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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160523T190000
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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
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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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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
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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
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160413T190000
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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:20260406T073135
CREATED:20160314T182223Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160622T172134Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20260406T073135
CREATED:20160128T230157Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160622T172138Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160406T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160406T130000
DTSTAMP:20260406T073135
CREATED:20160217T200111Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160330T234831Z
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn with Dr. Gerhard Weinberg
DESCRIPTION:[title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”single solid” sep_color=”” class=”” id=””]Hitler and the U.S.: Views\, Plans\, Policies\, and the Jewish Question in All Three[/title]\nDr. Gerhard Weinberg\, Professor Emeritus of University of North Carolina\, Chapel Hill\, will be joining us for a Lunch and Learn event on Thursday\, April 6\, 2016. \nProf. Devin Naar\, chair of the UW Sephardic Studies Program\, will be the faculty respondent to Dr. Weinberg’s paper. \nThis talk\, entitled “Hitler and the U.S.:. Views\, Plans\, Policies and the Jewish Question in All Three\,” will engage Hitler’s hopes and plans for world conquest which from an early date included war with the United States. He also expected to have Germans kill all Jews throughout the world as well as the handicapped. Once becoming chancellor of Germany\, he began preparations for both the wars to be fought — including the one against the US — and persecution of Jews. It was wartime that in his eyes made systematic killing possible; first of the handicapped and then of the Jews. The talk then reviews the plans for dividing the world between Germany and Japan after victory in World War II and the implications of a division of the United States between the two with Washington going to Japan and the other 47 to Germany. \nThis event is co-sponsored by the UW Department of History. \n  \n \nDr. Gerhard Weinberg is a leading world scholar on the topics of Nazi Germany\, WWII\, foreign policy\, and the Holocaust. He was born in Nazi Germany into a family of German Jews\, he and his family escaped to London. Later\, Dr. Weinberg joined the U.S Military. He earned his Ph.D. in 1951 at the University of Chicago. He worked on Columbia University’s War Documentation Project\, and established the program for microfilming the captured German documents. Professor Weinberg has\, over the course of his long career\, taught at Universities of Chicago\, Kentucky\, Michigan\, and North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He has chaired several professional organizations and served on and chaired several U.S. government advisory committees. Now retired\, he has authored or edited eleven books and over 100 chapters\, articles\, guides to archives and other publications. \nA light kosher lunch will be served.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/gerhard-weinberg/
LOCATION:Petersen Room\, University of Washington\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160405T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160405T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T073135
CREATED:20160209T181029Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160328T190241Z
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SUMMARY:STUDENT EVENT: Jewish Studies Student Advisory Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Jewish Studies Student 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/19823/
LOCATION:HUB 332\, Husky Union Building\, University of Washington\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160403T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160403T150000
DTSTAMP:20260406T073135
CREATED:20160128T224419Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170724T211442Z
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SUMMARY:SJFF Sephardic Film Highlight: Bulgarian Rhapsody
