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SUMMARY:Grad Fellows: Sephardic Culture: Music\, Language & Literature from Spain to Seattle
DESCRIPTION:Join 2017-2018 Stroum Center Graduate Fellows Molly FitzMorris\, Vivian Mills and Sarah Riskind as they share their research on the topics of Ladino language\, Sephardic music\, and the early-modern literature of Spain. \nProfessor Devin Naar of the Stroum Center’s Sephardic Studies Program will offer commentary on the Fellows’ work as the faculty respondent for this panel. \nA light lunch will be served; please RSVP below to be included in the lunch order.\n \nMolly FitzMorris\, Isaac Alhadeff Sephardic Studies Fellow\nPaper title: “The search for the shinedji: Using Ladinokomunita as a corpus to study Modern Ladino morphology” \nMolly is a third-year PhD student in the Department of Linguistics.  She has a BA in Latin American Studies from New York University\, and an MA in Hispanic Studies from the University of Washington.  Her research focuses on the documentation of Ladino in Seattle\, and her two current projects explore the dialects of Ladino spoken in Seattle and the use of a common Turkish suffix in Ladino.  Molly helped organize the first three International Ladino Day celebrations in Seattle\, and is an occasional student at the weekly Ladineros classes.\n \n \nVivian Mills\, Richard M. Willner Memorial Scholar\nPaper title: “Shem Tov of Carrión: Jewish Poetry and Moneylending in Fourteenth Century Castile” \nVivian is a second-year PhD student in Spanish and Portuguese Studies at the University of Washington. She was born in Ecuador and moved to the United States with her family at the age of sixteen. She received a BA in Business Economics and an MA in Spanish from the University of South Florida. Her research focuses on identity and the building of textual authority in the literary works of Jewish\, Converso and Morisco writers of late medieval and early-modern Iberia. Her latest research focuses on the works of Shem Tov of Carrion\, a medieval poet and rabbi. When not reading poetry\, you can find Vivian at work in her garden or spending time with her family.\n \n \nSarah Riskind\, Robinovitch Family Fellow\nPaper title: “Sephardic Music Reimagined: Modern Arrangements for Choir” \nSarah is a doctoral student in choral conducting in the UW School of Music. Originally from Boston\, MA\, she holds degrees from Williams College and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition to conducting\, singing\, and teaching\, she has composed choral and instrumental works that have been performed in Massachusetts\, Vermont\, New Hampshire\, Wisconsin\, and Washington\, many of which use Jewish liturgical texts in Hebrew and English. She is currently pursuing research on choral arrangements of Sephardic Jewish music.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/sephardic-culture-music-language-literature-spain-seattle/
LOCATION:HUB 145\, UW Campus\, 4001 E Stevens Way NE\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Graduate Fellows,Sephardic Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180311T130000
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SUMMARY:Seattle Jewish Film Festival: "Trezoros" Sephardic Spotlight
DESCRIPTION:About the Film\nA coastal city renowned for its idyllic beauty\, Kastoria was once home to a harmonious and vibrant population of Jews and Christians. \nIlluminating the moving\, individual stories of the Greek Sephardic families forced from their homes when Nazis took control of the town\, this carefully crafted documentary serves as a tribute and reminder of the many displaced communities forced out and afflicted by Nazi occupation. \nUsing never-before-seen archival footage and interviews with survivors scattered across the diaspora\, TREZOROS stitches together a compelling and affecting portrait of a unique and dynamic Jewish community. \nThe film will be followed by a discussion with Professor Devin Naar of the Stroum Center’s Sephardic Studies Program\, director Lawrence Russo\, and Larry Confino; then by a post-film Sephardic coffee klatsch (echar lashon) with coffee/tea and biscochos. Included in ticket price. \nLearn more about the film\, and purchase tickets\, at the Seattle Jewish Film Festival website.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/seattle-jewish-film-festival-trezoros-sephardic-spotlight/
LOCATION:AMC Pacific Place\, 600 Pine Street\, Seattle\, WA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Sephardic Studies
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ORGANIZER;CN="Seattle Jewish Film Festival":MAILTO:sjff@sjcc.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180313T185000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180313T210000
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SUMMARY:Seattle Jewish Film Festival: Praise the Lard
DESCRIPTION:About the Film\nThe untold story of the pork industry in Israel\, an industry that has raised ethnic tensions and heated struggles over the country’s short history. \nSitting firmly between Israel’s essential identity issues and the fundamental right to freedom of choice\, this taboo in Jewish tradition has become one of the secular state’s most prominent symbols. \nDirector Chen Shelach traces pig farming back to the Zionist movement’s attempt to create a “new Jew” in the land of Israel\, not beholden to old traditions\, and explores this new identity’s struggle to survive in the face of fierce resistance from religious and observant Jews. PRAISE THE LARD presents a sharply fascinating\, little-discussed take on the outsized role one farm animal has historically played in the Holy Land. \nThe film will include an introduction by Stroum Center Professor Sasha Senderovich. \nLearn more about the film\, and purchase tickets\, on the Seattle Jewish Film Festival website.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/seattle-jewish-film-festival-praise-lard/
LOCATION:SIFF Cinema Uptown\, 511 Queen Anne Ave N\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Israel Studies
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ORGANIZER;CN="Seattle Jewish Film Festival":MAILTO:sjff@sjcc.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180409T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180409T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T121208
CREATED:20180122T033633Z
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SUMMARY:Impossible Exodus: Iraqi Jews in Israel
DESCRIPTION:Cover of “Impossible Exodus: Iraqi Jews in Israel” (Stanford University Press\, 2017) \n*Note that the location of this event has changed since our winter events postcard was mailed. The correct room is HUB 214.* \nBetween 1949 and 1951\, 123\,000 Iraqi Jews immigrated to the newly established Israeli state. Lacking the resources to absorb them all\, the Israeli government resettled them in maabarot\, or transit camps. \nRather than returning to a homeland as native sons\, Iraqi Jews were newcomers in a foreign place. Impossible Exodus: Iraqi Jews in Israel\, Professor Orit Bashkin’s new book\, tells the story of these Iraqi Jews’ first decades in Israel. \nFaced with ill treatment and discrimination from state officials\, Iraqi Jews resisted: they joined Israeli political parties\, demonstrated in the streets\, and fought for the education of their children\, leading a civil rights struggle whose legacy continues to influence contemporary debates in Israel. \nOrit Bashkin sheds light on the everyday lives of this population and their determination to thrive in a new country\, uncovering their long\, painful transformation from Iraqis to Israelis. In doing so\, she shares the resilience and humanity of a community whose story has yet to be told. \nAbout the Speaker\nOrit Bashkin is Professor of Modern Middle East History at the University of Chicago. \nShe is the author of New Babylonians: A History of Jews in Modern Iraq (Stanford\, 2012) and The Other Iraq: Pluralism and Culture in Hashemite Iraq (Stanford\, 2008). She currently directs the center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago.\n \n  \nThis event is co-sponsored by the Middle East Center\, part of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/iraqi-jews-israel-resettlement-orit-bashkin/
LOCATION:HUB 214\, UW Seattle Campus\, 4001 E Stevens Way NE\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures,Israel Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180417T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180417T170000
