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Weekend in Quest is Sponsored by

The Institute for Judaic Studies Portland, Oregon

And Co-sponsored by

Congregation Ahavath Achim Congregation Beth Israel

Congregation Havurah Shalom Congregation Neveh Shalom

Congregation P’nai Or Congregation Shaarie Torah

Congregation Shir Tikvah Jewish Family and Child Service

Kol Shalom Community for Humanistic Judaism

Mittleman JCC/Portland Jewish Academy Oregon Jewish Museum and

Center for Holocaust Education Beit Haverim (Lake Oswego) Temple Beth Tikvah (Bend)

Congregation Beth Israel (Eugene) Temple Beth Sholom (Salem)

Congregation Kol Ami (Vancouver, Wash.)

The Institute for Judaic Studies of the Pacific Northwest cordially invites you to

Weekend in Quest: The Rise and Fall of

Ladino-Speaking Jewry

an Exhilarating Study Weekend in Astoria on the Beautiful Oregon Coast by the Mighty Columbia River

Friday Evening through Sunday noon March 6-7-8, 2015

http://weekendinquest.org

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Scholar-in-Residence: Prof. Devin E. Naar

Chair, Sephardic Studies Program University of Washington

Seattle, Washington

Service Leader: Cantor Deborah Bletstein

Congregation Neveh Shalom

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The Rise and Fall of Ladino-Speaking Jewry!

Prof.! Devin! Naar! will! give! lectures! and! lead!discussions!on!these!topics:!Session&1:&Under!the!Wings!of!the!Sultan:!The!Rise!of!Jewish!Communities!in!the!Ottoman!Empire!

Session&2:&A!Jewish!Language!for!All!Occasions:!Ladino!Culture!and!Literature&

Session&3:&The!Sephardic!Holocaust:!The!Destruction!of!the!Jews!of!Greece!

Session&4:&A!Diaspora!within!a!Diaspora:&Sephardic!Jews!in!America&

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!Not Just Study

In!addition!to!the!study!sessions,!we'll!gather!for:!• Three! meals! together:! Friday! and! Saturday!

dinners! and! Saturday! lunch.! For! those!staying!overnight! at! the!hotel,! Saturday!and!Sunday!breakfasts!are!included!

• Participatory! Shabbat! services! Friday!evening!and!Saturday!morning,!led!by!Cantor!Deborah! Bletstein! of! Congregation! Neveh!Shalom.!

• Saturday!evening!entertainment.!!

Our Scholar-in-Residence

Devin! E.! Naar! is! the! Marsha! and! Jay! Glazer!Chair!in!Jewish!Studies,!Assistant!Professor!of!History,! and! Chair! of! the! new! Sephardic!Studies! Program! of! the! Stroum! Center! for!Jewish! Studies! at! the! University! of!Washington.! He! teaches! courses! in! Jewish!history;!Holocaust!history!and!memory;!Jews,!Christians!and!Muslims! in!the!Mediterranean!world;! migration! and! urban! history;! and!Sephardic!Studies.!

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!!Prof.! Naar! completed! his! PhD! in! History! at!Stanford! University! where! his! dissertation,!“Jewish! Salonica! and! the! Making! of! the!‘Jerusalem! of! the! Balkans,’! 1890e1943,”!received! the! department’s! award! for! “best!written! dissertation.”! A! former! Fulbright!scholar! to!Greece,!Naar! served!as! a! fellow! in!the! Society! of! Scholars! at! the! UW! Simpson!Center! for! the! Humanities! (2013e2014),! and!also!sits!on!the!academic!advisory!councils!of!the!Center!for!Jewish!History!in!New!York,!the!American!Sephardi!Federation,!and!American!Jewish! Historical! Society.! He! conducts!research!in!six!languages!and!has!published!in!venues! such! as! The$ Jewish$ Review$ of$ Books,$American$ Jewish$ History,$ Journal$ of$ the$Hellenic$ Diaspora,$ Jewish$ Quarterly$ Review!and!Jewish$History!(forthcoming).!

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!Weekend! in! Quest! 2015! is! returning! to! the!Holiday! Inn!Express!Hotel,! opened! in!2004.!The!hotel! provides! dramatic! lodging! that! offers! a!magnificent!view!of!the!mighty!Columbia.!

Study! sessions,!meals,! and!Shabbat! services!will!take!place!at!the!hotel;!there!will!also!be!time!for!walking,! relaxing,! exploring! revitalized! Astoria,!and! using! the! indoor! swimming! pool! &!whirlpool.!For!more!details,!visit!astoriahie.com.!

Weekend in Quest Fees

• $265! per! person! (*),! double! occupancy.!Includes! all! programming! and! lectures,! five!meals!and!a!rivereview!room.!!

• $365! per! person! (*),! single! occupancy.!Includes! all! programming! and! lectures,! five!meals!and!a!rivereview!room.!

• $155! per! person! (*).! Includes! all!programming! and! lectures,! three!meals! (no!hotel!room!or!breakfasts).!

(*)!NOTE:!a!$15!per!person!discount!is!applicable!to!any!of! these! fees! if! the!registrant! is!a!current!IJS!member!or!has!donated!at! least!$36!to!IJS!or!any!of!its!funds!in!the!past!year.!Register! and! pay! online! (via! PayPal)! at!weekendinquest.org,! or! register! and! pay! by!check!with!the!form!in!this!brochure.!Your&place&will& be& secured& only& when& payment& is&received.!!For! questions! and! further! information,! please!contact! Mimi! Epstein! (503e203e2671,!mimiepstein42@comcast.net).!

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