Past Events 2023-2024
May 21, 2024
CU 麻豆影院's Program in Jewish Studies and听Jews of Color: Histories and Futures听welcomed Dr. Helen Kim of Whitman College to join us for a conversation about Asian American Jewish experience.听
From Routine to Murder: Anatomy in Nazi Germany and its Legacies for Today
May 8, 2024
The Program in Jewish Studies, in collaboration with the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus,听hosted Dr. Sabine Hildebrandt, co-chair of the Lancet Commission on medicine,听Nazism and the Holocaust, for a discussion on the history of anatomy in Nazi Germany and its听contemporary implications.
Unraveling the Past, Confronting the Present, and Charting an Ethical Future in Medicine: The History and Legacy of the Pernkopf Atlas
May 7, 2024
As part of the 2024 Holocaust Genocide and Contemporary Bioethics Program,听distinguished scholars, Dr. Sabine Hildebrandt and Dr. Howard Israel, led a听discussion听examining the intersection of medical education, ethics, and historical听accountability.听
April 15, 2024
A discussion of the path-breaking work on the German Jewish experience in the Third Reich by听Professor Guy Miron about听his study of the significance of space and time in German Jewish life and responses to persecution in Nazi Germany with Professor听Thomas Pegelow Kaplan, interim director of CU 麻豆影院's Program in Jewish Studies.
2024 Undergraduate Research Showcase
Through our听Undergraduate Research Assistant Program, the Program in Jewish Studies provides CU 麻豆影院 undergraduate students with opportunities to collaborate with faculty on cutting-edge听research projects by asking new questions, producing new knowledge, and sharing their findings with diverse audiences. Students presented their work at a research showcase in April 2024.
Collecting Testimonies, Facing War and Genocide in Ukraine
April 1, 2024
A听presentation by Centropa founder Edward Serotta (Vienna, Austria).
Love, Marriage, Sexuality: An Everyday History of Intimacy and Partnership under National Socialism (1930-1950)
March 21, 2024
Bi-lingual lecture by Prof. Thomas Pegelow Kaplan in the Erbdrostenhof, Muenster. This program was part of听the international conference "In Between Violence, Sexualisation & Intimacy:听Gender Perspectives on National Socialism and the Holocaust,"听organized by the , in cooperation with the Program in Jewish Studies,听and the LWL Institute for Westphalian Regional History M眉nster.听
Schmooze-A-Palooza
March 20, 2024
A听music festival featuring Hebrew-language students, alumni, faculty, and members of the broader public.
Heretics and crypto-Christians: the controversies of Rabbi Jonathan Eibeschuetz
March 6, 2024
Annual Sondra & Howard Bender Visiting Scholar Public Lecture
The Conversion of Sabbatai Tsevi
March 6, 2024
A Faculty & Graduate Student Research Colloquium,听led by Dr. Pawel Maciejko
February 29, 2024
A public talk by Prof. Shaul Magid, Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College, senior fellow at the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard, and the Kogod Senior Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America.
Bridge Over the Wadi
February 26, 2024
A film screening and Q&A with director Barak Heymann
The Zone of Interest
February 20, 2024
Film screening and panel discussion with CU Faculty.
听January 29, 2024
Annual听Holocaust Remembrance Day听program public lecture, by Dr. Mark Roseman.
Reimagining Citizenship in Fascist Italy
January 29, 2024
A graduate student & faculty research colloquium, led by guest scholar Dr. Roberta Pergher. The event was听part of the Program in Jewish Studies' annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Program, co-sponsored by the Department of French and Italian.
Know Your Nosh: Food, Jewishness & Identity
January 24, 2024
Embodied Judaism Exhibit Opening & Reception
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Explaining Conflict and War in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank: Community Discussions with CU Faculty
November 29, 2023听
Community discussions with CU faculty experts on a range of sub-topics from antisemitism to the long history of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Cine-Concert: "The Man Without a World"
November 9, 2023
A silent film with live music composed and performed by renowned klezmer violinist Alicia听Svigals and celebrated silent film pianist Donald Sosin.