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CREATED:20180212T035108Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180416T204946Z
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SUMMARY:Ancient Jewish Magic
DESCRIPTION:Ancient magical artifact (a bowl) depicting demons\, ringed with Aramaic. Found in Iraq. From the University of Pennsylvania Museum *collection. \n*ROOM CHANGE! By popular demand\, we’ve moved this event to a larger space: Room 220 in the Odegaard Undergraduate Library* \nNOTE: If the event sells out\, we still encourage you to come. Seats typically open up\, though we can’t guarantee seating. \nWhat is magic? What is Jewish magic? Who are the witches that the rabbis worry about? \nIn this talk\, Prof. Ahuvia will share evidence from her recent and forthcoming publications about Jewish engagement with magic\, angels\, and demons in the ancient world. She will discuss how practices we might deem “magical” have influenced Jewish rituals\, liturgy\, and beliefs to this day. \nTo whet your appetite: According to scholar B. Barry Levy\, the ancient magical artifact at the right “was prepared to protect Abuna bar Geribta and Ibba bar Zawithai from a series of evil forces. Its writer drew his power from the garment of Hermes and the Creator of heaven and earth. He threatened the destructive forces with the curses of the Leviathan and Sodom and Gemorrah.” \nAbout the Speaker\nMika Ahuvia was born in Kibbutz Beit Hashita in northern Israel. 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. \nAhuvia is fascinated by the daily life of ancient Jews and investigates the different ways they struck a balance between their local religious environment (whether Roman\, Christian\, or Zoroastrian) and biblical\, rabbinic\, and other Jewish traditions. \nShe co-authored an article with John Gager on the portrayal of Mary the mother of Jesus in the Toledot Yeshu\, an early medieval Jewish satire of Jesus’ life as recorded by the gospels. There she paid careful attention to the sympathy shown to Mary in the Jewish sources and how it might reflect broader Jewish interest in the figure of a messianic mother. In another article in a volume on Jewish and Christian Cosmogony in Late Antiquity\, Ahuvia analyzed depictions of the abyss in late antique church mosaics in the Transjordan region and the Near Eastern\, Greco-Roman\, as well as Jewish and Christian sources that may have inspired emphasis on this abstract concept. \nProfessor Ahuvia currently holds the Marsha and Jay Glazer Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/ancient-jewish-magic/
LOCATION:Odegaard Library 220\, 4060 George Washington Lane NE\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180425T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180425T183000
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SUMMARY:Judeo-Spanish (Ladino): Language Endangerment & Revitalization
DESCRIPTION:A 1913 article in the New York Tribune quotes a Sephardic man as saying\, “The language is almost extinct\,” in reference to his mother tongue\, Judeo-Spanish. \nMore than a century later\, however\, the language can still be found in a number of areas across the United States and abroad. What\, then\, is the status of this language? \nIn this presentation\, Prof. Bryan Kirschen (SUNY Binghamton) will consider what it means for a language to be endangered. How do linguists measure the vitality of a language\, and how do these measures apply to varieties of Judeo-Spanish? \nAfter examining the processes of language endangerment\, Prof. Kirschen will review preservation efforts and revitalization practices\, describing the benchmarks of success that Judeo-Spanish and its speakers have achieved\, as well as obstacles they continue to face in the twenty-first century. \nAbout the Speaker\nBryan Kirschen is an assistant professor of Hispanic Linguistics at SUNY-Binghamton. His research focuses on Judeo-Spanish\, which is also the subject of his documentary film\, Saved by Language.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/judeo-spanish-ladino-language-endangerment-revitalization/
LOCATION:Thomson Hall 101\, 2023 King Lane\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures,Sephardic Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180426T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180426T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T121208
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SUMMARY:On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the 20th Century
DESCRIPTION:Please note that the talk will take place in Kane 110. The event is also being livestreamed online – anyone can watch it! More information here. \nFrom Timothy Snyder\, one of America’s leading historians and public intellectuals\, comes an essential guide to survival and resistance in our times. \nThrough a series of twenty lessons drawn from the twentieth century\, Snyder will help us to understand the frightening parallels that exist between our current reality and the reality faced by twentieth century Europeans as totalitarian leaders rose to power. Using his knowledge of history\, Snyder shows us how to effectively resist and bring about change in times of political trouble. \nOverflow seating with an on-site livestream will be available in Kane Hall for this sold-out event.  \nAbout the Speaker\nTimothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University\, a member of the Committee on Conscience of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and a permanent fellow of the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. His latest book\, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (Tim Duggan Books; February 28\, 2017)\, has resonated with a world-wide audience. On Tyranny has been published in over a dozen countries and is a #1 New York Times Bestseller. \nA frequent guest at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna\, he has spent about ten years in Europe\, and speaks five and reads ten European languages. He is a regular commentator on radio\, TV and in print publications\, and an award-winning author of books such as Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin and Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning. \nSnyder received his doctorate from the University of Oxford in 1997\, where he was a British Marshall Scholar. Before joining the faculty at Yale in 2001\, he held fellowships in Paris\, Vienna\, and Warsaw\, and an Academy Scholarship at Harvard.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/on-tyranny-twenty-lessons-from-the-20th-century/
LOCATION:Kane Hall 110\, 4069 Spokane Lane\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures
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ORGANIZER;CN="Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies":MAILTO:jsis@uw.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180427T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180427T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T121208
CREATED:20180122T045420Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180220T175150Z
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SUMMARY:Grad Fellows: Israeli Diplomacy\, Jewish Refugees and Sephardic Soldiers in the 20th & 21st Centuries
