VIDEO | Writing Trauma, from the Holocaust to the Pandemic: Poetry from Immigrant Jewish Writers from the Former Soviet Union
RSVP for Zoom linkJulia Kolchinsky Dasbach and Luisa Muradyan discuss their poetry with faculty member Sasha Senderovich.
COSPONSORED TALK | Ethnic Identity & Ethnic Organizing: Darfurian Asylum Seekers in Israel
Ph.D. student Lisa Richlen will discuss how Darfurian Sudanese refugees construct identity through community organizing in Israel.
VIDEO | American Christians and the Holy Land: Before, During and After Contemporary Pilgrimages to Israel/Palestine
RSVP for Zoom linkHillary Kaell discusses the modern phenomenon of American Christian pilgrimage trips to Israel/Palestine and how American Christians make sense of these experiences.
VIDEO | Ghetto: The History of a Word
Zoom 0Daniel Schwartz (George Washington University) will give a talk on the history of the word "ghetto" from 16th-century Venice until today.
VIDEO | The Jews of Ottoman Izmir: Dina Danon in Conversation with Devin E. Naar
RSVP for Zoom linkDina Danon (Binghamton University) will discuss her new book, "The Jews of Ottoman Izmir: A Modern History."
GRAD COLLOQUIUM | Sephardic Experiences of Modernity: Newspapers, Migrants and Midwives
Zoom 02020-2021 graduate fellows discuss Ladino newspapers, Ottoman Jews in Seattle, and Jewish midwives at the turn of the 20th century.
GRAD COLLOQUIUM | Tradition and Continuity: Jewish Cultural History Through Art, Music and Travelogue
Graduate fellows Ke Guo, Abby Massrano and Jeffrey Haines present on modern Sephardic music, ancient art, and medieval writing.
5/25 | STROUM LECTURES | Reading Jewish Texts in an Age of Climate Change: Grappling with Risk, Reimagining Hope
RSVP for Zoom linkJulia Watts Belser uses rabbinic Jewish texts on political violence, imperialism, and disaster to grapple with pressing contemporary questions about climate change and environmental justice.
5/27 STROUM LECTURE | Reading Jewish Texts in an Age of Climate Change: The Afterlives of Noah’s Ark – Gender, Disability & the Politics of Survival
RSVP for Zoom linkJulia Watts Belser uses rabbinic Jewish texts on political violence, imperialism, and disaster to grapple with pressing contemporary questions about climate change and environmental justice.
10/14 TALK | Book Launch: Angels in Ancient Jewish Culture – Mika Ahuvia
Faculty member Mika Ahuvia discusses her new book on the sizable role of angels in ancient Jewish culture.
10/25 EVENT | “The Hangman”: On Adolf Eichmann’s Executioner — Screening & Conversation with Director Netalie Braun
Following a screening, director Netalie Braun will discuss the story of Shalom Nagav, the Yemenite Jew who executed Adolf Eichmann and has ruminated on this experience ever since. In conversation with Smadar Ben-Natan and Liora Halperin.
11/16 COSPONSORED TALK | Was the Biblical Joseph on the Spectrum?
In an event at Hillel UW, Samuel J. Levine, a Touro Law Center professor, will offer a reading of Joseph's story that presents a portrait of him as an individual on the autism spectrum.
11/18 BENAROYA LECTURE | Analyzing the Israeli COVID-19 Response in Context: Social, Historical and Ethical Perspectives
Epidemiologist and public health expert Nadav Davidovitch will discuss public health and the COVID-19 pandemic by looking at past large-scale public health challenges, drawing on examples from the state of Israel.
12/8 STUDENT EVENT | Narrating Migration Stories: Podcasting Sephardic Jewish Journeys
Scholar Chris Gratien, co-creator of the Ottoman History Podcast, and journalist Sam Negri talk about how they tell migration stories, looking at the personal history Sam's father, Leo Negri, an undocumented Sephardic Jewish immigrant.
12/12 LADINO DAY | Sephardic Trajectories: Archives, Objects and the Ottoman Jewish Past in the United States
In the University of Washington's 9th annual Ladino Day celebration, editors of the new book "Sephardic Trajectories: Archives, Objects, and the Ottoman Jewish Past in