Meet Jewish Studies minor Gabriela Payumo
Gabriela Payumo found her footing during an introductory Hebrew class. What began as curiosity transformed into a defining part of her experience at the University
Finding “Sephardic Treasures”…and Finding Myself with Jewish Studies
Grad student Toni Heilman writes about her powerful experience working with the Sephardic Studies Collection, which helped her discover and reclaim parts of her own Jewish identity.
Meet Graduate Fellow Anya Lord
When Anya Lord was accepted into the University of Washington’s Master of Arts in Museology program, she didn’t expect to become a Stroum Center graduate fellow as well.
The Nazi Translation Office in Athens — A Reflection on Sources
Nazi-translated documents in a Jerusalem archive reveal how the Rosenberg Task Force looted and repurposed Greek Jewish records during World War II.
Regina Roza and the Forgotten Lives of Radical Sephardic Salonikan Women
Alexandra Ritsatos writes on the activism of Regina Roza, a Sephardic tobacco worker in 1930s Salonika, whose leadership in labor strikes reveals the erased
Nearly one hundred years ago a group of American Jews hatched a plan to end the kibbutz. Today it looks like their plan might have worked
As kibbutzim (Jewish collective farms) began to form in British Palestine in the early 1900s, American Jewish businessmen worked hard to promote an alternate model of private homeownership — one that has largely won out today, writes graduate fellow Jake Beckert.
“It must start with us”: The grassroots struggle for peace amid violence in Israel-Palestine
Amid recurring violence, Israeli and Palestinian grassroots groups are bridging divides and engaging in "constructive resistance" against the status quo to work towards a more peaceful future, writes graduate fellow Kara Atkinson.
Liberal Jews and the American eugenics movement: A forgotten history
Before eugenics became infamous, the movement to select and control human reproduction "to suppress defective classes" was popular among American liberals and progressives — including Jews. Graduate fellow Ari Forsyth explains.