DESCRIPTION:A visually stunning tale of first love and friendship in a time of war. In the summer of 1943 in Sofia\, Bulgaria\, a shy 17-year-old Jewish boy\, meets his cousin and is immediately smitten. Unfortunately\, so is his more worldly friend Giogio. The boys navigate more than a love triangle; however\, as the police begin rounding up the Jews in this Ladino-speaking community under pressure from their German allies\, who are also devastating Shelli’s hometown of Kavala\, Greece. To complicate matters\, Giogio’s father is a brutish anti-Semite who works for the government department in charge of deporting Sofia’s Jews to forced labor and death camps. \n  \nDespite its grim setting\, the film’s tender evocation of childhood exuberance\, innocence\, and budding romance recreates the sweet and sumptuous lost world of Bulgarian Sephardic Jewish culture. \n  \nBulgaria’s submission to the 2014 Academy Awards® for Best Foreign Language Film\, BULGARIAN RHAPSODY is part of director Ivan Nichev’s historic trilogy about Bulgarian Jews\, which also includes AFTER THE END OF THE WAR (1999) and THE JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM (2003). Warning: some nudity. \n  \nFeaturing commentary and echar lashon with Prof. Devin Naar and special performances by the Bulgarian Women’s Choir group Dunava. \n  \nTickets for this film are available through the Seattle Jewish Film Festival.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/sjff-sephardic/
LOCATION:AMC Pacific Place\, 600 Pine Street\, Seattle\, WA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Sephardic Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160401T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160401T111500
DTSTAMP:20260406T073135
CREATED:20160128T214028Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160323T185652Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED - Rabbi Shai Held on Heschel and Maimonides
DESCRIPTION:Unfortunately\, Rabbi Shai Held has had to cancel his upcoming visit to Seattle so this event will no longer be taking place. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. \nWhat do we mean when we say “God”? Are we talking about an abstract\, distant\, unknowable being? A personal God who loves and cares about us? Something else entirely? In this session\, we’ll explore the very different ways two of Judaism’s greatest thinkers – Maimonides and Abraham Joshua Heschel – thought about God\, and ask what we might learn for our own spiritual and religious quests. \n  \n  \nRabbi Shai Held is Co-Founder\, Dean and Chair in Jewish Thought at Mechon Hadar. Shai also directs Mechon Hadar’s Center for Jewish Leadership and Ideas\, for which he has written over a year’s worth of weekly divrei Torah on the parashah. Previously\, he served for six years as Scholar-in-Residence at Kehilat Hadar in New York City\, and taught both theology and Halakha at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Shai holds a doctorate in religion from Harvard; his main academic interests are in modern Jewish and Christian thought and in the history of Zionism. His book\, Abraham Joshua Heschel: The Call of Transcendence was published by Indiana University Press in 2013.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/coffee-conversation-with-rabbi-shai-held/
LOCATION:Savery 408\, 408 Savery Hall\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160308T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160308T133000
DTSTAMP:20260406T073135
CREATED:20160115T010332Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160225T194305Z
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SUMMARY:"Dr. Loewenstein\, I Presume?": Israeli Eye Aid to Africa\, 1959-1973
DESCRIPTION:Israel was involved in multiple foreign aid projects to sub-Saharan Africa in the 1960s as part of its quest to gain political allies and determine its place in the decolonized world. Dr. Mooreville will address how and why ophthalmology became Israel’s largest medical aid program\, and in so doing address Israel’s claims to be a bridgehead between East and West\, and its short-lived affiliation with the Global South. She investigates the historic symbolic significance of trachoma in Palestine\, Africa as an extra-territorial site of pioneering that provided new clinical and research experiences\, and how one physician took advantage of diplomatic policies to create an aid project that fulfilled his professional vision. \n  \nAnat Mooreville is the Hazel D. Cole Postdoctoral Fellow in the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Washington\, Seattle. Her research concentrates on Jewish history in the Middle East and North Africa\, the history of medicine and science\, and Israel-Palestine studies. She received her Ph.D. in History at UCLA in 2015 with the dissertation\, “Oculists in the Orient: A History of Trachoma\, Zionism\, and Global Health\, 1882-1973.” \n  \n  \nA light Kosher lunch will be provided. \n  \n  \nThe Stroum Center for Jewish Studies is proud to offer this lecture as part of our Winter 2016 series\, Beyond the Binary: Israel Studies Today which welcomes several emerging scholars to share new directions in the field of Israel Studies.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/israeli-eye-aid-to-africa/
LOCATION:HUB 332\, Husky Union Building\, University of Washington\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Stroum Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishst@uw.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160302T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160302T193000
