Please join us again this year on March 5 for an evening featuring Hebrew songs of hope and joy.
Read More »When Democracy Died in Darkness: German-Jewish Responses to Hitler’s Rise
Prof. Dr. Michael Brenner will discuss German Jews' responses to Nazi policies in 1933, emphasizing historical relevance for contemporary democratic challenges. Open to all.
Read More »David Shneer Memorial Conference April 7
An evening dedicated to the legacy of David Shneer, as a scholar, a mentor, and a builder of institutions.
Read More »Palestine, American Law, and the State of (Semi)-Permanent Exception
The next event in the CU Boulder Program in Jewish Studies Israel/Palestine Series is "Palestine, American Law, and the State of (Semi)-Permanent Exception," which will take place Wednesday, April 2, 2025.
Read More »Surviving the Holocaust in the Dominican Republic: A Child Survivor Gives Testimony
Barbara Steinmetz, a Holocaust survivor, shares her escape from Europe to the Dominican Republic on March 18, 2025, at CU. All are welcome.
Read More »Schmooze-A-Palooza!
Please join us again this year for an evening featuring Hebrew songs of hope and inspiration.
Read More »Once We Were Slaves: The Extraordinary Journey of a Multiracial Jewish Family
Dr. Laura Arnold Leibman discusses the surprising heritage of Blanche Moses' ancestors, revealing their enslaved beginnings and extraordinary journey across the Atlantic.
Read More »Embodied Judaism 2025: Jews of Color in the United States and Israel
This year’s Embodied Judaism highlights the oral histories of Jews of Color that are being added to our archive through the Jews of Color: Histories and Futures project, made possible by funding from the Henry Luce Foundation. Save the date: February 11, 2025.
Read More »“We Have Been Lied To”: How Antisemitism, Anti-Black Racism, and Misogyny are Linked
What is the relationship between anti-Black racism, antisemitism, sexism, and Nazism? This talk addresses this and other questions by looking back at the history of Nazi Germany and the Holocaust and analyzing connections to our own times.
Read More »Palestinian Social Movements in Health: Sumud (Steadfastness) Through the Provision of Healthcare
Please join CU Boulder Jewish Studies Program for this year's first Israel-Palestine Series event.
Read More »Save the Date: ‘Love and Mercy’ After the Holocaust: The Vatican’s Postwar Clemency Campaign, 1945-1958
Save the date for CU Boulder's Program in Jewish Studies' annual Holocaust Remembrance Day program public lecture, by Dr. Brown-Fleming, January 27, 2025.
Read More »Funny – You Don’t Look Jewish!
Dr. Helen Kim of Whitman College will discuss the Asian American Jewish experience, focusing on racial and religious identity intersections in mixed-race families.
Read More »Surviving the Shoah in the Dutch Countryside: A Child Survivor Gives Testimony
The CU Boulder campus and wider public is invited to the public testimony of Otto Verdoner, a child survivor of the Holocaust. The presentation will take place on Wednesday, May 1, 2024.
Read More »Yom HaShoah: A Holocaust Memorial Public Reading of Names
Weather permitting, this reading will take place on Monday, May 6, 2024 at the Dalton Trumbo Fountain Court (in front of the UMC). We encourage the campus and broader communities to participate in the readings.
Read More »From Routine to Murder: Anatomy in Nazi Germany and Its Legacies for Today
Dr. Hildebrandt's presentation will delve into her extensive research on the ethical dimensions of anatomy, particularly focusing on the history of anatomy during the Nazi era.
Read More »Prominent Israeli Historian on the German Jewish Experience in the Third Reich
The campus and general community are invited to a discussion of the path-breaking work on the German Jewish experience in the Third Reich by Professor Guy Miron (Open University, Israel) on 4/15.
Read More »Collecting Testimonies, Facing War and Genocide in Ukraine
Edward Serotta, founder of Centropa, will present experiences and interviews with Ukraine genocide survivors at CU Boulder, and streamed on Zoom.
Read More »Hebrew Schmooze-A-Palooza
On Wednesday, March 20, join us for an evening featuring Hebrew songs of peace and hope, performed by the CU Hebrew students, faculty, and larger community.
Read More »Heretics and Crypto-Christians: the Controversies of Rabbi Jonathan Eibeschuetz
Dr. Paweł Maciejko will discuss the controversial 18th-century Rabbi Eibeschütz, accused of crypto-Christianity and Sabbatean heresy, at CU Boulder on March 6.
Read More »Jewish Women Photographers: Undervalued Quality and Quantity
There is a long, complicated history of Jewish women in photography, especially color—which extends from Eastern to Central to Western Europe, Britain, and the United States.
Read More »Degrees of Order, Measures of Freedom: Modern German History and the Challenge of Postmodern Historiography
Tuesday, February 13, 2024 5:00pm In-Person at Eaton Humanities Building, Room 1BN50 and streaming on Zoom. Please join us for this joint event, hosted by the Program in Jewish Studies, the Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History, and the Pacific Office of the German Historical Institute Washington in cooperation …
Read More »Mark Your Calendar for the CU Jewish Studies 2024 Holocaust Remembrance Day Lecture
Please join the Program in Jewish Studies for the 2024 Holocaust Remembrance Day public lecture by guest scholar Dr. Mark Roseman. "How Ordinary Were the Ordinary Men: The Puzzle of Perpetration in the Holocaust," on Monday, January 29, 2024.
Read More »Holocaust Child Survivor Osi Sladek to Speak at CU Boulder
CU Boulder's Program in Jewish Studies and the Singer Chair in Jewish History will welcome Osi Sladek, a Holocaust child survivor from Slovakia who lives in Denver, to give testimony about his and his parent's suffering and survival in the Holocaust in the Slovak-Hungarian-Polish borderlands.
Read More »‘A Vanished World’: Yom HaShoah Lecture 2023/5783 at Boulder JCC
The Nazi campaign of annihilation during WW II targeted not only Jewish lives but also Jewish cultural heritage and traditions. In her presentation, Prof. Dorota Glowacka will focus on Hitler’s deliberate destruction of Eastern European Jewish cultural and religious institutions, literature, and language.
Read More »CU Boulder’s Program in Jewish Studies Mark Yom HaShoah with Public Readings
The Program in Jewish Studies along with the Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History will hold a public reading of the names of European Jews murdered by the Germans and their allies during the Holocaust.
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