What Distinguishes Sephardic Jewish Communities?
The new graphic novel, We Are Not Strangers, is a story about the relationship of a Japanese American family and a Sephardic Jewish family leading up to and after WWII.
The book’s author, Josh Tuininga, Densho Founder, Tom Ikeda and Dr. Devin Naar, University of Washington, Associate Professor of History & Jewish Studies will speak about the parallels and relationships between these communities on Monday, October 23rd at Third Place Books.
Dr. Devin Naar speaks about the characteristic culture of the Sephardic Jewish group, largely from Mediterranean regions in the Jewish diaspora , in comparison to the Ashkenazi Jewish groups from Central and Eastern Europe.
Producers: Lucy Braginski and Yuko Kodama
Photo: Naar standing beside fragments from the Jewish cemetery of Salonica built into the old city walls (2014) | Photo by Argilo Mitilinou
Chinese New Year 2023
Chinese New Year is January 22nd. The season is marked with celebrations involving food, feasts with loved ones, firecrackers and lion and dragon dances. We bring you an interview with Dr. Connie So, a Teaching Professor at the American Ethnic Studies Department at the University of Washington, Seattle and President of OCA Asian Pacific Advocates of Greater Seattle.
Here is a link to the Seattle Times list of Lunar New Year events for this year
Black Power in the Ivory Tower
What is navigating academia like for many people of color? Graduate student, Francesca Simmons sat down with Dr. Georgia McDade, who received a doctorate in English from the University of Washington, to share their experiences.
Art for Social Change
Some people might think of art as being easy-on-the-eye and created by professional artists to show off at fancy places. Beverly Naidus, a professional in Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Washington, Tacoma, wants to make art accessible to anyone. She doesn’t stop there though – she wants art to spur and encourage social change.
Guests:
Professor Beverly Naidus the author of “Arts for Change: Teaching Outside the Frame”.
Rachel Ervin is a writer and just graduated from UW Tacoma in Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, with an emphasis in Arts, Media and Culture.
Jenn Soikowski is a current student at UW Tacoma with a double emphasis. One in Ethnic, Gender and Labor Studies and the other in Arts, Media and Culture, with an emphasis in Visual Art.
Listen to the interview: KBCS_M+I_20130620_Art for Social Change