DTSTAMP:20260406T073135
CREATED:20160201T181211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181102T193643Z
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SUMMARY:STUDENT EVENT: Feasting with Faculty: Profs. Mika Ahuvia and Sarah Culpepper Stroup
DESCRIPTION:Beyond the Gender Binary\nJoin Professor Mika Ahuvia (Assistant Professor of Classical Judaism\, Jackson School of International Studies) and Professor Sarah Culpepper Stroup (Associate Professor of Classics) for an informal conversation about ancient texts that go “beyond the gender binary.” \nOpen to undergraduate and graduate students only. \nFree vegetarian dinner provided. \nNo cost but reservations required. This event is limited to 30 students. \nThis event co-sponsored with the Religious Studies Club of UW.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/feasting-with-faculty-profs-mika-ahuvia-and-sarah-stroup/
LOCATION:Thomson 317\, UW Campus\, 2023 Skagit Lane\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Student
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160222T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160222T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T073135
CREATED:20160107T180238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160112T205254Z
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SUMMARY:STUDENT EVENT: Jewish Studies Student Advisory Council Meeting
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. \nAt the February meeting\, Prof Pianko\, Director of the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies\, will join to ask students for feedback regarding a new course he wishes to teach next fall. \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-council-meeting/
LOCATION:HUB 214\, UW Seattle Campus\, 4001 E Stevens Way NE\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160219T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160219T120000
DTSTAMP:20260406T073135
CREATED:20151209T081337Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180707T010731Z
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Visual Kabbalah with Yossi Chajes
DESCRIPTION:Visual Kabbalah and the Diagramming of the Divine Most students of kabbalistic literature find themselves “visualizing” its cosmogonic and cosmological teachings. The iconic “Tree of Life” is certainly the best known kabbalistic symbol\, and is often the first thing conveyed to those being exposed for the first time to this lore. What few realize is that complex graphical scrolls have been a genre of kabbalistic literature in their own right since the Renaissance\, and that from the seventeenth century such scrolls became an indispensable tool to Lurianic kabbalists. In this presentation\, Prof. Chajes will introduce this little-known genre and explain the origins and functions of these amazing kabbalistic artifacts.\nLight kosher lunch provided.\n \n \nJ. H. (Yossi) Chajes (Ph.D.\, Yale University 1999) is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in the Department of Jewish History of the University of Haifa.\n \n 
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/yossi-chajes/
LOCATION:Thomson Hall 317\, Thomson Hall 317\, Seattle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160216T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160216T193000
DTSTAMP:20260406T073135
CREATED:20151209T070506Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180707T010708Z
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SUMMARY:We Are Seattle: Stories from Families\, Immigrants\, Refugees & the Agencies that Serve Them
DESCRIPTION:What is it like to be an immigrant or refugee in Seattle? How do we address their needs and celebrate their strengths? How have world events and national politics impacted our communities? Join us to share your perspective\, hear from our panel\, and explore images of Seattle’s changing populations. \nTo request interpretation for the event\, please email miryaml@nhwa.org or call 206-461-8430 x 2096. \n \nNeighborhood House is one of the Puget Sound regions’ oldest social service agencies. Established in 1906 as Settlement House for Jewish immigrants\, Neighborhood House has evolved overtime to serve generations of Seattle and King County immigrant\, refugee and low-income residents. Find out more about the services provided by Neighborhood House here!\n \nWant to learn more about the Jewish roots of Neighborhood House? Check out this digital project by Jewish Studies students Katherine Stoner and Sandra Barnes to find out how it’s vision and intentions impacted the newly arrived Jewish Immigrant population.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/nhwa/
LOCATION:Kane Hall 110\, 4069 Spokane Lane\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160212T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160212T150000
DTSTAMP:20260406T073135
CREATED:20151216T220950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151216T221125Z
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SUMMARY:Jewish Culture Table @ CulturalFest