DESCRIPTION:Join 2017-2018 Stroum Center Graduate Fellows Samuel Gordon\, Pablo Jairo Tutillo Maldonado\, and Ozgur Ozkan as they share their research on migration\, the Israeli state\, and military participation in this academic panel. \nA light lunch will be served.\n  \n \nSam Gordon\, Rabbi Arthur A. Jacobovitz Fellow\nPaper title: “21st Century Israeli Diplomacy: Challenges and Opportunities in a New Era” \nSam Gordon is currently a first-year master’s student at the Jackson School for International Studies concentrating on the Middle East. He is from Florida and attained a bachelor’s degree in 2014 from Florida State University majoring in History and International Affairs. After graduation\, Sam moved to Jerusalem and worked as a research assistant at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. He conducted research on topics including diplomacy and human rights in the Middle East. He also spent nine months living and working in Prague\, where he absorbed a great deal about Jewish communities of Central Europe. For his Graduate Fellowship project\, Sam plans to investigate the role Israel will play in the newly forming international order as well as the challenges and opportunities it faces on a global scale. His research interests include Israeli foreign policy\, geopolitics of the Middle East\, and the intersection between technology and foreign policy.\n  \n \nPablo Jairo Tutillo Maldonado\, Mickey Sreebny Memorial Scholar\nPaper title: “Neither Zionist\, nor Egyptian: The Forced Migration of the Jews of Egypt in the 1950s” \nPablo Jairo Tutillo Maldonado\, who hails from Connecticut\, will pursue an MA in Middle East Studies at the Jackson School in the Fall 2017. Pablo obtained his BA in International Relations and a minor in Arabic Studies from Connecticut College. Pablo has studied at Alexandria University in Egypt and at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. At UW\, Pablo is interested in researching the intersection of history and politics of countries in the Middle East\, particularly the political and historical narratives of Jewish refugees from the Arab world. He speaks conversational Arabic\, Hebrew and Turkish.\n  \n \nOzgur Ozkan\, Mervin & Georgiana Gorasht Fellow\nPaper title: “Seattle’s Sephardic Connections to the Northern Aegean: War\, Military Service\, and Migration in the Early Twentieth Century” \nOzgur Ozkan is a PhD candidate in the Jackson School of International Studies’ doctoral program. He holds a BS degree in Systems Engineering and an MA degree in Regional Security Studies from the US Naval Postgraduate School. Ozgur’s research covers nationalism\, ethnic politics\, and civil-military relations in the Middle East. He has been conducting research on non-Muslims’ experiences in the Ottoman Army in the early twentieth century. He is planning to study Sephardic Jewish heritage in the northern Aegean and southern Marmara\, especially in Canakkale and its vicinity\, as well as Jewish participation to the Balkan Wars and the First World War.\n 
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/grad-fellows-eastern-mediterranean-world-israeli-diplomacy-jewish-refugees-sephardic-soldiers-20th-21st-centuries/
LOCATION:HUB 145\, UW Campus\, 4001 E Stevens Way NE\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures,Graduate Fellows,Israel Studies,Sephardic Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180429T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180429T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T121208
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SUMMARY:Pre-Lecture Discussion of Gary Shteyngart's "Little Failure"
DESCRIPTION:In advance of the 2018 Stroum Lectures with the bestselling author and satirist Gary Shteyngart\, read excerpts from Shteyngart’s memoir\, Little Failure\, and engage in a discussion facilitated by Prof. Sasha Senderovich at the Stroum Jewish Community Center. \nLittle Failure is a humorous\, touching\, and deeply honest exploration of Shteyngart’s history – and his family’s – that delves deeply into the 20th century experience of Jews in the Soviet Union and follows them as immigrants to the United States. \nRSVP below for the selection from Little Failure; PDF versions are available. Check the registration confirmation to download the PDF of the reading. \nGet ready for the conversation\nCheck out Jewish in Seattle ‘s related coverage: \n\nQ&A with Gary Shteyngart (in drawings)\n“Immigrant Literature Should Make You a Little Uncomfortable” by Sasha Senderovich\n\nRegister for the May 7 & 9 Stroum Lectures here.\nGary Shteyngart was born in Leningrad in 1972 and immigrated to the United States seven years later. He is the author of three bestselling novels: The Russian Debutante’s Handbook (2002)\, Absurdistan (2006)\, and Super Sad True Love Story (2010). His newest novel\, Lake Success\, will be published in 2018.\nSasha Senderovich is an Assistant Professor of Slavic and Jewish Studies at the University of Washington\, Seattle. He teaches courses in Jewish literature and culture as well as Russian literature and film.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/pre-lecture-book-discussion-prof-sasha-senderovich/
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:20180430T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180430T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T121208
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SUMMARY:STUDENT EVENT: Discuss Gary Shteyngart's "Little Failure"
DESCRIPTION:In advance of the 2018 Stroum Lectures with the bestselling author and satirist Gary Shteyngart\, read excerpts from Shetyngart’s memoir Little Failure and engage in a discussion over dinner with Prof. Sasha Senderovich. \nLittle Failure is a humorous\, touching\, and deeply honest exploration of Shteyngart’s history – and his family’s – that delves deeply into the 20th century experience of Jews in the Soviet Union and follows them as immigrants to the United States.\n \nRSVP below for location; dinner provided. Copies of Little Failure available.\n \nRegister for the May 7 & 9 2018 Stroum Lectures here.\n  \nGet ready for the conversation\nCheck out Jewish in Seattle ‘s related coverage:  \n\nQ&A with Gary Shteyngart (in drawings)\n“Immigrant Literature Should Make You a Little Uncomfortable” by Sasha Senderovich\n\n \nGary Shteyngart was born in Leningrad in 1972 and immigrated to the United States seven years later. He is the author of three bestselling novels: The Russian Debutante’s Handbook (2002)\, Absurdistan (2006)\, and Super Sad True Love Story (2010). His newest novel\, Lake Success\, will be published in 2018.\n \nSasha Senderovich is an Assistant Professor of Slavic and Jewish Studies at the University of Washington\, Seattle. He teaches courses in Jewish literature and culture as well as Russian literature and film.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/student-event-discuss-gary-shteyngarts-little-failure/
LOCATION:RSVP for location
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Student
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180507T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180507T203000
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SUMMARY:Failure is an Option: Immigration\, Memory\, and the Russian Jewish Experience with Gary Shteyngart
DESCRIPTION:The Stroum Center for Jewish Studies proudly announces its 2018 Samuel and Althea Stroum Lecture series with Gary Shteyngart. \n \nA decade and a half ago\, with the publication of his 2002 novel The Russian Debutante’s Handbook\, the writer Gary Shteyngart launched a new wave of literary production by Jewish writers who immigrated to North America from the Soviet Union at a young age\, and who took up the pen in English\, their adopted tongue. By now\, works by award-winning and bestselling writers Anya Ulinich\, David Bezmozgis\, Boris Fishman\, Lara Vapnyar\, Irina Reyn\, Nadia Kalman\, Sana Krasikov\, and others easily fill an impressive—and growing—bookshelf. Coinciding with the flourishing of English-language literature by authors of diverse national\, ethnic\, and cultural backgrounds such as Jhumpa Lahiri\, Junot Díaz\, and Chang-rae Lee\, this cohort of writers placed the experience of Russian Jewish immigrants on the map of contemporary American fiction. \nShteyngart followed his debut with two more satirical novels. Absurdistan (2006) was a whimsical yet darkly comic take on both Vladimir Putin’s oligarchy and George W. Bush’s America. Super Sad True Love Story (2010) presented a dystopian vision of America’s decline that was filled with prophesies on issues ranging from surveillance technology to economic disparity that have gradually—and stunningly—been coming true in the years since. Vastly different in their breadth and set in a range of real and imagined locations the world over\, Shteyngart’s first three novels explored different versions of a series of nebbishes who\, in parodic ways\, resembled the author himself. \nWith the publication of his memoir Little Failure in 2014\, Shteyngart appears to have closed a chapter of his career that built rich fictional worlds on his satirized autobiography. Little Failure—a humorous\, touching\, and deeply honest exploration of his family’s and his own history delved deeply into the 20th century experience of Jews in the Soviet Union and during immigration that sat at the core of Shteyngart’s earlier fiction. In his anticipated new novel\, Lake Success\, to be published in autumn of 2018\, Shteyngart is poised to pivot in a new direction and to train his