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SUMMARY:STUDENT EVENT: Conversation with author Ayelet Tsabari
DESCRIPTION:Undergrads are invited to meet with Ayelet Tsabari\, author of the award-winning collection of short stories “The Best Place on Earth” and the new memoir “The Art of Leaving.” \nCoffee and pastries provided. Participants will receive a complimentary copy of “The Art of Leaving.” \nRSVP to Student Engagement Director Lauren Kurland for location. \n \n“The Art of Leaving: A Memoir” (2019)\, Tsabari’s new book\, traces the writer’s journey from her childhood home on the outskirts of Tel Aviv to Vancouver and Toronto — and from her native Hebrew to her adopted English — alongside the story of her grandparents’ migration from Yemen to the land of Israel in the 1930s. An astute observer of lives of Mizrahi Jews (Jews of Arab lands) in Israel and beyond\, in “The Art of Leaving” Tsabari delivers a powerful coming-of-age story that reflects on identity and belonging and explores themes of family and home — both inherited and chosen. \nTsabari will also be speaking at the UW on February 28\, 2019. Tickets are free and all undergraduate students are welcome. \nAbout the speaker\n\nAyelet Tsabari 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 Story Award. She currently lives and teaches creative writing in Toronto.\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-conversation-with-author-ayelet-tsabari/
LOCATION:RSVP for location
CATEGORIES:Student
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SUMMARY:3/4 TALK | New Language\, New Story: How Translation Changed the Bible for Sephardic Jews Across History
DESCRIPTION:The Torah\, as Heinrich Heine is said to have written\, is the portable homeland of the Jews. As Jews move from place to place\, the land that is the setting for the Bible (or “Tanakh\,” in Hebrew) is the one place that does not change. In their diaspora\, Jewish communities learn new languages with each move\, and use these languages to reinterpret the stories of the Bible anew. \nIn this talk\, Dr. David Wacks of the University of Oregon will discuss the history of how new translations affected Sephardic Jews’ understanding of the Bible and biblical stories\, from medieval Arabic translations to later translations into Ladino and Judeo-Spanish.  \nWacks will explore how generations of Sepharadim (Jews in the Mediterranean) used translations\, commentaries and legends from their own time periods to reinterpret the Bible in new ways for the world in which they lived\, and offer insights into how translation might influence our own understandings of important texts. \nGet ready with a related essay by David Wacks: “Rabbis\, a Spanish Biblical History\, and the Roots of Vernacular Fiction.” \nThis event is co-sponsored by the Department of Spanish & Portuguese Studies. \nAbout the speaker\nDavid Wacks is Head of the Department of Romance Languages and Professor of Spanish at the University of Oregon. He earned his PhD in Hispanic Languages and Literatures from UC Berkeley in 2003. In 2006 he was Harry Starr Fellow in Judaica at the Harvard Center for Jewish Studies.  \nWacks is author of “Framing Iberia: Frametales and Maqamat in Medieval Spain\,” (Brill\, 2007)\, winner of the 2009 La corónica award\, and “Double Diaspora in Sephardic Literature: Jewish Cultural Production before and after 1492″ (Indiana University Press\, 2015)\, winner of the 2015 National Jewish Book Award in the category of Sephardic Culture\, and co-editor\, with Michelle Hamilton\, of “The Study of al-Andalus: The Scholarship and Legacy of James T. Monroe” (ILEX Foundation\, 2018). His most recent monograph\, “Medieval Iberian Crusade Fiction and the Mediterranean World\,” is forthcoming in 2019 from University of Toronto Press.\nHe blogs on his current research at https://davidwacks.uoregon.edu.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/new-language-new-story-how-translation-changed-the-bible-for-sephardic-jews-across-history/
LOCATION:Thomson Hall 101\, 2023 King Lane\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures,Sephardic Studies
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SUMMARY:Iranian Jews in the Twentieth Century: Between Iranian Nationalism\, Communism\, and Zionism
DESCRIPTION:The 2019 Afrassiabi Distinguished Lecture in Persian and Iranian Studies with Lior Sternfeld\, Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies\, Penn State University \nIn the early 20th century\, the Iranian Jewish communities were largely disenfranchised\, marginalized\, and impoverished. About 80% belonged to the lowest social and economic classes\, 10% were part of the emerging middle class\, and 10% counted among the country’s elites.  \nBy the 1979 revolution\, that situation had changed: only 10% were impoverished\, while 80% belonged to the middle classes and 10% remained in the elite. By the 1979 revolution\, Jews played a role in every Iranian political camp: as supporters of the monarchy or the revolutionary movements.  \nThis talk analyzes the institutional history of the Jewish communities in Iran — and the pivotal role they played in facilitating integration and other social developments. The examples to be discussed will help us understand how Iran’s Jews adjusted to a rapidly changing post-revolutionary society\, especially in light of the regional conflict between their respective spiritual and national homelands\, Israel and Iran. \nAbout the speaker\nLior Sternfeld is an assistant professor of history and Jewish studies at Penn State University. He is a social historian of the modern Middle East with particular interests in the histories of Jews and other minorities of the region.  His first book\, titled “Between Iran and Zion: Jewish Histories of Twentieth-Century Iran\,” examines\, against the backdrop of Iranian nationalism\, Zionism and constitutionalism\, the development and integration of Iran’s Jewish communities into the nation-building projects of the last century. Dr. Sternfeld completed his Ph.D. at the University of Texas\, Austin. His current research project examines the origins of “Third-Worldism” in the Middle East. \nThis event is hosted by The Department of Near Eastern Languages in conjunction with the Persian and Iranian Studies Program at the University of Washington and the Israel Studies program at the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies. \nThe lecture is free and open to the public. To RSVP\, visit the NELC event page here.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/nelc-iranian-jews-in-the-twentieth-century/
