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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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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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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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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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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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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180430T200000
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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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