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The Samaritan Bible & Destination Bar Mitzvahs

JewDub Clicks, bringing you the latest roundup of unusual Jewish news from around the world.

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End of Year Celebration

The annual gathering on May 29th will recognize what makes the Stroum program so special: our students, faculty, and community supporters.

5/2/2013 | 0 Comments

Secular? Moderate? Middle Class? Not Quite

Graduate student Anat Goldman questions the inclusivity of Israel’s Yesh Atid party and the meaning of Ruth Calderon’s Knesset speech.

4/29/2013 | 0 Comments

Holocaust Memory, Reconstructed

Aron Rodrigue’s lecture proposed a theory of Sephardic Holocaust commemoration. It also raised questions about the nature of memory.

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JewDub Clicks: Week of April 30, 2013

Unusual Jewish news from around the world. Up this week: Lag B’omer traditions and Bedouins in the IDF.

4/22/2013 | 0 Comments

Seattle Sephardic Hazzan Visits Carleton College

Isaac Azose and his Ladino songs amazed the crowd at a Sephardic cultural symposium in Minnesota. A special report from Dr. Maureen Jackson, former Cole Fellow at UW and current Harry Starr Fellow at Harvard.

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Telling Untold Stories: Sephardic Jews & the Holocaust

How Devin Naar’s global search for the Sephardic Holocaust experience led to personal discoveries–and to planning a ground-breaking conference at UW.

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40-Day Challenge: The Wondering Begins

Can the number 40, a special number in Jewish tradition, serve as the timeframe for a meaningful Jewish transformation? A think-piece by Jamie Merriman-Cohen.

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