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Join Isaac Alhadeff Professor of Sephardic Studies Devin E. Naar in conversation with author Elizabeth Graver as she discusses her moving, multi-generational saga inspired by her grandmother. Rebecca née Cohen Baruch Levy was born into a Sephardic Jewish family from Istanbul in the early 20th century, and her kaleidoscopic journey takes her to Barcelona, Havana, …

In the University of Washington’s 9th Annual Ladino Day celebration, editors of the new book “Sephardic Trajectories: Archives, Objects, and the Ottoman Jewish Past in the United States” discuss the book project, alongside presentations from three contributors to the volume. On Sunday, December 12, the editors of «Sephardic Trajectories,» a new book …

The Sephardic Studies Program and the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies are excited to offer Ladino Language and Culture for the first time this summer at the University of Washington! In this class, students will: Acquire basic reading and writing skills in Ladino. Master the basics of Modern Ladino vocabulary, grammar and …

Join us for the next Sephardic Studies Program event Tuesday, February 4, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Join the Sephardic Studies Program at the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies and the Seattle Public Library for a conversation with Dr. Devin E. Naar and Dr. Sarah Abrevaya Stein about her new book, Family Papers: …

International Ladino DayThursday, December 5, 2019 | 7 PMUW HUB LyceumFree and open to the public.Kosher Sephardic reception following the program. Event Program:Introductions by Joel Benoliel Chair, UW Board of RegentsMultimedia lecture by Dr. Devin E. NaarSephardic Studies Program ChairLadino life cycle songs by The LadinerosRegina Amira, Vic Amira, Sylvia …

Attendees brought family artifacts to the June 2nd, 2019 Seattle Sephardic Legacies event, such as this scroll of the Book of Esther (megila).   By Makena Mezistrano “There are ever so many manuscripts, books and documents, lying hidden among people’s possessions, or buried in the communities’ archives…Let them call to …

By Makena Mezistrano As the Sephardic Studies Program looks forward to our Seattle Sephardic Legacies event on June 2nd, we have been gathering statistics about our digital library. Since its inception in 2012, the program has digitized over 400 published Ladino books. The program has also scanned many handwritten letters that create a valuable record of Soletreo, the …

Meza de Ladino – Ladino Table Our new Meza de Ladino is off to a great start! Over 20 undergraduates, graduate students, and community members joined us for our first Ladino Table workshop with Dr. Devin Naar. Students were able to echar lashon (chat) in Ladino, learn some of the …

By Molly FitzMorris Aki estamos. We are here. I hadn’t really thought much about the name of the French Sephardic cultural organization hosting the fourth Universita d’enverano de djudyo (Judeo-Spanish summer “university”) in Paris this summer.  But as I looked around the room during president Jenny Laneurie-Fresco’s welcome address, I estimated that there were probably …

Eliezer Ben Yehuda (left) and Manekji Limji Hataria (right) By Sara Molaie In my graduate studies in Comparative Religion, I studied the language of Hebrew alongside Persian (Farsi) in courses like Prayer and Poetry in the Judeo-Muslim Tradition, taught by Professor Naomi Sokoloff and Professor Samad Alavi. When I learned that Modern Hebrew …

Upcoming Events: THIS WEEK: Thurs., May 31, 12:30 pm, UW Campus, Thomson Hall 317:  Eyal Ginio, Professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Hebrew University and Director of the Ben Zvi Institute for the Study of Jewish Communities in the East in Jerusalem, will present: «The Last Ottoman Decade: The Perspectives of …