perceptive gaze on unfolding American realities. Set during a time that Shteyngart’s narrator defines as “the first summer of Trump\,” the novel launches its American Jewish protagonist—a hedge fund broker of dubious accomplishments and a failed father and husband—on a life-changing trip across the United States aboard a Greyhound bus. Semi-cognizant of other literary protagonists who had previously undertaken similar journeys of self-discovery and failed\, and not entirely unaware that such pursuits of lost time tend to yield disappointing results\, Shteyngart’s new hero offers profound observations of a native country he hadn’t known before\, its fabric of fragile human relationships rapidly and starkly fraying all around him. \nThe 2018 Stroum Lectures with Gary Shteyngart will offer an opportunity to look back on the first fifteen years of the writer’s career and to look ahead to his future literary pursuits. In a series of conversations with Sasha Senderovich\, Assistant Professor of Russian and Jewish Studies at UW\, and readings\, Gary Shteyngart will explore the questions of the role of humor and comedy in today’s world\, immigration and the Jewish experience\, prescient issues in Russian-American political and cultural relations\, and the satirist’s role in authoritarian societies. \nThis event is free and open to the public\, but RSVP is required. Please register for the May 7 lecture at the bottom of this page\, and for the May 9 lecture on its event page. \nThe Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies are an annual series of talks given by luminaries in the field of Jewish Studies\, hosted by Stroum Jewish Studies at the University of Washington. For more than thirty years\, through the generosity of Samuel and Althea Stroum\, Jewish Studies has been able to bolster public scholarship around Judaism. View highlights from the past thirty years below\, or scroll further to learn more about the history of the lectures and view the full archive. \n 
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/our-events/2018-stroum-lectures-gary-shteyngart/
LOCATION:Kane Hall 120\, 4069 Spokane Ln\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, US
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures,Arts & Culture
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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:20180509T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180509T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T121208
CREATED:20171122T192340Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180129T214048Z
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SUMMARY:I Alone Can Fix It: Tales from the New Dystopia with Gary Shteyngart
DESCRIPTION:The Stroum Center for Jewish Studies proudly announces its 2018 Samuel and Althea Stroum Lecture series with Gary Shteyngart. \n \nA decade and a half ago\, with the publication of his 2002 novel The Russian Debutante’s Handbook\, the writer Gary Shteyngart launched a new wave of literary production by Jewish writers who immigrated to North America from the Soviet Union at a young age\, and who took up the pen in English\, their adopted tongue. By now\, works by award-winning and bestselling writers Anya Ulinich\, David Bezmozgis\, Boris Fishman\, Lara Vapnyar\, Irina Reyn\, Nadia Kalman\, Sana Krasikov\, and others easily fill an impressive—and growing—bookshelf. Coinciding with the flourishing of English-language literature by authors of diverse national\, ethnic\, and cultural backgrounds such as Jhumpa Lahiri\, Junot Díaz\, and Chang-rae Lee\, this cohort of writers placed the experience of Russian Jewish immigrants on the map of contemporary American fiction. \nShteyngart followed his debut with two more satirical novels. Absurdistan (2006) was a whimsical yet darkly comic take on both Vladimir Putin’s oligarchy and George W. Bush’s America. Super Sad True Love Story (2010) presented a dystopian vision of America’s decline that was filled with prophesies on issues ranging from surveillance technology to economic disparity that have gradually—and stunningly—been coming true in the years since. Vastly different in their breadth and set in a range of real and imagined locations the world over\, Shteyngart’s first three novels explored different versions of a series of nebbishes who\, in parodic ways\, resembled the author himself. \nWith the publication of his memoir Little Failure in 2014\, Shteyngart appears to have closed a chapter of his career that built rich fictional worlds on his satirized autobiography. Little Failure—a humorous\, touching\, and deeply honest exploration of his family’s and his own history delved deeply into the 20th century experience of Jews in the Soviet Union and during immigration that sat at the core of Shteyngart’s earlier fiction. In his anticipated new novel\, Lake Success\, to be published in autumn of 2018\, Shteyngart is poised to pivot in a new direction and to train his perceptive gaze on unfolding American realities. Set during a time that Shteyngart’s narrator defines as “the first summer of Trump\,” the novel launches its American Jewish protagonist—a hedge fund broker of dubious accomplishments and a failed father and husband—on a life-changing trip across the United States aboard a Greyhound bus. Semi-cognizant of other literary protagonists who had previously undertaken similar journeys of self-discovery and failed\, and not entirely unaware that such pursuits of lost time tend to yield disappointing results\, Shteyngart’s new hero offers profound observations of a native country he hadn’t known before\, its fabric of fragile human relationships rapidly and starkly fraying all around him. \nThe 2018 Stroum Lectures with Gary Shteyngart will offer an opportunity to look back on the first fifteen years of the writer’s career and to look ahead to his future literary pursuits. In a series of conversations with Sasha Senderovich\, Assistant Professor of Russian and Jewish Studies at UW\, and readings\, Gary Shteyngart will explore the questions of the role of humor and comedy in today’s world\, immigration and the Jewish experience\, prescient issues in Russian-American political and cultural relations\, and the satirist’s role in authoritarian societies. \nThis event is free and open to the public\, but RSVP is required. Please register for the May 9 lecture at the bottom of this page\, and for the May 7 lecture on its event page. \nThe Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies are an annual series of talks given by luminaries in the field of Jewish Studies\, hosted by Stroum Jewish Studies at the University of Washington. For more than thirty years\, through the generosity of Samuel and Althea Stroum\, Jewish Studies has been able to bolster public scholarship around Judaism. View highlights from the past thirty years below\, or scroll further to learn more about the history of the lectures and view the full archive.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/our-events/2018-stroum-lectures-gary-shteyngart/
LOCATION:Kane Hall 120\, 4069 Spokane Ln\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, US
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures,Arts & Culture
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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:20180514T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180514T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T121208
CREATED:20180122T051450Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180508T165747Z
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SUMMARY:Grad Fellows: Reviving Languages & Teaching the Middle East