Community Klezmer Workshop with Alicia Svigals
November 7, 2023
Internationally renowned klezmer violinist Alicia Svigals taught a workshop on how to make the mysterious, beautiful and deeply Jewish听sounds听which characterize authentic klezmer playing.听
October 17, 2023
Osi听Sladek, a Holocaust child survivor from Slovakia, gave testimony about his and his parent's suffering and survival in the Holocaust in the Slovak-Hungarian-Polish borderlands.听
War in Israel and Gaza: Analysis, Explanations, Memories
October 11, 2023
A public panel discussion听to shed light on the conflict's context and history with Profs.听Zach Levey听(International Affairs/JWST),听John Willis听(HIST), and听Karim Mattar.
2022-2023
2023 Undergraduate Research Showcase
Through our听Undergraduate Research Assistant Program, the Program in Jewish Studies provides CU 麻豆影院 undergraduate students with opportunities to collaborate with faculty on cutting-edge听research projects by asking new questions, producing new knowledge, and sharing their findings with diverse audiences. Students presented their work at a research showcase in April 2023.
Wednesday, April 19 & 20, 2023
The Program in Jewish Studies partnered with the Anschutz Center for Bioethics and Humanities to present听On Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity: from East West Street to the Rohingya and Ukraine, a discussion with听Philippe Sands.
Hope and Grief in the Age of Climate Change: Queer Disability Politics and Ancient Jewish Story
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
2023 Sondra and Howard Bender Visiting Scholar Lecture by Dr. Julia Watts Besler听
Schmooze-A-Palooza
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
A听music festival featuring Hebrew-language students, alumni, faculty, and members of the broader public.听
The German Resistance to Hitler and the Holocaust
Thursday,听February 2, 2023
A public lecture by Alan E. Steinweis, in honor of the 2023 International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Know Your Nosh: Food, Jewishness, & Identity
Monday, November 14, 2022
A symposium bringing听together scholars working on the significance of food for Jewish religious, cultural, national, and political identities, focusing on the United States and Israel/Palestine.听
Yiddish Paris: Creating a Jewish Nation Between Two World Wars
Monday, September 19, 2022
An Evening of Learning and Conversation听with Dr. Nick Underwood
2021-2022
2022 Undergraduate Student Research Showcase
Through our Undergraduate Research Assistant Program, the Program in Jewish Studies provides CU 麻豆影院 undergraduate students with opportunities to collaborate with faculty on cutting-edge听research projects by asking new questions, producing new knowledge, and sharing their findings with diverse audiences. Students presented their work at a research showcase in April 2022.
Holocaust, Genocide & Contemporary Bioethics Program
The Program in Jewish Studies partnered with the Anschutz Center for Bioethics and Humanities to present Legacies of the Holocaust and Health Equity Today听with听, on April 26, 2022. The event was moderated by CBH Director, Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH, with opening remarks by Chancellor of the CU Anschutz Medical Campus, Don Elliman.听Dr. Maybank is the Chief Health Equity Officer and Senior Vice President for the American Medical Association (AMA) where she focuses on embedding health equity across all the work of the AMA and leading its Center for Health Equity.听This was the keynote presentation for the 2022 Holocaust, Genocide and Contemporary听Bioethics听Program.听
The American Jewish Experience in Medicine Program
The Program in Jewish Studies partnered with the Anschutz Center for Bioethics and Humanities to present Medical Racism and the American Jewish Experience听on April 25, 2022. The program听included presentations and discussions with听Barron H. Lerner, MD, PhD,听Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH,听Barron H. Lerner, Gregg Drinkwater, PhD,听Alan M. Kraut, PhD,听Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH, and听Shanta M. Zimmer, MD.
2022 Virtual Schmooze-A-Palooza
Each year, the Program in Jewish Studies at the 麻豆影院 presents a music festival featuring Hebrew-language students, alumni, faculty, and members of the broader public. During the past two years of social distancing, we have gathered together virtually to explore the Hebrew language, build community, and make memories.听This year, we came together online to sing the classic Israeli song 鈥淗a-yeladim Koftzim鈥� (by Roi Levy and Avraham Tal of Shotei Hanevu鈥檃h).听
Sondra & Howard Bender Visiting Scholar Public Lecture
Professor Annette Yoshiko Reed听
Evil Spirits, Wayward Stars, and Scribal Knowledge in Jewish Antiquity听
Thursday, February 24, 2022
2022 Holocaust Remembrance Day
Through an Artist's Eyes: The Dehumanization &听Racialization of Jews & Political Dissidents During the Third Reich
Thursday, January 27, 2022
Israel/Palestine Series
Hilary Falb Kalisman, Endowed Professor of Israel/Palestine Studies at CU 麻豆影院, in conversation with Ahmed Mansour & Dan Chyutin on the relationship between the United States, Israel, & Palestine.
