Upcoming Events
10/12 PANEL | Jewish History and Jewish Memory Revisited: Yerushalmi’s ‘Zakhor’ at 40
Thursday, October 12, 7:00 pm PDT - 8:30 pm PDT at HUB 214, UW Seattle CampusThe Stroum Center is turning 50 years old and Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi's Zakhor isn't far behind! Please join us for the first SCJS 50th Anniversary event of the year.
10/26 EVENT | “Luminous”: Book Talk and Art Showcase with Canadian Jewish Author and Artist Linda Dayan Frimer
Thursday, October 26, 6:30 pm PDT - 8:00 pm PDT at Walker-Ames room in Kane HallCanadian Jewish author and artist Linda Dayan Frimer presents on her new book, "Luminous: An artist's story as a guide to radical creativity". Frimer's art focuses on the dignity and preservation of both culture and nature.
11/16 LECTURE | What Can Jewish Mothers Teach Us About Jewish Identity?
Thursday, November 16, 7:00 pm PST - 8:30 pm PST at HUB 214, UW Seattle CampusAuthor Cynthia Baker will discuss how, from ancient biblical narratives to cutting-edge genomic research, putting mothers at the center of our questions, definitions, and research into Jewish history can provide unexpected insights and startlingly unfamiliar perspectives.
Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell: Words, Music, Yiddish, and Culture
Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell, a classically trained and internationally acclaimed vocalist, composer and arranger specializing in music in the Yiddish language, performs with accompanist Dmitri Gaskin.
VIDEO | Stroum Lectures 2023 Pt. 2 — Between Me and the Other World: A Tikkun
In a multi-faceted performance, Anthony Russell and accordionist Dmitri Gaskin explore W.E.B. DuBois' provocative question, "How does it feel to be a problem?" refracted through the texts and musical idioms of the African American South and Jewish Eastern Europe.
VIDEO | Stroum Lectures 2023 Pt. 1 — “Melodeklamatsiye”: A Yiddish Performance Genre 🎼
Anthony Russell and accompanist Dmitri Gaskin perform a combination of oration and art music that investigates disparate elements—Black religiosity, the music of Chopin, queerness, the ambiguities of diaspora—through the mediums of Jewishness and sound.
About Our Events
- All events are offered to students and the public free of charge
- Our annual marquee events, the Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies, began in the 1970s and are still going strong!
- Our frequent programming partners on campus include the Departments of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (MELC), History, Spanish & Portuguese Studies and Linguistics
- The Stroum Center partners to support Seattle-area events featuring our faculty or related academic topics. Past partners include the Seattle Public Library and Seattle Jewish Film Festival
- Examples of recent innovative programs: Lessons (Not) Learned from the Holocaust Lecture Series and the inaugural ‘Muestros Artistas’ [Our Artists] Sephardic Arts Symposium of 2023