DESCRIPTION:CulturalFest celebrates the diversity and talent that international students bring to our campus and region. This annual community event\, sponsored by FIUTS (Furthering International Understanding Through Students) welcomes thousands of globally-minded visitors of all ages and backgrounds to the University of Washington for cultural exploration and learning. \nJoin Jewish Studies students at the Jewish Culture table at CulturalFest’s International Expo on Friday\, February 12 from 10:30am-3:00pm. The Expo takes place in the HUB Ballrooms on the 2nd Floor. \nThe International Expo is FREE and open to the public.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/jewish-culture-table-culturalfest/
LOCATION:HUB Ballrooms
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160208T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160208T153000
DTSTAMP:20260406T073135
CREATED:20160106T224141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180707T010813Z
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SUMMARY:Tea and Discussion with Prof. Noam Pianko
DESCRIPTION:Access students and community members are invited to join Prof. Noam Pianko to discuss “When Did Jews Become a People?” Professor Pianko will discuss themes of the current significance and future relevance of “peoplehood” by tracing the rise\, transformation\, and return of this novel term\, based on research he did for his recently published book\, Jewish Peoplehood: An American Innovation.\nProf. Pianko is the Samuel N. Stroum Chair of Jewish Studies and Associate Professor in the Jackson School of International Studies. He also directs the Samuel and Althea Stroum Center for Jewish Studies and serves as the Herbert and Lucy Pruzan Professor of Jewish Studies.\nTea and cookies will be provided.\nRSVPs appreciated.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/tea-and-discussion-with-prof-noam-pianko/
LOCATION:HUB 337\, Husky Union Building\, University of Washington\, Seattle\, WA
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160201T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160201T133000
DTSTAMP:20260406T073135
CREATED:20160115T002838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160127T024520Z
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SUMMARY:The Disability Rights Movement in Israel: Sources\, Achievements and Challenges
DESCRIPTION:In recent years\, Israel has witnessed a growing movement of people with disabilities who claim their rights and fight for their place in society through legal and other means. This development was a result of changes in Israeli society\, in the disability community\, and in the legal arena. Prof. Sagit Mor will address the local and global forces that shaped the history of disability activism in Israel\, that are characterized by the turn from charity to welfare to rights. While the disability activism\, protests\, and lobbying efforts led to some remarkable achievements they still face significant challenges. \n  \nSagit Mor is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Haifa Faculty of Law\, Israel. She is an Israel Institute Teaching Fellow visiting the University of Washington for the 2015-2016 academic year (affiliated with Law Societies and Justice program (LSJ) and the Jewish Studies program). \nFollowing the completion of her doctoral studies at New York University School of Law\, she was an Ed Roberts postdoctoral fellow in disability studies at the University of California\, Berkeley. Her doctoral dissertation won the Association for the Study of Law Culture and the Humanities 2007 Dissertation Award. \nPlease note\, this event is a Brown Bag Lunch. No need to RSVP\, seating will be on a first-come\, first-served basis. \n  \n  \nThe Stroum Center for Jewish Studies is proud to offer this lecture as part of our Winter 2016 series\, Beyond the Binary: Israel Studies Today which welcomes several emerging scholars to share new directions in the field of Israel Studies. \nCo-sponsored by UW Middle East Center. The Middle East Center’s sponsorship of an event does not imply that the Center endorses the content of the event. \nPlease contact UW Middle East Center (mecuw@uw.edu) with any questions.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/disability-in-israel/
LOCATION:Thomson 317\, UW Campus\, 2023 Skagit Lane\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Stroum Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishst@uw.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160128T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160128T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T073135
CREATED:20151203T202309Z
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SUMMARY:Syrian Jews in Brooklyn: How Their Sabbath Morning Music Reflects Their Arab History and Culture
