How a shared history of persecution brought two communities (back) together: Kurdish-Jewish cooperation in Germany
Opportunity Grant winner Pinar Kara traces the re-emergence of a historic connection between Kurds and Jews in Germany.
Aki estamos (we are here): Revitalizing Ladino in Paris and beyond
Molly FitzMorris on this year's Sephardic "summer university" in Paris, and why today's Ladino speakers can say "aki estamos" ("we are here").
Jewish Studies Year in Writing, 2017-18
Articles by Stroum Center students and faculty on Sephardic culture, Israel, Hebrew language and literature, and more from the 2017-18 academic year.
How to revive an ancient language, according to 19th-century Hebrew and Persian revivalists
Graduate Fellow Sara Molaie explains how two language activists approached the unlikely task of bringing ancient Hebrew and pre-Islamic Persian back into use.
Shem Tov de Carrión: How a Jewish poet from medieval Spain speaks to us today
Shem Tov de Carrión's "moral proverbs" about human nature and right rulership are surprisingly relevant today, Graduate Fellow Vivian Mills writes.
Exploring Ladino’s past, present, and future at the ucLADINO Symposium
The Ladino language is a fusion of old and new. Graduate Fellow Molly FitzMorris reports back on a UCLA conference that explored just this idea.
What makes music sound Jewish
Graduate Fellow Sarah Riskind, a composer, noticed a unique pattern in both the Sephardic and Ashkenazi music she works with.
Using project-based learning to teach the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Graduate Fellow Rob Keener explains that concepts and real-world connections are key to teaching history well.