DESCRIPTION:Join 2017-2018 Stroum Center Graduate Fellows Rob Keener and Sara Molaie as they share their research on human rights issues and diplomacy in Israel and other countries in the Middle East. \nA light lunch will be served. \n \nRob Keener\, Israel Studies Program Fellow\n“Constructing a Project-Based Learning Curriculum to Teach the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict” \nRobert Keener was born in Houston\, Texas\, where he attended St. Thomas High School and Texas Tech University. After college\, Robert spent two years working in the oil and gas industry in Houston before academia came calling. He attended Ole Miss in Oxford\, Mississippi\, where he took two courses on the history of the Middle East that sparked an interest in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The multi-sided presentation of the conflict by his mentor\, Dr. Nikolas Trepanier\, was far different than the single-sided polemics that he had previously heard. While at Ole Miss\, Robert focused on studying systems of oppression such as apartheid\, Jim Crow and imperialism. After earning his MA in history\, Robert enrolled in the University of Washington’s Multicultural Education doctoral program\, where his research centers on teaching controversial topics in social studies\, global citizenship education\, and the construction of knowledge. When he is not working as a research assistant at the Center for Multicultural Education or trying to earn his doctorate\, Robert enjoys hiking in the mountains with his wife Emily and their chocolate lab named Rylee.\n  \n \nSara Molaie\, Robert & Pamela Center Fellow\n“Hebrew and Persian Revival Movements in the 19th Century” \nSara Molaie is pursuing her Master’s in Comparative Religion in the Jackson School.  As a member of the minority Baha’i community in Iran where she grew up\, Molaie has had to overcome many challenges. After she immigrated to the United States in 2009\, she focused her post-secondary education on religious studies\, in an effort to contribute to raising awareness of the possibilities for multicultural coexistence. With a focus on Judaism and Islam\, she completed elementary biblical and modern Hebrew and intermediate Arabic in her undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Washington. Working on her MA thesis\, which is related to the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language\, she is going to advance her Hebrew in the summer as an FLAS awardee.\n 
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/grad-fellows-human-rights-diplomacy-middle-east/
LOCATION:HUB 145\, UW Campus\, 4001 E Stevens Way NE\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures,Graduate Fellows,Israel Studies
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ORGANIZER;CN="UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishst@uw.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180527T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180527T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T121208
CREATED:20180512T233545Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180512T233545Z
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SUMMARY:SIFF Film: The Oslo Diaries
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.siff.net/festival/the-oslo-diaries#new_tab
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180531T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180531T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T121208
CREATED:20180512T233139Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180524T233309Z
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SUMMARY:The Ottoman Last Decade: The Perspectives of "The Other Ottomans"
DESCRIPTION:Discover the fate of non-Turkish populations—especially Ladino-speaking Jews—during the final years of the Ottoman Empire in this lecture by Prof. Eyal Ginio. Prof. Ginio will discuss the significance and inclusion of non-Turkish speaking populations in current discussions on the late Ottoman period. No RSVP is required. \nAbout the Speaker\nEyal Ginio is an Associate Professor in the Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem\, and is also the Coordinator of the Forum of Turkish Studies at the Institute of Asian and African Studies. He also serves as the chairman of the Ben-Zvi Institute for the Study of Jewish Communities in the East. \nHis research interests include the social and cultural history of the Ottoman State\, marginality and marginal populations in Ottoman society\, Islam in the Balkans\, and secular writing in Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) during the late Ottoman period. \nThe event is co-sponsored with the Middle East Center of The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/eyal-ginio-ottoman-last-decade-perspectives-minorities-ottomans/
LOCATION:Thomson 317\, UW Campus\, 2023 Skagit Lane\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures,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:20180926T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180926T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T121208
CREATED:20180921T220713Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180924T213857Z
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SUMMARY:STUDENT EVENT: Dawg Daze with Jewish Studies
DESCRIPTION:Come find the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies on Red Square during the Student Activities Fair during Dawg Daze. \nGrab a free Stroum Center tote bag\, enter to win a free gift card to the University Book Store\, and stay a while to chat! \nEmail us with any questions or if you can’t find us!
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/student-event-dawg-daze-with-jewish-studies/
LOCATION:Red Square
CATEGORIES:Student
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181024T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181024T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T121208
CREATED:20180921T213825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181018T184049Z
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SUMMARY:STUDENT EVENT: Medical Experimentation: Past\, Present & Future Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Why do we need informed consent? What is ethically based experimentation? Who are the vulnerable people protected under the law?  \nIn this discussion/lecture\, join faculty member Dr. Hadar Khazzam-Horovitz to review the dark side of medical experimentation on human subjects. These cases show how participants’ rights were grossly violated in the name of scientific progress.  \nThe discussion examine the various mechanisms in place to protect human subjects in the current scheme\, then\, through case studies\, wthe new technology of gene editing (Chrispr – cas9) and the ethical issues it raises\, both from Jewish and secular perspectives. \nOpen to undergraduate and graduate students only. \nVegetarian dinner provided. \nRSVP for location. \nTo request disability accommodation\, contact the Disability Services Office at 206-543-6450 (voice)\, 206-543-6452 (TTY)\, 206-685-7264 (fax)\, or dso@uw.edu. The University of Washington makes every effort to honor disability accommodation requests. Requests can be responded to most effectively if received as far in advance of the event as possible\, preferably at least 10 days.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/medical-experimentation/
LOCATION:RSVP for location
CATEGORIES:Student
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181029T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181029T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T121208
CREATED:20180919T001957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181008T205947Z
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SUMMARY:"What We Talk About When We Talk About Hebrew (and What It Means to Americans)" Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Professor Naomi Sokoloff will discuss her new book “What We Talk About When We Talk About Hebrew (and What It Means to Americans)\,” co-edited with Professor Nancy Berg of Washington University\, St. Louis. \nThe volume collects ten essays on the past\, present\, and future of the Hebrew language from contributors to the Stroum Center’s 2016 Hebrew and the Humanities Symposium\, which invited Hebrew experts from around the world to share their thoughts on the language. (Read some of their short essays about Hebrew.) \n“What We Talk About When We Talk About Hebrew (and What It Means to Americans)” is available from the University of Washington Press. Read a review from Moment Magazine and a writeup by the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. \nA catered vegetarian reception will follow the talk. \nAbout the Speaker\nProfessor Naomi Sokoloff teaches Hebrew and modern Jewish literature in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization and The Department of Comparative Literature\, Cinema and Media at UW. Her research interests cover a range of modern Jewish writing\, with special focus on the representation of childhood in narrative\, on Holocaust studies\, and on feminist criticism. \nThis event is cosponsored by the Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization and The Middle East Center. \nRegister for the Event
