight research by the seven members of the 2015-16 Jewish Studies Graduate Fellowship. Each fellow has received funding and mentorship from the Stroum Center to help further their masters- and doctoral-level projects related to Jewish Studies. \nThis year\, we are debuting a new\, interactive format for our symposium\, modeled on the poster session at academic conferences. Fellows will be stationed around the room with materials related to their research projects. The audience is invited to circulate among these stations\, hear about the fellows’ exciting projects\, and ask the students questions directly. We look forward to an engaging and interactive forum for sharing and connecting! \nPaid parking for this event is accessible at the North Gatehouse entrance at NE 45th Street and 17th Avenue NE. The closest parking lot to the Intellectual House are at the Padelford Parking Garage (N-18\, N-20\, and N-21). Gatehouse attendants will be able to provide you with directions and a campus map if you’re unsure of where to go. \nA light kosher breakfast will be served. \nHere is this year’s slate of topics: \nCanan Bolel\, Richard M. Willner Memorial Scholar: \nMapping Jewish Childhood in Seattle\, 1900-1950 \nRachel Graf\, Philip Bernstein Memorial Scholar: \nComics and Narratological Perspective: (Witnessing) Bias in Direct Experience \nBerkay Gulen\, Samuel and Althea Stroum Fellow: \nTurkey’s Israel Policy After 2002 \nOded Oron\, Deborah and Doug Rosen Fellow: \nLet My People Stay: Seeking Asylum in the Jewish State \nSasha Prevost\, I. Mervin and Georgiana Gorasht Fellow: \nFrom Hebrew Atheist to Sufi Martyr: Sarmad Kashani\, the “Jewish Saint of India” \nKatja Schatte\, Rabbi Arthur A. Jacobovitz Fellow:\n“Don’t We All Have a Responsibility in This World?”: Jewish Women’s Lives and Identities in East Berlin\, 1945-1990 \nEmily Thompson\, Mickey Sreebny Memorial Scholar:\n“Readily Known and Accessible”: First Steps Toward a Seattle Jewish Library Catalog \nWe thank our community supporters for their generosity in establishing these fellowships and contributing to the vibrant intellectual community at the Stroum Center!\n  \n[title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”single solid” sep_color=”” class=”” id=””]Links for Further Exploration[/title] \n\nClick here to find out more about this year’s class of Jewish Studies Graduate Fellows\, including blog posts related to their projects.\nInterested in applying for the 2016-17 Graduate Fellowship? Click here! Applications are due April 1st.\n\n  \nRSVP below to reserve your spot. Last year’s symposium was completely sold out!
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/grad-symposium/
LOCATION:Intellectual House\, 4249 Whitman Court\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Graduate Fellows
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160505T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160505T200000
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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:20260406T055139
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:20160425T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160425T200000
DTSTAMP:20260406T055139
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SUMMARY:Islam\, Indonesia\, Israel: Indonesian Perceptions of the Middle East and Middle Eastern Perceptions of Indonesia
DESCRIPTION:The Southeast Asia Center\, the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies\, and the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies invite you to a dialogue between Professors Muhamad Ali and Giora Eliraz about Indonesian perceptions of the Middle East and Middle Eastern perceptions of Indonesia. Southeast Asia Center Director Laurie J. Sears will moderate.\n\nLight dinner reception begins at 5:30pm. Main event begins at 6:30pm.\n  \n\nMuhamad Ali is an Indonesian scholar of Islam. He is currently an associate professor of Islamic Studies in the Religious Studies Department and is a faculty member of the Southeast Asia: Text\, Ritual\, and Performance Program at the University of California\, Riverside. Dr. Ali has published books\, essays\, and chapters on topics related to Islam\, including violence and peace\, gender\, interfaith dialog and global education\, Indonesian Muslims’ perceptions of Judaism and Jews\, Indonesian Islamic liberal movements\, and a modern history of Southeast Asia. His recent book is Islam and Colonialism: Becoming Modern in Indonesia and Malaya (Edinburgh University Press\, 2015). His two earlier books\, Multicultural-Pluralist Theology (2003) and Bridging Islam and the West: An Indonesian View (2009)\, were published in Indonesia. His current projects are concerning religious freedom and pluralism in modern Indonesia; Indonesian Islam; and the expressions of adab in Indonesia and Malaysia. \n \n  \n  \nDr. Giora Eliraz is a Research Associate at the Harry S. Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of two publications about Islam in Indonesia: Islam in Indonesia: Modernism\, Radicalism and the Middle East Dimension and Islam and Polity in Indonesia: An Intriguing Case Study. Dr. Eliraz holds several other research positions\, including as Affiliated Fellow at the KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies in Leiden\, a Member of a research group at the Minerva Humanities Center at Tel Aviv University\, a Research Fellow at the Institute for Counter-Terrorism at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in Herzliya\, and as a Visiting Writer at the Forum for Regional Thought. In 2002\, Dr. Eliraz ended about 30 years of service in the IDF and in the Office of the Prime Minister. \n  \nThis event is sponsored by Southeast Asia Center\, Stroum Center for Jewish Studies\, and Jackson School of International Studies
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/islam-indonesia-israel/
LOCATION:UW Club – Yukon Pacific Room\, 4020 E Stevens Way\, Seattle\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures
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ORGANIZER;CN="Southeast Asia Center":MAILTO:seac@uw.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160413T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160413T203000
DTSTAMP:20260406T055140
CREATED:20160328T195738Z
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SUMMARY:Lecture by Daniel Newman\, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum--CANCELLED
