Soletreo lessons from my great-grandfather
Hannah S. Pressman describes her journey learning soletreo, and how it can help scholars and family historians alike access their Sephardic pasts.
Seattle Sephardic community members, University of Washington students and alumni reflect on Hazzan Isaac Azose
To inaugurate the Azose Fund for Community Engagement, students, scholars, and community members reflect on Hazzan Isaac Azose's contributions to the preservation of Sephardic culture and the Ladino language in Seattle and beyond.
Announcing the Hazzan Isaac Azose Fund for Community Engagement in Sephardic Studies at the University of Washington
In partnership with community leaders and local institutions, the Sephardic Studies Program is proud to announce the Hazzan Isaac Azose Fund for Public Engagement in Sephardic Studies at the University of Washington.
Senior Frances Johnson receives the 2021 Outstanding Student Award
Senior and history major Frances Johnson is the recipient of the Stroum Center's 2021 Outstanding Student in Jewish Studies award.
Using machine learning to explore photos, illustrations, ads and more in historic Ladino newspapers
Graduate fellow Ben Lee explains how machine learning can help historians to learn from the photographs, illustrations and advertisements found in Ladino-language newspapers.
Uncovering the history of Seattle’s first settlers from the Ottoman Empire
Using census data from the early 20th century, grad fellow Oya Rose Aktaş sketches a portrait Seattle's very first residents from the Ottoman Empire, from 1890-1910.
STUDENT EVENT | Teaching computers to read Ladino, a heritage language of Sephardic Jews
How do you teach a computer to read an endangered language -- and a language that many people don't even know exists? While machine learning technology has enabled us to read and research texts online in many languages, there's one language that our computers and smartphones have yet to learn: Ladino, a heritage language of Sephardic Jews.
Sephardic by birth, Massarano by choice: Reclaiming my Sephardic heritage
Student Abby Massarano explains why changing her name was an important step in connecting with her Sephardic heritage.