Jack Zaraya and Wendy Sabin, longtime residents of New York City, have created an endowed fund to support Sephardic Studies and honor the memory of Danny and Lily Zaraya. The post Native New Yorkers Jack Zaraya and Wendy Sabin create new fund to support the Sephardic Studies Program at the UW appeared first on UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies.| UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies
In a panel on March 11, 2025, speakers discussed the history of the Sephardic Studies Program at the University of Washington as part of the Stroum Center's 50th anniversary celebration.| UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies
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.| UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies
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.| UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies
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. The post Liberal Jews and the American eugenics movement: A forgotten history appeared first on UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies.| UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies
An international art festival in Germany sparked a national controversy about antisemitism in 2022, but the conversation largely left out the voices of actual German Jews, writes graduate fellow Martin H. Schwartz. The post Documenta fifteen: Art and antisemitism in Germany today appeared first on UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies.| UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies
Dr. Gilah Kletenik and Dr. Devin Naar discussed the past, present and future of Jewish Studies with Dr. Daniel Heller in "Today's Campus Conflicts and the Future of Jewish Studies," a conversation on March 11, 2025. The post Antisemitism, Jewish Studies, and university campus conflict appeared first on UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies.| UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies
Native New Yorkers Jack Zaraya and Wendy Sabin create new fund to support the Sephardic Studies Program at the UW| UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies
Native New Yorkers Jack Zaraya and Wendy Sabin create new fund to support the Sephardic Studies Program at the UW| UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies