What is unique about Seattle’s Sephardic community? Watch this clip to hear Dr. Ruth Behar, the 2015 Stroum Lecturer, reflecting on this question:
Dr. Ruth Behar is the Victor Haim Perera Collegiate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. This video is an excerpt from an interview with Hannah Pressman conducted at the University of Washington on May 21, 2015. To find out more about Dr. Ruth Behar, visit these links:
- Ruth Behar on Finding Sephardic Identity in Cuba and Seattle
- Meet Cuban-born anthropologist Ruth Behar, this year’s Stroum Lecturer
- Students join Dr. Ruth Behar to talk about anthropology and making connections
- ruthbehar.com
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Any news on Spanish citizenship for Sephardic Jews?
Thank you.
Hi Linda,
Prof. Devin Naar of the UW Sephardic Studies Program was recently interviewed in The Times of Israel on this topic. Here is the link:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/not-the-first-time-spain-is-apologizing-for-inquisition-says-prof/