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  • Stitched photo of pink Ladino booklet with postcard portrait of chief rabbi Haim Nahum in traditional dress.

From the Collection: Medjlis umumi, Jewish elections in the Ottoman Empire

When a Jewish election committee officially appointed Haim Nahum as chief rabbi of the Ottoman Empire, it changed the way Ottoman Jews navigated citizenship, self-governance, and religious authority.

By Makena Mezistrano|2021-02-09T20:25:37-08:00December 28th, 2020|Categories: Digital Sephardic Treasures, Sephardic Studies|Tags: Jewish Community, Ottoman Empire, Sephardic Studies Digital Collection|1 Comment
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  • Hazzan Avraham Yago, wearing a kippa, sits at a table, speaking with Francis Abugbilla, who takes notes

How the Jewish community in Côte d’Ivoire is helping to build peace after war

Graduate fellow Francis Abugbilla tells the story of C'ôte d'Ivoire's young Jewish community, and its efforts to promote peace in a country recovering from multiple civil wars.

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2020-02-12T13:04:09-08:00February 4th, 2020|Categories: Global Judaism|Tags: Africa, Graduate Student Writing, Jewish Community, Peacebuilding, Student Writing|0 Comments
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Next Gen Jewish Education at UW

What we learned from our Spring 2015 Education Lab at the Stroum Center.

By Hannah Pressman|2017-12-27T10:28:10-08:00November 3rd, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: Jewish Community, Noam Pianko, Seattle|0 Comments
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We’re reconsidering Spinoza, but would he reconsider us?

Marc Cohen suggests what is at stake in recent debates about the famously excommunicated philosopher.

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2017-09-04T22:42:16-07:00June 25th, 2014|Categories: Jewish History & Thought|Tags: Jewish Community, Jewish Identity, Spinoza|0 Comments
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Noam Pianko on Jewish Peoplehood

Can a word like "peoplehood" bring together extremely diverse segments of Jews around the world? Noam Pianko's latest think piece.

By Hannah Pressman|2017-09-04T22:42:27-07:00November 4th, 2013|Categories: Jewish History & Thought|Tags: Faculty Publications, Jewish Community, Pianko|0 Comments
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40-Day Challenge: The Wondering Begins

Can the number 40, a special number in Jewish tradition, serve as the timeframe for a meaningful Jewish transformation? A think-piece by Jamie Merriman-Cohen.

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2017-09-04T22:42:37-07:00April 2nd, 2013|Categories: Global Judaism|Tags: Jewish Community, Personal History, Religion|0 Comments
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Why I Heart Hebrew School

Can we change the cycle of gloomy attitudes to Hebrew school? Rabbi Jill Levy suggests that we learn the art of the power pose.

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2017-09-04T22:42:40-07:00February 25th, 2013|Categories: Global Judaism|Tags: Education, Jewish Community, Personal History|2 Comments
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Learning about the Other

Seeing and understanding the experience of others just might be the most Jewish ethical obligation--and the most universal.

By Naomi Goldenson|2017-09-04T22:42:45-07:00November 13th, 2012|Categories: Jewish History & Thought|Tags: Ethics, History, Identity, Israel, Jewish Community|0 Comments
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