UW Sephardic Studies Professor Featured in Emmy-Nominated TV Series
UW Professor Devin Naar helps celebrity Lea Michele uncover her Sephardic roots on the hit television show, Who Do You Think You Are?
A Hug from Afar–An Escape from Rhodes to Seattle via Tangier
Claire Barkey's Ladino letters traveled from Rhodes to Seattle in the 1930s--and ended up saving her family's life.
Naar to lecture on Salonica’s Jews at the Sephardic Temple in Cedarhurst, Long Island
Naar will speak on “The ‘Jerusalem of the Balkans’: The Rise and Fall of the Jews of Salonica" on April 13th.
“The Jews are Coming” offers Hebrew satire of Jewish history
Wendy Zierler of Hebrew Union College digs into the Israeli tv hit "The Jews are Coming," which offers Hebrew satire of Jewish history.
Lessons in Solidarity at Seattle’s New Holocaust Center for Humanity
Katja Schatte unpacks the Holocaust Center's mission to teach about Jewish suffering as well as human rights.
Seattle International Ladino Day 2015 Videos
View the full program of Seattle's third annual International Ladino Day community celebration, as well as selected clips.
Meet Anat Mooreville, this year’s Cole Fellow in Jewish Studies
Learn about the celebrity eye doctor in Jerusalem who sparked Anat Mooreville's research on global health.
Do American Jews Have White Privilege?
Graduate Fellow Rachel Graf on the ways American Jews can recognize their own biases and fight inequality.