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/naomi-sokoloff-what-we-talk-about-hebrew-book-launch/
LOCATION:HUB 145\, UW Campus\, 4001 E Stevens Way NE\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures,Arts & Culture,Israel Studies
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ORGANIZER;CN="UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishst@uw.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181030T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181030T153000
DTSTAMP:20260403T121208
CREATED:20180921T211818Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181026T213010Z
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SUMMARY:STUDENT EVENT: Israeli Nation-State Bill Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Meet with Stroum Center director Professor Noam Pianko to discuss perspectives on Israel’s recent nation-state bill\, which states that Israel is the “historical homeland of the Jewish people.” \nNo prior knowledge is required! Professor Pianko will start by explaining the bill\, its political significance\, and the conversation around it. If you would like to learn more before attending the event\, check out the (short) full text of the bill\, an explanation of opposition to the bill\, and a defense of the bill. \nCoffee and pastries provided. \nThis event open to undergraduates and graduate students only. \nPlease RSVP for location. \nTo request disability accommodation\, contact the Disability Services Office at 206-543-6450 (voice)\, 206-543-6452 (TTY)\, 206-685-7264 (fax)\, or dso@uw.edu. The University of Washington makes every effort to honor disability accommodation requests. Requests can be responded to most effectively if received as far in advance of the event as possible\, preferably at least 10 days.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/jewish-studies-coffee-hour/
LOCATION:RSVP for location
CATEGORIES:Student
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ORGANIZER;CN="UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishst@uw.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181107T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181107T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T121208
CREATED:20181101T231749Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181107T165940Z
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SUMMARY:Faculty Panel: Responding to Pittsburgh
DESCRIPTION:Image from the Los Angeles Times. \nJoin University of Washington faculty to discuss and reflect on the Pittsburgh tragedy from a variety of scholarly perspectives. Participants include scholars of Jewish history\, Nazi Germany\, and immigrant and minority experiences in the United States. \nThe event will be video-recorded and will be available to view soon. \nFaculty panelists\nNoam Pianko\, Director\, Stroum Center for Jewish Studies (moderator)\nKathie Friedman\, Jackson School faculty\nSusan A. Glenn\, History faculty\nLaurie Marhoefer\, History faculty\nDevin Naar\, Isaac Alhadeff Professor in Sephardic Studies\nSasha Senderovich\, Jackson School and Slavic Languages and Literatures faculty \nThis event is cosponsored with the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and the Department of History.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/responding-to-pittsburgh/
LOCATION:Thomson Hall 101\, 2023 King Lane\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures
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ORGANIZER;CN="UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishst@uw.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181113T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181113T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T121208
CREATED:20180919T004645Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181222T000904Z
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SUMMARY:"Democracy in Exile: Hans Speier and the Rise of the Defense Intellectual" Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Daniel Bessner\, assistant professor of international studies\, will discuss his new book\, “Democracy in Exile: Hans Speier and the Rise of the Defense Intellectual\,” his biography of Hans Speier\, a defense analyst who worked for the RAND Corporation think tank in the 1950s and 1960s. \nBessner’s book shows how the Weimar Republic’s collapse and the rise of Nazism informed Hans Speier’s work as an American policymaker and institution builder\, delving into Speier’s intellectual development and illuminating the ideological origins of the expert-centered approach to foreign policymaking\, revealing the European roots of Cold War liberalism. \n“Democracy in Exile” places Speier at the center of the influential and fascinating transatlantic network of policymakers\, many of them German émigrés\, who struggled with the tension between elite expertise and democratic politics. Bessner depicts the critical role Speier played in the shift in American intellectual history in which hundreds of social scientists left their universities and contributed to the creation of an expert-based approach to U.S. foreign relations\, in the process establishing close connections between governmental and nongovernmental organizations. As Bessner writes: to understand the rise of the defense intellectual\, we must understand Hans Speier. \nListen to Cornell University Press’ interview with Daniel Bessner on the book. \n“Democracy in Exile: Hans Speier and the Rise of the Defense Intellectual” is available now from Cornell University Press. \nThis event will include a vegetarian catered reception. \nAbout the Speaker\nDaniel Bessner is the Anne H.H. and Kenneth B. Pyle Assistant Professor in American Foreign Policy in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. He works on intellectual and cultural history\, U.S. foreign relations\, the history of democratic thought\, and the history of the social sciences. \nThis event is co-sponsored by the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/daniel-bessner-hans-speier-defense-intellectual-book-launch/
LOCATION:HUB 334\, UW Campus\, 4001 E Stevens Way NE\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures
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ORGANIZER;CN="UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishst@uw.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181116T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181118T153000
DTSTAMP:20260403T121208
CREATED:20181113T193045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181113T193045Z
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Spinoza on Freedom and the Highest Good
DESCRIPTION:Professor Michael Rosenthal has organized a workshop\, “Spinoza on Freedom and the Highest Good: Workshop on Ethics\, Part V\,” which will take place from Friday\, November 16 to Sunday\, November 18th. \nSeven scholars will discuss issues raised by Spinoza’s treatise “Ethics\, Part V\,” including concepts of freedom\, reason and the role of imagination in seeking the highest good. View the three-day workshop’s full schedule at the Department of Philosophy website. \nThe workshop is supported by the Saari Endowment\, the Department of Philosophy\, and the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Washington.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/workshop-spinoza-on-freedom-and-the-highest-good/
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181127T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181127T122000
DTSTAMP:20260403T121208
CREATED:20180918T235833Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181222T000908Z
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SUMMARY:Towards a Sustainable Population Policy in Israel: New Axioms for a Crowded Planet
