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  • Lecture by Daniel Newman, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum–CANCELLED

    Kane Hall 110 4069 Spokane Lane, Seattle, WA, United States

    This 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.

  • STUDENT EVENT: Jewish Studies Student Advisory Committee

    Thomson 317, UW Campus 2023 Skagit Lane, Seattle, WA, United States

    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

  • Richard Block

    STUDENT EVENT: Feasting with Faculty – Prof. Richard Block

    Shalimar Restaurant 4214 University Way Northeast, Seattle, WA, United States

    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.

  • Graduate Fellows Spring Research Symposium

    Intellectual House 4249 Whitman Court, Seattle, WA, United States

    The Stroum Center for Jewish Studies Research Symposium will highlight graduate research in diverse disciplines.

  • Stroum Lecture Night 1: Dara Horn on “Living in Hebrew”

    Kane Hall 220 4069 Spokane Ln, Seattle, WA, US

    Dara Horn is an award-winning author and scholar of Hebrew and Yiddish literatures. Her opening night Stroum Lecture addresses the theme of "Hebrew and the Creative Imagination."

  • Hebrew and the Humanities Symposium

    Petersen Room University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

    This conference brings together leading scholars and translators of Hebrew to discuss how this field reflects the challenges faced by language arts in higher education today.

  • Impressions of Israel with Prof. Joel Migdal

    Washington State Jewish Historical Society Gallery 100 W Harrison Street, Seattle, WA, United States

    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.

  • Women of the Book Exhibit

    Stroum Jewish Community Center 3801 East Mercer Way, Mercer Island, WA, United States

    Women of the Book: Jewish Women Recording, Reflecting, Revisioning - A collection of 54 limited edition artworks, each representing one of the 54 weekly Torah portions and completed by a different female artist from around the world.

  • STUDENTS: Talking International Studies — Food, Music & Your Future

    HUB 340 University of Washington HUB, Seattle, WA, US

    A degree in International Studies can take you anywhere! Talk to Jackson School students, advisers and Center and Career Services staff about Jewish Studies and other majors.

  • Hadar Khazzam-Horovitz

    LSJ Lox and Learn: Jewish Bioethics

    Gates Hall (UW School of Law)

    LSJ students are invited to speak with Hadar Khazzam-Horovitz about Jewish Bioethics. This lecture will explore Jewish-religious perspectives on contemporary biomedical issues. It will focus

  • Soviet Union with hammer and sickle

    The Holocaust in the Soviet Union

    Kane Hall 110 4069 Spokane Lane, Seattle, WA, United States

    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

  • "Refugees Welcome" sign

    Immigration, Religion & Human Rights Panel

    HUB 332 Husky Union Building, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

    Should our country discriminate among potential immigrants on the basis of religion? Recent calls by prominent politicians have suggested just this. Four panelists will discuss this and related questions from philosophical, sociological, and historical perspectives.