The CU Boulder Program in Jewish Studies invites you to a special lecture by this year's Sondra and Howard Bender Visiting Scholar, Dr. Annette Yoshiko Reed.
Read More »The CU Boulder Program in Jewish Studies Receives a $250,000 Grant from the Henry Luce Foundation
The University of Colorado Program in Jewish Studies is excited to announce a $250,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to launch a new initiative, in partnership with the University Libraries, entitled Jews of Color: Histories and Futures. Dr. Samira Mehta will serve as Principal Investigator.
Read More »CU Boulder Program in Jewish Studies Offers a Webinar Concert on Middle Eastern/North African Jewish Poetic Songs
Join Dr. Galeet Dardashti, prominent performer and cultural anthropologist, for this interactive program on Jewish piyyut (liturgical poetry and song) traditions from the Middle East and North Africa.
Read More »CU Boulder Program in Jewish Studies 2 Offer 2 New Klezmer Programs
The Program in Jewish Studies and College of Music are pleased to offer two more online concerts this fall exploring klezmer music and Middle Eastern/North African Jewish poetic songs (piyyutim). The concerts will be in a webinar format, blending performance and discussion.
Read More »The Show Must Go On – CU Boulder Hebrew Program Marks its Annual Concert with a Virtual Choir
This year, due to Covid-19, the event went virtual, and our three Hebrew classes, along with faculty and alumni, collaborated in creating a virtual choir performing the iconic Arik Einstein song "Ohev Lihiyot Babayit" (translated as “I Love to Be at Home”). See the video!
Read More »Judaism and the Black Experience — 2021 Sondra and Howard Bender Visiting Scholar – March 18th
In this webinar, Professor Bruce Haynes (University of California, Davis) will speak about his award winning book "The Soul of Judaism: Jews of African Descent in America" (NYU Press 2018), the first comprehensive study of African-American Jewry.
Read More »CU Program in Jewish Studies Offers Webinar on Klezmer Music as Jewish Dialogue and Jewish Discourse
This program will introduce klezmer music as a kind of Jewish dialogue, or Jewish discourse. Klezmer is Jewish instrumental music from Eastern Europe, and it comes from the same culture as the Yiddish literature of Sholem Aleichem, S. J. Abramovitsh, and others.
Read More »CU Boulder Peak to Peak Series Presents “Eco-Kashrut: Food, Jews, Justice
"In fact, there are times when the mandate to keep kosher and the desire to be green may come into direct conflict."
Read More »Join CU Boulder’s Jewish Studies for Hebrew Schmooze-A-Palooza
The students of CU Boulder's Hebrew classes and the Program in Jewish Studies are pleased to present the sixth annual Hebrew Schmooze-A-Palooza, free and open to the public!
Read More »CU Program in Jewish Studies Presents New Frontiers in Israel/Palestine Studies
The University of Colorado Boulder’s Program in Jewish Studies welcomes Orit Bashkin, Ilana Feldman, and Hilary Kalisman for a panel titled New Frontiers in Israel/Palestine Studies.
Read More »Free Lecture: New Frontiers in Israel/Palestine Studies
The University of Colorado Boulder’s Program in Jewish Studies welcomes Orit Bashkin, Ilana Feldman, and Hilary Kalisman for a panel titled New Frontiers in Israel/Palestine Studies.
Read More »The Program in Jewish Studies at CU is Hiring!
The Program in Jewish Studies welcomes applications for a Program Coordinator. This position manages all operations for the Program in Jewish Studies in conjunction with the Director.
Read More »Eyal Rivlin Promoted to Senior Instructor at CU Boulder
The Program in Jewish Studies is grateful to Eyal Rivlin for his service and welcomes his promotion to Senior Instructor.
Read More »Professor Nan Goodman Receives CU Boulder 2019 Excellence Award
The Program in Jewish Studies is excited to announce that Nan Goodman, Director of the Program in Jewish Studies and Professor of English and Jewish Studies, has been awarded a Boulder Faculty Assembly Excellence Award in Research, Scholarly, and Creative Work.
Read More »“Kabbalah and the Big Bang” with Kabbalah Scholar Daniel Matt
Congregation Har HaShem, Congregation Bonai Shalom, Scientists in Synagogues, and the University of Colorado’s Program in Jewish Studies and Department of Religious Studies welcome Professor Daniel Matt, renowned Kabbalah scholar and translator, for a series of talks in Boulder.
Read More »International Holocaust Remembrance Day Lecture: The Book Smugglers of the Vilna Ghetto
CU Boulder’s Program in Jewish Studies and cosponsors will honor International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27) with a public lecture by visiting scholar David E. Fishman.
Read More »Daniel Kahn & the Painted Bird to Play CU in Free Concert
The University of Colorado Boulder’s Program in Jewish Studies and cosponsors welcome Daniel Kahn & the Painted Bird for a free concert on the CU Boulder campus Thursday, November 8, 2018.
Read More »How the “Forverts” is Being Transformed in the Digital Era
Editor Rukhl Schaechter will speak at CU, exploring how the publication, founded in 1897 as a newspaper for Jewish immigrants, has adapted to the changing demographic of its readership.
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