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SUMMARY:3/13 CONCERT | Singing the Sephardic Diaspora: Mediterranean Elements in Judeo-Spanish Choral Arrangements
DESCRIPTION:**Note: The location of this event has changed. It will take place in Kane Hall\, room 220.\nLadino songs reflect a wealth of musical influences\, from Turkish scales to Balkan rhythms. In this lecture-recital\, recent Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) graduate Sarah Riskind will discuss Mediterranean features of Sephardic music and how these elements can be highlighted in arrangements for chorus. The Seattle Jewish Chorale (directed by Jacob Finkle) will perform a selection of classic Judeo-Spanish songs\, including “Par’o Era Estrellero\,” “Durme\, Durme\,” and “Cuando el Rey Nimrod.” \nPlease RSVP for this event at the bottom of the page. \nGet ready with Dr. Riskind’s brief explainer: What makes music sound Jewish (2018) \nDid you miss the event? Check out the UW Daily’s writeup\, which includes a number of audio excerpts. \nAbout the speaker\nSarah Riskind is a choral conductor\, composer\, vocalist\, and music educator based in Seattle. She recently received her DMA in choral conducting from the University of Washington\, completing a dissertation entitled “Informed and Informative: New Choral Arrangements of Sephardic Music\,” and she is the Music Director at Magnolia United Church of Christ. With previous degrees from Williams College and the University of Wisconsin at Madison\, she has directed ensembles at the University of Washington\, the University of Wisconsin at Madison\, Williams College\, the German International School of Boston\, and the First Parish Church of Berlin\, MA; she has also assistant-conducted the Renaissance choir Convivium Musicum and the Boston Children’s Chorus. Her compositions have been performed by the Seattle Jewish Chorale\, Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble\, Triad: Boston’s Choral Collective\, the Bennington Children’s Chorus\, and other college\, community\, synagogue\, and church choirs across the country. Dr. Riskind enjoys folk and classical improvisation on violin\, which led her to pursue doctoral research on choral improvisation in addition to Renaissance and Sephardic music. Riskind participated in the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies Graduate Fellowship program during the 2017-18 academic year.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/singing-the-sephardic-diaspora-mediterranean-elements-in-judeo-spanish-choral-arrangements/
LOCATION:Kane Hall 220\, 4069 Spokane Ln\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, US
CATEGORIES:Academic Lectures,Arts & Culture,Sephardic Studies
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SUMMARY:Seattle Jewish Film Festival Sephardic Spotlight | Children of the Inquisition
DESCRIPTION:Carlos DeMedeiros\, one of the subjects featured in “Children of the Inquisition” \nJoin the Seattle Jewish Film Festival for this year’s Sephardic Spotlight film\, the 2018 documentary “Children of Inquisition\,” directed by Joseph Lovett. \nImagine discovering a hidden past that shakes your worldview and sense of self. For New York Times journalist Doreen Carvajal\, learning of her family’s Jewish roots in Spain challenged her Catholic identity and led her on a journey of historical and self-discovery. \nThis documentary follows Carvajal and other descendants of Spanish and Portuguese families and “conversos” (the Spanish term for Jews converted to Roman Catholicism) as they uncover their complicated and nuanced roots. \n“Children of the Inquisition” uses a familiar travelogue style to trot around the globe and delve into the global mass conversion resulting from the Spanish Inquisition. Original manuscripts dating as far back as the 14th century and oral traditions secretly passed down through the generations unearth hidden histories of the Jews of Spain and Portugal. \nThe film features University of Washington historian Devin Naar and members of Seattle’s Sephardic Congregation Ezra Bessaroth. \nBuy tickets and learn more on the Seattle Jewish Film Festival website. \nFollowed by an echar lashon (coffee klatch) with coffee\, tea\, biscochos\, and our special guests.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/seattle-jewish-film-festival-children-inquisition-documentary/
LOCATION:AMC Pacific Place\, 600 Pine Street\, Seattle\, WA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Sephardic Studies
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SUMMARY:Seattle Jewish Film Festival | The Tobacconist
DESCRIPTION:Bruno Ganz as Sigmund Freud \n**The Stroum Center has a limited number of complimentary tickets available. If you are interested\, please contact jewishst@uw.edu. Include your contact information and the number of tickets you’d like. \nJoin the Seattle Jewish Film Festival for the 2018 film “The Tobacconist\,” directed by Nikolaus Leytner. \nFranz\, a 17-year-old boy from rural Austria\, comes to Vienna to apprentice in a smoke shop. Although tyranny under the Nazi occupation and hatred towards Jews has worsened oppression and conditions\, the tobacco store remains a small sanctuary for newspaper- and cigarette-seekers. He gradually befriends Sigmund Freud\, the renowned psychoanalyst and a regular customer. When the shop’s politically outspoken owner is taken away by the Nazis\, Franz and Freud stand at the crossroads of survival. \nBased on Austrian writer Robert Seethaler′s novel of the same name\, “The Tobacconist\,” is a tender and gripping coming-of-age story under tragic circumstances through the Freudian lens of dreams\, libido\, and death that transform a boy to a man. Actor Bruno Ganz (“Wings of Desire”) plays Freud. \nBuy tickets and learn more on the Seattle Jewish Film Festival website.
URL:https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/event/seattle-jewish-film-festival-the-tobacconist/
LOCATION:SIFF Cinema Uptown\, 511 Queen Anne Ave N\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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