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
Student Gabriela Payumo explains how faculty member Canan Bolel's collaboration with fantasy author Leigh Bardugo led her to new insights into the Ladino language.| UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies
Greek scholar Maria Papavasilopoulou is researching Sephardic Jewish memory, music and identity for her Fulbright project.| UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies
Winner, general category. A conscripted husband miraculously reunites with his pregnant wife after fighting in the Balkan Wars in the Ottoman army — the great-grandfather and great-grandmother of author Nuia Menda Malki.| UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies
Runner up, general category. Gloria DeVida Kirchheimer offers a hilarious tribute to her feisty, theatrical mom, who came from Alexandria, Egypt, to New York in the 1930s.| UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies
Winner, student category. Liza Cemel tells the story of her family's history, first across cities in Turkey, then across countries, bringing their validjas of memories and relationships with them.| UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies
Runner up, student category. Nesi Altaras recounts summers spent on the island of Buyukada, close to Istanbul, and the "traditional but extremely practical" feeling of being Sephardic in Turkey.| UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies