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November 16, 2007
Help Us Continue to Bring the Highest Level of Jewish Education to Denver...
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As we bid goodbye to Amichai Lau Lavie, our first long term visiting artist in residence at the Center, I wanted to take this opportunity to ask for your support. If you believe in the highest level of Jewish education, you should be supporting the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Denver.
This fall brought some of the most innovative and cutting edge performers, artists and educators to the Denver-Boulder region. Amichai's visit, along with Peter Cole's transformative presentation of medieval Jewish poetry, and Ari Kelman's fantastic work on Yiddish literature has put the University of Denver on the map as a center for innovative Jewish education and culture.
The Center receives only one third of its operating budget from the university. The rest comes from supporters like you.
This year's project, Shema: What Jewish Culture Sounds Like, has a budget of $132,000. Thanks to the vision of Rose Community Foundation, we have already met more than half of that goal. Please help us ensure that we can meet our entire budget and continue to bring the highest level of Jewish education to Denver by giving us your support.
Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav once said, "Money to support Torah is Torah itself." Those of you supporting our work are creating Torah, are helping us turn Denver-Boulder into one of the nation's leading centers of Jewish education and culture.
WE CANNOT DO THIS WITHOUT YOU...
David Shneer
Director, Center for Judaic Studies
Online donations can be made through our website at www.du.edu/cjs/support_cjs.html or can be mailed to:
The Center for Judaic Studies
University of Denver
2000 E. Asbury Ave., Suite 157
Denver, CO 80212
DU Student, Consultant to the Holocaust Awareness Institute and Inspirational Teacher on Channel 4...
Carrie Olson, consultant to the Holocaust Awareness Institute at the Center for Judaic Studies, master teacher for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and now a Ph.D. Student at DU in the College of Education and the Center for Judaic Studies was featured on Denver's Channel 4 earlier this month. They highlighted her work with eighth grade students at Kepner Middle School where Carrie teaches the history of the Holocaust. With the help of the KEEP Foundation, her course includes a trip to Europe to see and learn about history first hand. Often the first trip internationally for these students, Carrie's class inspires students to reach higher demonstrated with a substantially higher rate of graduation among alumni.
The Center for Judaic Studies is incredibly proud to call Carrie Olson one
of our students as she pursues a Ph.D. in Holocaust education. Carrie was also the recipient of the Excellence in Education Award from the Holocaust Awareness Institute, presented at the 2005 Remembrance & Hope Dinner.
To see this complete Channel 4 story, visit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYiFkdB3mFI
Don't miss a special evening with the cast of The Diary of Anne Frank...
Holocaust Awareness Institute
Remembrance & Hope 2007 Annual Dinner
Honoring the University of Denver's Chancellor, Robert D. Coombe
Wednesday, November 28, 2007 at 5:00 p.m.
Featuring a performance of The Diary of Anne Frank
The Denver Center Theatre Company, Space Theatre
Donald R. Seawell Grand Ballroom
Denver Performing Arts Complex
14th and Curtis Street
MA private reception with the cast of The Diary of Anne Frank to follow the performance.
Dinner Chairs
Dr. Larry & Joanne Fisher
Jay & Joyce Moskowitz
Honorary Chairs
Michael Opatowski & Ruth Malman
Sandy Vinnik
Program highlights include
*Special recognition to Yvonne Englard Zuber for her service to the Holocaust Awareness Institute
*Installation of the Emil and Eva Hecht Chair in Judaic Studies
*Announcing a new Holocaust Memorial Project at the University of Denver
A ticket exchange for The Diary of Anne Frank is available if you already hold tickets for a different performance date. To secure your tickets or for more information, contact the Holocaust Awareness Institute at 303.871.3013.
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| New book by Dr. Jeanne Abrams... |
Join Dr. Jeanne Abrams, director of the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society & Beck Archives, for a book launch and signing for her new book, Images of America: Jewish Denver 1859-1940.
December 2, 2007, 1 – 2:30 p.m.
University of Denver's Women's College
1901 E. Asbury (The Garden Room)
This 128 page paperback book features over 175 beautiful and evocative historical photos, documents, and artifacts – many of which have never been seen before in print. These important historical artifacts are housed in the Beck Archives, Special Collections, Penrose Library, and the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Denver. In addition, the book features an informative historical overview of the Jewish Denver community from 1859-1940.
Jeanne E. Abrams, Ph.D., is a professor at Penrose Library and the longtime director of the Beck Archives and the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society. She is also the author of numerous books and articles, including Blazing the Tuberculosis Trail and Jewish Women Pioneering the Frontier Trail: A History in the American West.
Enjoy delicious complimentary kosher ice cream provided by Bonnie Brae Ice Cream.
Proceeds of book sales at this event will benefit RMJHS which is available for $16 for RMJHS members and $20 for non-members. Books can be ordered for cost plus $2.50 shipping and handling.
For more information, to reserve a copy of the book or RSVP for the event,
please call 303-871-3016
Parking is available on the street or in the public lot on the corner of Asbury and Race.
Faculty Around Town...
Dr. Sarah Pessin, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Judaic Studies, will be installed as the Emil & Eva Hecht Chair in Judaic Studies at the upcoming Holocaust Awareness Institute Remembrance & Hope dinner on November 28.
In the Community...
The Robert E. Loup Jewish Community Center along with the DAT Minyan and Bais Menachem are bringing the group Simply Tsfat from the city of Tsfat in Israel to Denver on Saturday, November 17 at 7:30 p.m. To learn more or get tickets, call 303.522.0141 or visit chabadcolorado.com or datminyan.org.
Newman Arts Management in collaboration with Temple Emanuel presents a concert with Amit Peled and Eli Kalman on Sunday, December 9 at 4 p.m. For tickets or additional information, call 303.750.5034.
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