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Ladino Day 2018: Jewish Folktales of the Mediterranean

Kane Hall 130 4069 Spokane Lane, Seattle, WA, United States

Ladino Day 2018 will showcase Paris-based author François Azar's collections of Ladino folktales, which bring Sephardic traditions to new generations.

Zionism and Emotion: Love, Fear, and Guilt

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

Professor Derek Penslar will consider Zionism, and all forms of modern nationalism, as expressions of emotions -- emotions that motivate both positive strengths and negative feelings of guilt.

Jews and Human Rights: Forgotten Past, Uncertain Future

HUB 145, UW Campus 4001 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA, United States

Professor James Loeffler will discuss the nearly forgotten ties between Zionism, Jewish activism, and the emergence of the international human rights movement.

CANCELED: How Frontier Jews Made American Judaism

HUB 145, UW Campus 4001 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA, United States

Professor Shari Rabin explores how Jewish migrants in the era of westward expansion shaped the religious idioms, institutions, and ideologies of American Judaism.

STUDENT EVENT: The Rabbis on Love

Get insights on love, desire, and relationships from the greatest rabbis in history. Discussion over coffee with Mika Ahuvia (Jewish Studies, Comparative Religion).

3/4 TALK | New Language, New Story: How Translation Changed the Bible for Sephardic Jews Across History

Thomson Hall 101 2023 King Lane, Seattle, WA, United States

Dr. David Wacks will discuss the history of Sephardic engagement with the Tanakh, from the medieval Arabic translations to the Ladino and Judeo-Spanish translations, commentaries, and legends through which generations of Sepharadim reinterpreted the Tanakh for the worlds in which they lived.