DESCRIPTION:EVENT UPDATE – Dr. Newman has had to cancel his visit to Seattle. The Ellison Center is working on rescheduling this lecture for another time.  \n[title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”single solid” sep_color=”” class=”” id=””]An Overview of the Holocaust in the Soviet Union[/title] \nThis talk discusses the experiences of Holocaust victims who lived inside the borders of the Soviet Union at the beginning of the German invasion on June 22\, 1941\, through the Red Army’s victory\, and to the divisiveness over the post-war memory of the events of the Holocaust in the former Soviet Union. The scope of this subject is expansive in terms of the physical territory covered\, the destruction of human life wrought by a variety of perpetrators\, and the political factors affecting the remembrance of the Holocaust. Though exact figures will likely never be determined\, leading historians currently believe that between 1.5 and close to 3 million Soviet Jews lost their lives during the occupation. Regrettably\, the memory of their destruction has proven a contentious issue throughout the Soviet period and to the present day\, with various political considerations and (some would argue) anti-Semitic agendas relegating the story of the Jews during the Holocaust as a byline at best\, and completely absent from the historical record at worst. Today’s talk will provide an overview of the Holocaust in the Soviet Union and explain why it is so important that we understand and continue to study this horrific tragedy both in the context of Holocaust history and in assessing the state of international politics and conflict in the contemporary space of the former Soviet Union. \nFor more information about this event\, please check out the Ellison Center for Russian\, East European and Central Asian Studies. \n  \nDaniel Newman is the Program Manager of the Initiative for the Study of the Holocaust in the Soviet Union at the Jack\, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. He holds a PhD in modern European history from the University of California\, Los Angeles (UCLA)\, where he completed a dissertation entitled “Criminal Strategies and Institutional Concerns in the Soviet Legal System: An Analysis of Criminal Appeals in Moscow Province\, 1921-1928.” His research interests include Russian and Soviet history\, comparative legal history\, and the history of the Holocaust in the Soviet Union. He has presented his work at international scholarly conferences hosted by the Department of State\, the Kennan Institute\, the Higher School of Economics in Moscow\, the German Historical Institute\, and the Franco-Russian Center for Research in Human and Social Sciences. His most recent work was published in The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review. He has received a Fulbright-Hays Fellowship and a Hans Rogger Fellowship in Russian history\, has translated children’s stories from Russian to English for publication\, and has taught at Loyola Marymount University.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/holocaust-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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160411T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160411T110000
DTSTAMP:20260406T055140
CREATED:20160314T182223Z
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SUMMARY:Jewish Refugees and Their Lives in Shanghai
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Xu will speak about the arrival of Jewish refugees from Central Europe during the Holocaust to Shanghai\, their lives during War time in Shanghai and what caused them to leave when the war ended. \nRegistration for this event is available through the Confucius Institute. \nThis event is offered as part of the The Jewish Refugees in Shanghai Exhibition (1933-1941)\, which brings together for the first time photos\, personal stories\, and artifacts from Shanghai Jewish Refugee Museum. The exhibition will run at Hillel at UW from April 6 through April 30\, 2016. It is free and open to the public Monday to Friday\, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM. \n  \nXU XIN is a professor at Nanjing University and China’s leading Judaic scholar\, as well as the founder and director of the Diane and Guilford Glazer Institute for Jewish and Israel Studies at Nanjing University\, China. Prof. Xu is the President of the China Judaic Studies Association\, Vice President of the China Mid-East Studies Association\, and Editor-in-Chief and a major contributor of the Chinese edition Encyclopedia Judaica (Shanghai: The Shanghai People’s Publishing House\, 1993). \n  \nProf. Xu is the first Chinese scholar who introduced Modern Hebrew literature to Chinese readers and has introduced over 50 Israeli poets and writers to Chinese public readers. He was a guest speaker at Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1988 and at Tel Aviv University (1993 and 1998). In 1995\, he served as a Fellow at Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion. In 1996 and 1998\, he served as a visiting scholar at the Center for Jewish Studies of Harvard University. \n  \nProf. Xu has given over 600 public lectures in the world since 1995 and his activities have been widely reported by newspapers such as Chicago Tribune\, Jerusalem Post\, New York Times\, Harvard University Gazette\, The Jerusalem Report\, The Jewish Week\, Forward and etc. \n  \n[title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”single solid” sep_color=”” class=”” id=””]Links for Further Exploration[/title] \n\nProfile of Prof. Xu from Tablet Magazine
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/jewish-refugees-lives-shanghai/
LOCATION:Hillel UW\, 4745 17th Ave NE\, Seattle\, WA\, 98105\, US
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160410T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160410T173000
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SUMMARY:SJFF Short Film Highlight: In the Footsteps of Regina Jonas
DESCRIPTION:Who was the first woman rabbi and why don’t we know about her? Most American Jews believe that women in the rabbinate is an American phenomenon that arose out of the feminist movement of the 1970s. So it is surprising to discover that the first woman rabbi\, Regina Jonas\, was ordained in Berlin in 1935 and served German Jewry as they faced the agonies of Hitler’s murderous regime in Germany and then in the Theresienstadt concentration camp. The film explores that question through a trip to Berlin and Terezin undertaken by America’s pioneering rabbis to recover their fore-mother and to discover both who she was and why she matters to us. \nTickets for this short film are available through the Seattle Jewish Film Festival. This short will be screened immediately before the showing of Raise the Roof. 
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/sjff-short-film/
LOCATION:Stroum Jewish Community Center\, 3801 East Mercer Way\, Mercer Island\, WA\, 98040\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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