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CU Boulder Program in Jewish Studies @cujewishstudies.bsky.social · Aug 25

Please join us Tuesday, September 2 for an invited talk by Dr. Prof. Michael Brenner (Munich/Washington DC).

Details at: tinyurl.com/MBrenner

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CU Boulder Program in Jewish Studies @cujewishstudies.bsky.social · Jul 14

The Program in Jewish Studies congratulates Hilary Falb Kalisman on receiving tenure and a promotion to the rank of Associate Professor!

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CU Boulder Program in Jewish Studies @cujewishstudies.bsky.social · May 19

Congratulations to the 2025-2026 Shneer Faculty Fellows: Natalie Block and Martin Kavka!

To learn about the Fellows and their research projects, go to: www.colorado.edu/jewishstudie...

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CU Boulder Program in Jewish Studies @cujewishstudies.bsky.social · Apr 14

Join us on April 24 for an evening talk by Ofer Ashkenazi (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) that examines how German Jews used photography to document their lives under National Socialism.

Info at: tinyurl.com/ycx6ntk3

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CU Boulder Program in Jewish Studies @cujewishstudies.bsky.social · Apr 14

The Program in Jewish Studies & Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History will hold a public reading of the names of European Jews murdered by the Germans & their allies during the Holocaust. Learn more & sign up at www.colorado.edu/jewishstudies/events

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CU Boulder Program in Jewish Studies @cujewishstudies.bsky.social · Mar 24

Please join us Monday, April 7 for an evening dedicated to the legacy of David Shneer, as a scholar, a mentor, and a builder of institutions.

Details at: tinyurl.com/Shneer

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CU Boulder Program in Jewish Studies @cujewishstudies.bsky.social · Mar 21

Please join us Wednesday, April 2 for a special talk by Wadie Said: “Palestine, American Law, and the State of (Semi)-Permanent Exception.”

Details at: tinyurl.com/y62m7w9h

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CU Boulder Program in Jewish Studies @cujewishstudies.bsky.social · Mar 11

Join us Tuesday, March 18 at 12:30pm (MT) for a special Holocaust Survivor Testimony.

Details & Zoom registration: tinyurl.com/3radu972

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Surviving the Holocaust in the Dominican Republic: A Child Survivor Gives Testimony. Tuesday, March. 18 at 12:30-1:45 pm (MT) in Roster Atlas Center 100 and via Zoom. Image is Ann Marie, Margaret Vamosi, and Barbara Bandler in front of Algonquin, which took them from New York to the Dominican Republic, June 1941.

CU Boulder Program in Jewish Studies @cujewishstudies.bsky.social · Feb 27

The Program in Jewish Studies & CU Libraries support visiting scholars whose research interests take advantage of unique resources in the Innovations in Jewish Life Collections.

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DEADLINE: March 1, 2025

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White text on maroon background. Shneer Family Fellowship in Innovations in Jewish Life. This $2500 fellowship is open to faculty and doctoral students who have advanced to candidacy. Recipients of the annual award must be in-residence for a minimum of four days. Recipients must use the research funds during the 2025-2026 academic year. Recipients will present a faculty and graduate student colloquium related to their research project during their visit.

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CU Boulder Program in Jewish Studies @cujewishstudies.bsky.social · Feb 26

Each year, the Program in Jewish Studies presents a live concert performed by Hebrew-language students, alumni, faculty, & local community. Please join us March 12 for an evening featuring Hebrew songs of hope & inspiration. Free & open to the public.

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CU Boulder Program in Jewish Studies @cujewishstudies.bsky.social · Feb 24

Join the Program in Jewish Studies March 3 for our 2025 Annual Bender Visiting Scholar Public Lecture by Dr. Laura Arnold Leibman. This event is free and supported by the Henry Luce Foundation.

Details and zoom registration at: tinyurl.com/2axxsdbd

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CU Boulder Program in Jewish Studies @cujewishstudies.bsky.social · Jan 28

Join the Program in Jewish Studies and Jews of Color: Histories & Futures on Feb. 11 for our 2025 Embodied Judaism program. This event is free and supported by the Henry Luce Foundation.

Details and zoom registration at: tinyurl.com/48nttjmu

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Image of 3 guest scholars. White text on dark blue background: Jews of Color in the United States and Israel. Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 7:00pm. In person at Norlin Library, CBIS (5th floor) and streaming via zoom. 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. Please join Ilana Kaufman (the Jews of Color Initiative), Marc Dollinger (San Francisco State University, author of Black Power, Jewish Politics: Reinventing the Alliance in the 1960s), and Bryan K. Roby (University of Michigan, author of The Mizrahi Era of Rebellion: Israel’s Forgotten Civil Rights Struggle, 1948-1966) for a panel discussion about the lives, experiences, and histories of Jews of color in the United States and Israel.

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CU Boulder Program in Jewish Studies @cujewishstudies.bsky.social · Jan 21

Join the Program in Jewish Studies on Feb. 6 for a Lunchtime Talk by Doris L. Bergen.

"We Have Been Lied To": How Antisemitism, Anti-Black Racism, and Misogyny are Linked

Details and zoom registration at: tinyurl.com/mt7rc35e

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CU Boulder Program in Jewish Studies @cujewishstudies.bsky.social · Jan 13

Please join the CU Boulder Program in Jewish Studies on January 27 for our 2025 Holocaust Remembrance Day program with Dr. Brown-Fleming.

Details and zoom registration at: tinyurl.com/3xvk6j9z

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‘Love and Mercy’ after the Holocaust: The Vatican’s Postwar Clemency Campaign, 1945-1958

This event is in person and streaming via Zoom. Please join the Program in Jewish Studies for our annual Holocaust Remembrance Day program public lecture, by Dr. Brown-Fleming. Ernst von Weizsäck...

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CU Boulder Program in Jewish Studies @cujewishstudies.bsky.social · Dec 5

The Program in Jewish Studies & CU Libraries support visiting scholars whose research interests take advantage of unique resources in the Innovations in Jewish Life Collections.
tinyurl.com/ShneerFellow...
Note: this website is under construction and will be updated 12/10

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