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News & Events
Discover what's happening at the Center for Judaic Studies, the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society and the Holocaust Awareness Institute. Read about Judaic Studies students and faculty, and join us for our many events and conferences, including the Fred Marcus Memorial Holocaust Lecture, the Vinnik Evening of Jewish Culture, the Week of Jewish Philosophy and the Hebrew Seminar, as well as frequent online exhibitions highlighting the collections in the Beck Archives.
Upcoming Center for Judaic Studies Events
Monday, January 27, 2025
The 22nd Annual Fred & Audrey Friedman Marcus Holocaust Lecture presents "The Return From The Other Planet"
Documentary film screening and discussion with director Assaf Lapid
Survivor and author Yehiel De-Nur shaped the way readers worldwide imagined the Holocaust. Increasingly haunted by his experience in Auschwitz, De-Nur underwent experimental psychiatric treatment with LSD to confront the source of his trauma and find a way to return to life.
- 6:30 – 9:00 p.m. MT
- Elaine Wolf Theatre, 350 S Dahlia St, Denver, CO, 80246
Sunday, February 2, 2025
The RMJHS Book Club is reading "Henrietta Szold: Hadassah and the Zionist Dream"
Join RMJHS at the Golda Meir House for a discussion of acclaimed author Francine Klagsbrun's biography of Hadassah founder and Zionist trailblazer Henrietta Szold, and a tour of the museum with director Lena Fishman.
RSVP to joshua.furman@du.edu
- 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. MT
- Golda Meir House Museum, Auraria Campus, 1148 9th Street, Denver, CO 80204
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Antisemitism in American History: Perspectives from the Archives with Dr. Britt Tevis
RMJHS welcomes Dr. Britt Tevis (Syracuse University) for a virtual talk with a fresh historical perspective on antisemitism in the United States using archival materials created between 1654 and 2024 from across the country.
- 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. MT
- Attend virtually via Zoom
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Exodus: One Story, Two Communities
CJS and the Spirituals Project present a concert celebrating Jewish and African American faith and freedom, and the importance of the Exodus narrative. Following the concert, RMJHS Director Dr. Joshua Furman will participate in a talkback on the significance of the Exodus story for the Jewish and the African American communities.
- 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. MT
- Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Gates Concert Hall
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezin
The Lamont Symphony Orchestra presents Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezin. This concert-drama conceived and created by Maestro Murry Sidlin tells the story of the courageous Jewish prisoners in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp (Terezín) who performed Verdi’s Requiem while experiencing the depths of human degradation. Defiant Requiem combines the magnificent music of Verdi with video testimony from survivors of the original Terezín chorus and footage from the 1944 Nazi propaganda film about Theresienstadt. Co-sponsored by the Holocaust Awareness Institute.
- 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. MT
- Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Gates Concert Hall
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Behind the Podcast: The Nightingale of Iran
RMJHS welcomes Galeet and Danielle Dardashti, creators of the award-winning audio documentary The Nightingale of Iran, which explores their family’s musical journey from Iran to Israel to the United States. Presented in partnership with the Mizel Arts & Culture Center.
Registration page coming soon!
- 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. MT
- JCC Elaine Wolf Theatre, 350 S Dahlia St, Denver CO 8024
Vinnik Evening of Jewish Culture
Sandy Vinnik was a passionate advocate for the advancement of Jewish studies and a leader in the Denver Jewish community. As part of her work with the center, the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society and the Holocaust Awareness Institute, Sandy founded the Dr. Irwin E. Vinnik Fellowship for Advanced Study, providing funding for research and educational projects and learning trips to Israel. Sandy worked tirelessly to promote scholarship and understanding of Jewish culture. Each year, we honor her memory at the Vinnik Evening of Jewish Culture, which brings the community together for a night of film in partnership with the Denver Jewish Film Festival.
Conferences and Seminars
Center for Judaic Studies holds conferences and seminars to engage with the Denver Jewish community and beyond.
