麻豆影院

The Program in Jewish Studies announces summer Peak to Peak series line-up

Holocaust memory, social justice, food and American legal history take center stage this summer as part of a newly reimagined Peak to Peak series.

This series, organized by the Program in Jewish Studies with support from the Office for Outreach and Engagement, brings conversations and connections featuring CU 麻豆影院 faculty to communities statewide.

In a normal year, the series听would go to the different communities, but in light of the pandemic this year, they thought they鈥檇 try something new: Making the whole event digital.

鈥淲e live in challenging times. Even beyond the pandemic, we live in a time when it鈥檚 difficult to always know how to engage in conversation with one another, how to think about challenging ethical issues, political issues, historical issues, religious issues,鈥� said Elias Sacks, director of the Program in Jewish Studies and the organizer of this year鈥檚 series.

鈥淲e see this program as an opportunity to be in conversation with communities across Colorado about these kinds of questions and we think that really matters.鈥�

The Peak to Peak series began in 2016 as a way for faculty primarily from the Program in Jewish Studies to travel across the state, partnering with local organizations to bring dialogue and educational opportunities to these communities.

This year, though, required a bit more creativity.

鈥淲e didn鈥檛 want to lose out on the opportunity to build these connections,鈥� commented Sacks.

And so, with support from the and organizations across Colorado, they decided to offer a series of web-based public programs covering a wide range of topics, from food to American legal history.

鈥淲e鈥檙e really grateful for the partnership with this office,鈥� said Sacks. 鈥淭hey鈥檝e just been incredible partners. Many of the connections to particular communities are thanks to the efforts of that office.鈥�

And, for the Office for Outreach and Engagement, the feeling is mutual.

鈥淲e are excited about reaching even more rural Colorado locations through our ongoing partnership with Program in Jewish Studies as the lectures go online,鈥� said Lisa Schwartz, the office鈥檚 community outreach program manager.听

鈥淲e are thrilled to support Elias Sacks and his staff and faculty as they work with community partners to provide space for learning and discussion for all Coloradans during the pandemic.鈥�

The other program partners this summer include the ,听,听听,听,听听and听.

鈥淎ll of us went into academia because we think and hope that the work we do, the questions we ask, and the teaching that we do can make a difference in the world. We鈥檙e thrilled to have the opportunity to go into communities and think with those communities, learn with those communities, and grow with those communities by exploring these issues,鈥� said Sacks.听

鈥淚t鈥檚 just an incredible opportunity and an incredible privilege.鈥�

The announced programs are as followed: