UW Stroum Jewish Studies http://jewdub.org The Stroum Jewish Studies Program at the University of Washington presents original views and Jewish news from faculty, students and community members. Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:28:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 A turning point for pluralism in Israel? http://jewdub.org/blog/ruth-calderon-knesset-speech-pluralism-zionism/ http://jewdub.org/blog/ruth-calderon-knesset-speech-pluralism-zionism/#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:16:45 +0000 Hannah Pressman http://jewdub.org/?p=8016

Martin Jaffee praises Ruth Calderon's knesset speech as a breath of fresh air--and a possible gamechanger in Israeli politics.

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]]> http://jewdub.org/blog/ruth-calderon-knesset-speech-pluralism-zionism/feed/ 0 Tempest in a Soup Bowl http://jewdub.org/on-the-street/jewdub-clicks/knaidel-yiddish-spelling-argentina-jewish-cowboys/ http://jewdub.org/on-the-street/jewdub-clicks/knaidel-yiddish-spelling-argentina-jewish-cowboys/#comments Wed, 29 May 2013 23:47:17 +0000 Sarah Zaides http://jewdub.org/?p=7996

This week JewDub clicks has the great knaidel debate, Argentina's Jewish cowboys, and more.

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]]> http://jewdub.org/on-the-street/jewdub-clicks/knaidel-yiddish-spelling-argentina-jewish-cowboys/feed/ 0 The Splendid Text of Ruth Calderon’s Knesset Speech http://jewdub.org/blog/ruth-calderon-knesset-speech-pluralism-zionism/ http://jewdub.org/blog/ruth-calderon-knesset-speech-pluralism-zionism/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 21:51:09 +0000 Admin http://jewdub.org/?p=7959

Martin Jaffee praises a daring attempt to revitalize Zionism in the context of religious, cultural, and political pluralism.

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]]> http://jewdub.org/blog/ruth-calderon-knesset-speech-pluralism-zionism/feed/ 0 The Samaritan Bible & Destination Bar Mitzvahs http://jewdub.org/on-the-street/jewdub-clicks/samaritan-bible-karaites-destination-bar-mitzvah/ http://jewdub.org/on-the-street/jewdub-clicks/samaritan-bible-karaites-destination-bar-mitzvah/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 18:22:39 +0000 Sarah Zaides http://jewdub.org/?p=7939

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

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]]> http://jewdub.org/on-the-street/jewdub-clicks/samaritan-bible-karaites-destination-bar-mitzvah/feed/ 0 End of Year Celebration May 29th! http://jewdub.org/news/end-of-year-celebration/ http://jewdub.org/news/end-of-year-celebration/#comments Sat, 11 May 2013 03:50:00 +0000 Kara Schoonmaker http://jewdub.org/?p=7872

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

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]]> http://jewdub.org/news/end-of-year-celebration/feed/ 0 Fall for Jewish Studies http://jewdub.org/category/courses/fall-2013/ http://jewdub.org/category/courses/fall-2013/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 14:42:47 +0000 Hannah Pressman http://jewdub.org/?p=7881

Registration for Fall Quarter starts May 10th.

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]]> http://jewdub.org/category/courses/fall-2013/feed/ 0 Secular? Moderate? Middle Class? Not Quite http://jewdub.org/student-blogs/yesh-atid-secular-moderate-middle-class-not-quite/ http://jewdub.org/student-blogs/yesh-atid-secular-moderate-middle-class-not-quite/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 20:26:27 +0000 Admin http://jewdub.org/?p=7809

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

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]]> http://jewdub.org/student-blogs/yesh-atid-secular-moderate-middle-class-not-quite/feed/ 0 Holocaust Memory, Reconstructed http://jewdub.org/blog/sephardic-holocaust-memory-rhodes-jewish-community/ http://jewdub.org/blog/sephardic-holocaust-memory-rhodes-jewish-community/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:03:36 +0000 Hannah Pressman http://jewdub.org/?p=7734

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

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

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]]> http://jewdub.org/on-the-street/jewdub-clicks/carob-counting-the-omer-talmud-bedouins/feed/ 0 Seattle Sephardic Hazzan Visits Carleton College http://jewdub.org/blog/seattle-sephardic-hazzan-visits-carleton-college/ http://jewdub.org/blog/seattle-sephardic-hazzan-visits-carleton-college/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:58:16 +0000 Admin http://jewdub.org/?p=7340

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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