Monday, October 18
Peak to Peak Webinar Concert Series: Middle Eastern/North African Jewish Poetic Songs (Piyyutim)鈥擣rom Pulpit to Pop Chart听
A Conversation/Performance with Dr. Galeet Dardashti and听Professor听Yonatan Malin
Thu, Dec 02, 2021听
Peak to Peak Webinar Concert Series: Traditional Klezmer Music
A Conversation/Performance with Visiting Musicians听Cookie Segelstien and Josh Horowitz and听Professor听Yonatan Malin
Wednesday, November 17, 2021听
Peak to Peak Webinar Concert Series: Contemporary Klezmer Music & Yiddish Song
A Conversation/Performance with Visiting Musicians听Zo毛 Aqua and Adah Hetko and听Professor听Yonatan Malin
Monday, September 20, 2021听
2020-2021
Rosenzweig for the Contemporary Moment: A (Zoom) Roundtable Celebration of Star of Redemption鈥檚 100th Anniversary
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Co-facilitators: Elias Sacks and听Sarah Pessin
Panelists:听Leora Batnitzky,听Martin Kavka,听Randi Raskhover, and听Larisa Reznik
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Monday, May 24th, 2021
Presented by Rebecca Wartell
Peak to Peak Series
April 6, 2021
Holocaust, Genocide and Contemporary Bioethics Program听
Thursday, March 18, 2021
Presented by Bruce Haynes, 2021 Sondra and Howard Bender Scholar
Monday, December 14, 2020听
Presented by Yonatan Malin
Peak to Peak Series
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Presented by Hilary Falb Kalisman
Peak to Peak Series
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Presented by听Weeam Hammoudeh
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Presented by听Rhona Seidelman
Monday, September 14, 2020
Presented by Nan Goodman
Thursday, August 20, 2020
Presented by David Shneer
Thursday, July 23, 2020
Presented by Samira K. Mehta
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2018-2019
2017-2018
2013-2014
Sondra D. Bender Visiting Scholar: Shaul Magid
Little Failure: Gary Shteyngart
Media Wars and the Invisible Holocaust: Natascha Drubek
Between Jewish Liturgy, Arab Music and Israeli Hebrew: Almog Behar
Embodied Judaism: The Sound of Ecstacy
2012-2013
Inauguration of the Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History
What We Talk 麻豆影院 When We Talk 麻豆影院 Anne Frank: Nathan Englander
The Eichmann Trial: Deborah Lipstadt
On the Wings of the Shekhinah: Rabbi Leah Novick
How the Ari Created a Myth and Transformed Judaism: Howard Schwartz
2011-2012
Reb Zalman Shachter-Shalomi, Dr. Chava Weissler, and Rabbi Or Rose
When They Come For Us We'll Be Gone: Gal Beckerman
Augustine and the Jews: Paula Fredriksen
Yiddish Behind The Iron Curtain: Cantor Jalda Rebling
Everything is God: The Radical Path of Nondual Judaism: Jay Michaelson
2010-2011
Launch of the Brian E. Lebowitz Collection: Robert Atler
Speak Jewish?: Sarah Benor
Bar Kochba: Inventing Jewish Radicalism: Menachem Mor
Smashing the Idols: Rabbi Yisorel Wilhelm, Rabbi Victor Gross, Orly Halpern & Elissa Barrett
2009-2010
Radical Artists: Jewish Art in Diaspora: Carol Zemel
Untitled (L鈥橭rigine): Yael Kanerak
Obama, Sarah Silverman and Black-Jewish Relations: Daniel Itzkovitz
River Jordan: Myth of a Dividing Line: Rachel Havrelock
Paul Was Not a Christian: Pamela Eisenbaum
From Rebel to Rabbi: Matthew Hoffman
