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
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Livingston & Abrams Lecture in American Jewish History
Behind the Podcast: The Nightingale of Iran
RMJHS welcomes sisters Galeet and Danielle Dardashti, creators of the award-winning audio documentary The Nightingale of Iran, for an evening of storytelling and song as they discuss the making of the podcast exploring their family’s musical journey from Persia to Israel and to the United States.
- 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. MT
- JCC Elaine Wolf Theatre, 350 S Dahlia St, Denver CO, 80246
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
An Evening of Art and Story: Frank Stella’s "Had Gadya" in Conversation
University of Denver Libraries and the Center for Judaic Studies present a conversation with CJS Director Adam Rovner and Dean Sobel, Professor of the Practice of Art History and Museum Studies and founding director of the Clyfford Still Museum about Stella’s impact on modern art, the cultural weight of Had Gadya, and what it means for a major contemporary artist to illustrate this powerful narrative.
- 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. MT
- Kvistad Special Events Room, Anderson Academic Commons 290
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Blind Spot: Film Screening & Discussion
Join us for a special screening of the film Blind Spot, the first film to document the presence of antisemitism on American campuses prior to the October 7 attacks on Israel, and to examine how it grew into the explosion of virulent and often violent campus antisemitism in the aftermath of October 7.
- 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. MT
- Reiman Theater, Margery Reed Hall 113
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
The 44th Annual Governor's Holocaust Remembrance Program
CJS joins the Mountain States ADL and other sponsors for a special commemorative program bringing together people of all faiths to honor survivors, remember those who perished, educate about this horrific crime against humanity, and translate those lessons into contemporary action.
- 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. MT
- Temple Emanuel, 51 Grape Street, Denver, CO (or livestream)
Sunday, May 4, 2025
The RMJHS Book Club is reading "Extracted: Unmasking Rampant Antisemitism in America’s Higher Education"
Join RMJHS in Boulder for a discussion of Dr. S. Perry Brickman’s in-depth study of antisemitism at Emory University. In 2006, Brickman attended an exhibit on the history of Jewish life at Emory, where he encountered documents strongly suggesting that many―himself included―had been failed out of Emory’s School of Dentistry because they were Jewish. Determined to uncover the truth, Brickman began extracting evidence hidden deep in the archives.
RSVP to joshua.furman@du.edu or 303-871-3085.
- 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. MT
- Congregation Har Hashem in Boulder, 3950 Baseline Rd, Boulder, CO 80303
Thursday, May 15, 2025
The 31st Annual RMJHS Heritage Award Evening: Honoring Colorado Jewish Journalism
Join us at History Colorado for a special evening celebrating Colorado Jewish Journalism. This year's event features a panel discussion with our three Heritage Award honorees, veteran journalists Chris Leppek, Kathy Neustadt, and Gary Shapiro.
Proceeds benefit the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society in our mission to preserve Jewish history in Colorado and the Mountain West. Explore our past and build our future with RMJHS!
- 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. MT
- History Colorado Center, 1200 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203
Thursday, May 29, 2025
When Strawberries Bloom: The Creation of Golda Meir
When Strawberries Bloom chronicles the life and times of Golda Meir, former Prime Minister of Israel (and one-time Denver resident), from her early childhood in the Russian Empire through her adult years as a world leader. Don't miss this special one-night-only performance featuring CJS' own Selena A. Naumoff as Golda Meir!
- 7:00 p.m. MT
- Historic Elitch Theatre, 4550 W 38th St, Denver CO 80212
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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