Upcoming Events
2/5 | Bad Jews: Bad for the Jews? Sex, Shame and Moral Policing in Argentine Jewish History with Mir Yarfitz
Wednesday, February 5, 7:00 pm PST - 8:30 pm PST at Thomson Hall 101How did twentieth century Argentine Jewish organizations view sexual morality? And how did these views impact the broader Jewish community? Hear guest lecturer Mir Yarfitz discuss this and more.
2/19 | Translating Freud: Psychoanalysis in the Popular Jewish Press with Naomi Seidman
Wednesday, February 19, 4:30 pm PST - 6:00 pm PST at Communications 120Guest lecturer Naomi Seidman will take us inside "the Freud craze" to explore the impact Freud's work had on Eastern European Jews.
Annual Programs
Ladino Day 2024: “The Familiar” with Bestselling Author Leigh Bardugo
In the 12th annual Ladino Day, bestselling fantasy author Leigh Bardugo ("Shadow and Bone") discusses her new novel, "The Familiar," its use of Ladino, and the family history that inspired it, with UW professor Canan Bolel.
Stroum Lectures 2024: Life in Imperial Germany and Escape from Nazi Germany – Marion Kaplan
2024 Stroum Lecturer Marion Kaplan discusses how German Jews reacted emotionally in the hopeful era after Emancipation (1870-1918), and in their odyssey fleeing from Nazi persecution (1933-1945).
Ladino Day 2023: “Kantika,” A Sephardic Novel by Elizabeth Graver
In the 11th annual Ladino Day, author Elizabeth Graver discusses her new novel, “Kantika,” a moving, multi-generational saga inspired by Graver’s grandmother.
About SCJS Events
- The Stroum Center brings world-class speakers and performers to the UW
- Nearly all Stroum Center events are offered to students and the public free of charge!
- Our programming partners on campus include the Simpson Center for the Humanities, the UW School of Drama, the Department of Philosophy, the Ethnomusicology Program, and the Henry Art Gallery.
- Our annual marquee event, the Stroum Lectures, began in the 1970s and is still going strong
- The Stroum Center frequently partners to support events happening in the community, such as the Seattle Jewish Film Festival and Torathon.
- Examples of recent innovative program series: Judaism Confronts Human Injustice (Winter 2012) and New Voices in World Jewish Music (Winter 2013)