DESCRIPTION:Syrian Jews have lived in Brooklyn since the 1880s. Today their community is estimated to be over 70\,000. With twenty synagogues and twenty other institutions\, the Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn is thriving. For hundreds of years Syrian Jewish prayer has incorporated the melodies and musical styles of Arab culture. In this presentation\, Prof. Mark Kligman will discuss their history\, the Brooklyn community and the musical practices of their Sabbath morning services.  This presentation will show video and audio examples that will demonstrate contemporary practices of Syrian prayer.\n \nProf. Mark Kligman\, is the inaugural holder of the Mickey Katz Endowed Chair in Jewish Music and Professor of Ethnomusicology and Musicology at UCLA in the Herb Alpert School of Music. He specializes in the liturgical traditions of Middle Eastern Jewish communities and various areas of popular Jewish music.\n \nIn addition to his visit to UW\, Prof. Kligman will be giving several lectures throughout the Seattle Jewish community. For more information about “Shabbat of Learning with Dr. Mark Kligman” at Congregation Ezra Bessaroth and Minyan Ohr Chadash\, please contact Karen Treiger at karen@treiger.com
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/syrian-jews-in-brooklyn/
LOCATION:Ethnic Cultural Center\, 3931 Brooklyn Ave NE\, Seattle\, WA\, 98105\, US
CATEGORIES:Sephardic Studies
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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:20160125T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160125T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T073135
CREATED:20151209T062401Z
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SUMMARY:Beyond Hebrew: Zionism and the Politics of Language Diversity in Palestine and Israel
DESCRIPTION:The promotion of Hebrew\, traditionally a language of Jewish liturgy and study\, as a spoken vernacular\, was a central accomplishment of the Zionist movement in Palestine before Israeli statehood. Viewing twentieth-century history through the lens of language\, author Liora Halperin questions the common narrative of a Zionist move away from multilingualism during the years following World War I\, demonstrating how Jews in Palestine remained connected linguistically by both preference and necessity to a world outside the boundaries of the pro-Hebrew community even as it promoted Hebrew and achieved that language’s dominance.\nThe story of language encounters in Jewish Palestine is a fascinating tale of shifting power relationships\, both locally and globally. Halperin’s absorbing study explores how a young national community was compelled to modify the dictates of Hebrew exclusivity as it negotiated its relationships with its Jewish population\, Palestinian Arabs\, the British\, and others outside the margins of the national project and ultimately came to terms with the limitations of its influence and power in an interconnected world.\nLight Kosher reception to follow lecture.\n \nThe Stroum Center for Jewish Studies is proud to offer this lecture as part of our Winter 2016 series\, Beyond the Binary: Israel Studies Today which welcomes several emerging scholars to share new directions in the field of Israel Studies. Stay tuned for more information!\n \n \nLiora R. Halperin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History and the Program in Jewish Studies and the holder of the Endowed Professorship in Israel/Palestine Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder\, where she has taught since 2013. Her research focuses on Jewish cultural history\, Jewish-Arab relations in Ottoman and Mandate Palestine\, language ideology and policy\, and the politics surrounding nation formation in Palestine in the years leading up to the creation of the State of Israel in 1948. She is also a member of the advisory board for CU’s Archive of Post-Holocaust American Judaism\, and affiliated faculty in Middle Eastern Studies at the CU Center for Asian Studies.\n 
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/israel-halperin/
LOCATION:HUB 214\, UW Seattle Campus\, 4001 E Stevens Way NE\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Stroum Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishst@uw.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160121T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160121T190000
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SUMMARY:STUDENT EVENT: Feasting with Faculty Michael Rosenthal
DESCRIPTION:Get to know Professor Michael Rosenthal\, Chair and Professor of the Department of Philosophy\, and Jewish Studies faculty member\, through informal conversation over dinner.\nProf. Rosenthal teaches and publishes in the areas of early modern philosophy\, ethics\, political philosophy\, and Jewish philosophy. His current research focuses on the philosophy of Benedict (Baruch) Spinoza\, a Dutch philosopher of Sephardic Portuguese origin. Spinoza’s writing lay the groundwork for the 18th-century Enlightenment and modern biblical criticism\, including modern conceptions of the self and the universe.\nJoin us for what is sure to be a delightful evening!\nOpen to undergraduate and graduate students only.\nNo cost but reservations required.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/student-event-feasting-with-faculty-michaelrosenthal/
LOCATION:Persepolis Grill\, 5517 University Way NE\, Seattle\, WA
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