DESCRIPTION:Alon Tal of Tel Aviv University will discuss challenges around population growth in Israel\, a country that is on track to become denser than Japan in a few decades. How can policymakers and planners encourage sustainable growth — and a high quality of life in crowded spaces — through policies and other interventions? The lessons Tal shares will be increasingly important for growing cities in the United States and elsewhere. \nRSVP below\, and get ready with Alon Tal’s recent article: “Life in Israel Has Become Very\, Very Crowded” \nAbout the Speaker\nAlon Tal is the chair of the Department of Public Policy at Tel Aviv University. In 1990\, he founded the Israel Union for Environmental Defense\, Israel’s leading green advocacy organization\, as well as the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies. Between 2010 and 2013 he served as chair of Israel’s Green Party. At age 48\, Israel’s Ministry of Environment presented him with a life achievement award. Presently Tal is co-chair of Tzafuf\, the Israel Forum for Population\, Environment and Society\, as well as co-chair of This is My Earth. In 2005\, Tal was the winner of the Bronfman prize\, a humanitarian award for young leaders. He has held faculty positions at Ben Gurion\, Harvard\, Stanford\, Michigan State\, Sciences Po\, and Otago Universities. He has over 100 publication and has written or edited ten books. Alon plays fiddle and mandolin for the Arava Riders\, one of Israel’s veteran bluegrass bands. \nThis event is cosponsored by the Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/alon-tal-israel-sustainable-population-policy-in-israel-axioms-crowded-planet/
LOCATION:Thomson 317\, UW Campus\, 2023 Skagit Lane\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures,Israel 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:20181127T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181127T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T121208
CREATED:20180706T201133Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181222T000909Z
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SUMMARY:Water and the Environment in the Middle East: Israel's Sustainability Challenges in the Desalination Era
DESCRIPTION:Alon Tal of Tel Aviv University will give the 2018 Jack and Rebecca Benaroya Endowed Lecture in Israel Studies on the topic of Israel’s new dependence on desalination\, assessing the sustainability of desalination as a source of usable water and the lessons that Israel’s experience can offer an increasingly water-scarce world. \nAlso with Alon Tal on Tuesday\, 11/27 (11am\, Thomson 317): Towards a Sustainable Population Policy in Israel: Axioms for a Crowded Planet \nAbout the Speaker\nAlon Tal is the chair of the Department of Public Policy at Tel Aviv University. In 1990\, he founded the Israel Union for Environmental Defense\, Israel’s leading green advocacy organization\, as well as the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies. Between 2010 and 2013 he served as chair of Israel’s Green Party. Israel’s Ministry of Environment gave him a lifetime achievement award at age 48. Presently Tal is co-chair of Tzafuf\, the Israel Forum for Population\, Environment and Society\, as well as co-chair of This is My Earth. In 2005\, Tal was the winner of the Bronfman prize\, a humanitarian award for young leaders. He has held faculty positions at Ben Gurion\, Harvard\, Stanford\, Michigan State\, Science Po and Otago Universities. Tal has over 100 publication and has written or edited ten books. He plays fiddle and mandolin for the Arava Riders\, one of Israel’s veteran bluegrass bands. \nRegister for the Event\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is cosponsored by the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs. \nVegetarian reception to follow.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/alon-tal-israel-benaroya-lecture/
LOCATION:Kane Hall 110\, 4069 Spokane Lane\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures,Israel 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:20181205T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181205T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T121208
CREATED:20180827T231636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200225T224328Z
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SUMMARY:Ladino Day 2018: Jewish Folktales of the Mediterranean
DESCRIPTION:Illustration by Aude Samama (2014) \n \nLadino Day 2018 will showcase a creative initiative to bring Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) traditions to future generations. \nParis-based author François Azar will discuss his two new collections of Sephardic folktales\, “The Jewish Parrot” and “Bewitched by Solika” — written in both Ladino and English — and the significance of storytelling and art in Sephardic culture. Through live performance\, members of Seattle’s “Ladineros” Ladino-speaking group will help to bring several of these classic tales to life. \n* Watch the full video of Ladino Day 2018 now * \nAbout Judeo-Spanish Tales\nIllustration by Petros Bouloubasis (2016) \nJudeo-Spanish tales transmit the wisdom and humor of Sephardic Jews\, Jews who originated in the Iberian peninsula (present-day Spain) and who settled all around the Mediterranean\, particularly in the Balkans\, Turkey and northern Morocco. Sephardic Jews adapted their neighbors’ tales and legends to their own culture\, while also crafting original stories set in their new environments. \nTales were transmitted orally within families\, providing entertainment\, relief from everyday worries\, and a way to laugh off human weaknesses. Through these tales\, essential elements of Jewish and universal life are transmitted in a lively\, imaginative way. The tales collected in “The Jewish Parrot” and “Bewitched by Solika” are presented in both English and Judeo-Spanish (Ladino)\, a language based in old Castilian that has been enriched by borrowed elements of Turkish\, Greek\, Hebrew\, Arabic\, Italian\, Portuguese and French. \nAbout the Speaker\nFrançois Azar is the vice president of the Judeo-Spanish society Aki Estamos – Les Amis de la Lettre Sépharade and the founder of Lior Press in Paris\, France. \nRead a profile of François Azar\, and learn more about his Ladino publishing initiative and his connection to Ladino folktales: \nFrançois Azar brings folktales and the French Sephardic revival to Seattle Ladino Day — by Hannah Pressman\nRegister for the Event\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is made possible through the generosity of the Lucie Benveniste Kavesh Endowed Fund for Sephardic Studies\, and is cosponsored by Congregation Sephardic Bikur Holim\, Congregation Ezra Bessaroth\, Seattle Sephardic Network\, the Departments of Spanish and Portuguese Studies\, French and Italian Studies\, and Linguistics; and the Turkish & Ottoman Studies Program in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/sephardic-folktales-francois-azar-ladino-day-2018/
LOCATION:Kane Hall 130\, 4069 Spokane Lane\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,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:20190115T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190115T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T121208
CREATED:20180922T000256Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190123T034950Z
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SUMMARY:Zionism and Emotion: Love\, Fear\, and Guilt
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, Derek Penslar of Harvard University will consider Zionism\, and by extension all forms of modern nationalism\, as expressions of emotion. Like emotions\, nationalisms vary\, and Zionism has\, in different times and places\, conformed to erotic\, spiritual\, parental\, and companionate forms of human feeling and attachment. \nThe talk will span the history of the Zionist project\, demonstrating the positive effects of emotions as a source of strength and sacrifice\, but also showing how and when nationalistic emotions have catalyzed the hatred of others. \nThe talk draws on Penslar’s research for his current book project\,”Zionism: An Emotional State” (for Rutgers University Press’ “Keywords in Jewish Studies” series). \n  \nThis event is cosponsored by the Middle East Center and Department of History. \nAbout the Speaker\nDerek Penslar is the William Lee Frost Professor of Modern Jewish History at Harvard University. His work encompasses the history of the Jews in modern West and Central Europe\, North America\, and Palestine/Israel. He is particularly interested in the relationship between modern Israel and diaspora Jewish societies\, global nationalist movements\, European colonialism\, and post-colonial states. \nPenslar has taught at Indiana University\, Bloomington\, the University of Toronto\, and Oxford University\, where he served as the inaugural Stanley Lewis Professor of Modern Israel Studies from 2012 until 2016. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and President of the American Academy for Jewish Research. \nPenslar has authored or edited ten books\, including “Shylock’s Children: Economics and Jewish Identity in Modern Europe” (2001)\, “Israel in History: The Jewish State in Comparative Perspective” (2006)\, “The Origins of the State of Israel: A Documentary History” (2011)\, “Jews and the Military: A History” (2013) and “Theodor Herzl: The Charismatic Leader” (forthcoming in Yale University Press’ “Jewish Lives” series). \n 
