Resources for Community
Join us in Intercultural Conversation and Education
At the Center for Judaic Studies, we work with organizations across Colorado to give students and community members meaningful learning opportunities. We regularly partner with campus and community groups on a variety of interfaith programs and initiatives as we work to further our commitment to diversity and inclusion. Our Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society and Holocaust Awareness Institute also regularly organize events for the community, on and off campus.
Upcoming Center for Judaic Studies Events
Sunday, January 25, 2026
The 23rd Annual Marcus Holocaust Lecture: “Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire”
Film screening and discussion with Director Oren Rudavsk
Join the Holocaust Awareness Institute at the Denver Jewish Film Festival for the annual Marcus Lecture featuring award-winning director Oren Rudavsky’s acclaimed documentary about Holocaust survivor, author, and Nobel Prize laureate Elie Wiesel, whose dedication as an educator and activist modeled our responsibility to remember the past and to fight for a better future.
Holocaust survivors, students, and educators attend the Marcus Lecture free. Request your ticket here or call us at 303-871-3020.
- 6:30-8:30 p.m. MT
- MACC Elaine Wolf Theatre, 350 S Dahlia St, Denver, CO 80246
Learn with us
Interested in exploring Judaic studies? If you're over the age of 60, you can audit undergraduate courses, including our interdisciplinary Judaic Studies courses, through DU's Senior Audit program. The cost to audit a course is $100.
Due to COVID-19, the University has suspended all community audit programs; however, they will resume as soon as it is safe to do so.
You can audit Judaic Studies courses exploring literature, history, philosophy and religious studies.
Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society and the Beck Archives Keep the Stories Alive
Resources for Teachers
We know that the Holocaust is a difficult yet critical subject to teach. We partner with Colorado Holocaust Educators (CHE) to offer training and resources to support you as you teach about the Holocaust.
If you want to learn about upcoming education opportunities, email us at hai@du.edu. We also encourage you to access the training at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum website.
We're making Holocaust survivor stories accessible through an interactive educational website to support the new Holocaust and genocide education mandate for Colorado public schools. This website, Witness to History, will feature profiles of survivors who eventually made Colorado their home, and will integrate these profiles into the historical timeline of the Holocaust and into maps for geographic context. Witness to History draws on the archival resources of the Holocaust Awareness Institute and Beck Archives, among other sources.
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