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/zionism-and-emotion-love-fear-and-guilt/
LOCATION:Kane Hall 110\, 4069 Spokane Lane\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190128T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190128T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T121208
CREATED:20180922T003559Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190228T215200Z
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SUMMARY:Jews and Human Rights: Forgotten Past\, Uncertain Future
DESCRIPTION:The year 2018 marks the seventieth anniversary of both the state of Israel and the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Both remain tied together in the ongoing debates about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict\, global anti-Semitism\, and American foreign policy. Yet the surprising connections between Zionism and the origins of international human rights are completely unknown today. \nDrawing on his recent book\, “Rooted Cosmopolitans: Jews and Human Rights in the Twentieth Century\,” Professor James Loeffler will explain how and why Jews helped to build the modern human rights movement\, and what this recovered history reveals about the future of both Jewish politics and international law. \nAbout the speaker\nJames Loeffler is Professor of History and the inaugural holder of the Berkowitz Endowed Chair in Jewish History at the University of Virginia. He is the author of “Rooted Cosmopolitans: Jews and Human Rights in the Twentieth Century” (2018) and “The Most Musical Nation: Jews and Culture in the Late Russian Empire” (2010)\, and co-editor of “The Law of Strangers: Jewish Lawyers and International Law in Historical Perspective” (2019). Professor Loeffler’s writing has also appeared in the New York Times\, the Wall Street Journal\, Slate\, Mosaic\, Tablet\, and Haaretz.\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/human-rights-jewish-activism-james-loeffler/
LOCATION:HUB 145\, UW Campus\, 4001 E Stevens Way NE\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190205T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190205T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T121208
CREATED:20181218T194117Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201204T024915Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELED: Dancing with the Angel of Death: Demonic Femininity in the Ancient Synagogue
DESCRIPTION:“Lady Lilth” by Dante Gabriel Rossetti\, 1873. \n**The University of Washington Seattle campus has suspended operations Tuesday\, due to continued icy conditions around the region. We are therefore unable to host “Dancing with the Angel of Death” with Laura Lieber. Keep an eye on our e-journal for articles on this topic. \nWhat makes a woman powerful… and dangerous? Can what makes her “good” also be a potential “evil”? \nIn this talk\, Laura Lieber (Duke University) will consider a striking presentation of demonic femininity in the early synagogue era (ca. 6th century CE)\, centering around a dramatic poem depicting a nefarious woman accused of adultery (a “Sotah“) and the magic ritual for determining her guilt or innocence (Numbers 5:12-31). \nHow does this synagogue performance expand on traditions as preserved in rabbinic sources\, and resonate with magical texts and traditions of the time? How does the portrayal of the accused woman relate to universal human fears\, and the recurring fear around women’s power to arouse male desire in particular? \nRead the poems Dr. Lieber will be discussing here. \nAbout the speaker\nLaura S. Lieber is Professor of Religious Studies and Classics at Duke University\, where she directs the Center for Jewish Studies and the Center for Late Ancient Studies. \n  \n  \n  \nThis talk is supported by a Royalty Research Fund grant given to Stroum Center faculty member Mika Ahuvia for the 2018-19 academic year.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/laura-leiber-demonic-femininity-ancient-synagogue/
LOCATION:Thomson 317\, UW Campus\, 2023 Skagit Lane\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures
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ORGANIZER;CN="UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishst@uw.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190206T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190206T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T121208
CREATED:20180921T214955Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190126T015656Z
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SUMMARY:STUDENT EVENT: Reading Group for "The Best Place on Earth"
DESCRIPTION:In advance of author Ayelet Tsabari‘s upcoming visit to the UW\, undergrads are invited to discuss Tsabari’s 2013 novel\, “The Best Place on Earth\,” with Professor Sasha Senderovich. \nA complimentary copy of the book will be provided in advance to students who RSVP. \nVegetarian dinner provided. \nPlease RSVP for location and to reserve a copy of the book. \n\n\n\nAbout the speaker\n\nAyelet Tsabari\, who now lives and teaches Creative Writing in Toronto\, was born in Israel to a large family of Yemeni descent. Her first book\, “The Best Place on Earth\,” won the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and the Edward Lewis Wallant Award and was longlisted to the Frank O’Connor International Short StoryAward.\n\n\nNote that Tsabari will also be speaking at the UW on February 28\, 2019. Tickets are free and all are welcome.\n  \n\nTo request disability accommodation\, contact the Disability Services Office at 206-543-6450 (voice)\, 206-543-6452 (TTY)\, 206-685-7264 (fax)\, or dso@uw.edu. The University of Washington makes every effort to honor disability accommodation requests. Requests can be responded to most effectively if received as far in advance of the event as possible\, preferably at least 10 days.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/student-reading-group/
LOCATION:RSVP for location
CATEGORIES:Student
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190212T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190212T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T121208
CREATED:20180922T010225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201203T142049Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELED: How Frontier Jews Made American Judaism
DESCRIPTION:**The University of Washington Seattle campus has suspended operations Tuesday\, due to continued snow accumulation. We are therefore unable to host this event. Keep an eye on our e-journal for articles on this topic. \nThe first mass migration in American Jewish history took place in the nineteenth century\, during the era of westward expansion and “manifest destiny.” \nShari Rabin\,  author of the new book “Jews on the Frontier: Religion and Mobility in the Nineteenth Century” (NYU Press) and assistant professor of Jewish studies at the College of Charleston\, will discuss how far-flung Jewish migrants in this era shaped the religious idioms\, institutions\, and ideologies of American Judaism\, paving the way for the unique realities of American Jewish life today. \nGet ready: \n\nPodcast interview with Shari Rabin on “Jews on the Frontier” by Jewish History Matters\n\nAbout the speaker\nShari Rabin received a Ph.D. in religious studies from Yale University in 2015 and is currently assistant professor of Jewish Studies and director of the Pearlstine/Lipov Center for Southern Jewish Culture at the College of Charleston. A historian of American religions and modern Judaism\, she is the author of “Jews on the Frontier: Religion and Mobility in Nineteenth-century America” (New York University Press\, 2017)\, which won the National Jewish Book Award in American Jewish Studies and was a finalist for the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. \nRegister for the event
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/frontier-jews-american-judaism-shari-rabin/
LOCATION:HUB 145\, UW Campus\, 4001 E Stevens Way NE\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures
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