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January 31, 2007
Don't miss our last film...
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"JEWS ON THE MOVE: PILGRIMAGE, MIGRATION, REFUGE, & RETURN"
MELTING SIBERIA
Wednesday, January 31 at 7:00 P.M.
Davis Auditorium in Sturm Hall (2nd Floor)
University of Denver, 2000 E. Asbury Ave. ,
Directed by Ido Haar
Marina, a Russian Israeli, was raised by her mother after World War II. Her father, a Red Army soldier, had disappeared in the Siberian steppes, never to know his daughter. Marina's son Ido asks his mother for permission to seek out his grandfather and to put the attempt on film. The resulting family reunion is full of emotional surprises.
RSVP's appreciated, please call 303.871.3660 or email palarsen@du.edu
JOIN LEAH GARRETT ON LAMED SHAPIRO: THE CROSS AND OTHER STORIES
Thursday, February 1, 2007 at 7 P.M.
Singer Gallery at the Mizel Center for Arts and Culture
350 S. Dahlia Street, Denver
Lamed Shapiro (1878-1948), who was born in Ukraine and came to the United States in 1905, personifies the struggles of Jewish modernists adrift in a changing culture. In Shapiro's writings, violence is grotesque and horrific. It brings in its wake a moral wastland, and gives rise to a chain of violence. Suffering strips people of their character; similarly, war is portrayed as brutal rather than heroic.
Leah Garrett, an associate professor of English Literature and Judaic Studies at University of Denver, is the editor of a new book from Yale University Press about Shapiro's life and work. She has published extensively on Yiddish, American and Hebrew Jewish literature. Garret will discuss the ways in which the Jewish experience of the violence of war is both unique and universal. Her new book will be available to purchase.
Cost is $5/general admission; $3/students & seniors.
For more information visit www.mizelcenter.org
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| Join the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Denver for, Rimon: Master Classes in Judaic Studies with Internationally Renowned Scholar of Jewish Philosophy, Claire Katz |
EDUCATING THE SOLITARY MAN: LEVINAS, ROUSSEAU, AND THE
RETURN TO JEWISH WISDOM
February 5, 2007 at 7:00 P.M.
Lindsay Auditorium in Sturm Hall,
University of Denver, 2000 E. Asbury Avenue
Join internationally renowned scholar of Jewish Philosophy, Claire Katz, as she explores the relationship between primary education, Jewish education, the role of religion in public school, and the development of ethically responsible communities.
Claire Katz is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies at Texas A&M University. She is the author of Levinas, Judaism, and the Feminine: The Silent Footsteps of Rebecca, as well as the editor of a four-volume series on the 20th Century French Jewish philosopher, Emmanuel Levinas.
3-Day Master Class: "Levinas and the Politics of Education"
Join Professor Katz for a series of intensive seminars on the religious, political and pedagogical themes that motivated Levinas' ethical project and explore his direct and very practical response to the horrors he experienced in the 20th century.
Tuesday, February 6 from 4-6 P.M.
Craig Hall Board Room 384
University of Denver, 2148 S. High Street
Wednesday, February 7 from 4-6 P.M.
Craig Hall Board Room 384
University of Denver, 2148 S. High Street
Thursday, February 8, 2007 from 4-6 P.M.
Craig Hall Board Room 464
University of Denver, 2148 S. High Street
All events are free and open to the public; however, RSVPs are required, as space is limited. Please call 303.871.3660 or email palarsen@du.edu by February 1, 2007.
Master Classes revolve around readings pre-selected by our visiting scholar. TO obtain a copy, please contact Sarah Pessin at spessin@du.edu or call 303.871.3021 by February 1, 2007.
For more information, including a bibliography of readings and guiding questions please visit www.du.edu/cjs.
ECHOES AND REFLECTIONS TRAINING…
This is a training on utilizing this multimedia curriculum on the Holocaust. The curriculum delivers the pedagogical experience and resources of three world renowned organizations: Anti-Defamation League, Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, and Yad Vashem. Participants will receive a copy of the Echoes and Reflections curriculum which is filled with ready-to-use lessons easily integrated into a standards based curriculum. This training will be led by ADL's Assistant Director's of Education, Tara Raju.
Tuesday, February 6, 2007 from 4-7 p.m.
ADL Office, 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 1301
The cost is $12 per person, which includes a free copy of the Echoes and Reflections Curriculum!
For more information please contact the Holocaust Awareness Institute at 303.871.3013 or www.du.edu/cjs
The Anti-Defamation League at 303.830.7177 or www.adl.org
Please RSVP at 303.871.3013. Space is limited!
8th ANNUAL JOHN C. LIVINGSTON MEMORIAL LECTURE...
Join the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society and the Beck Archives for "Making America Harmonious: Jews in the Shaping of the Nation's Music" with Dr. Steve Whitfield. Dr. Whitfield is currently the Max Richter Chair in American Civilization at Brandeis University, where he also chairs the Department of American Studies.
The lecture series honors the life of Dr. John C. Livingston who was active in RMJHS and Beck Archives, serving as mentor, guiding genius, and longtime editor of the Society's Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Notes. Dr. Livingston influenced every aspect of development of RMJHS and the Beck Archives for nearly a quarter of a century.
Monday, February 26 at 7:00 P.M.
Driscoll Ballroom at the University of Denver
This program is free and open to the public but reservations are required.
Please contact Dr. Jeanne Abrams at 303.871.3016.
In the community...
The Boulder JCC is hosting Joshua Nelson - is a very exciting young African American Jewish and Traditional Gospel singer who will be performing to benefit the Boulder Jewish Community Center on Saturday, February, 3 at 8 p.m. at the Boulder Theater. He was recently featured on the Oprah Winfrey show as a performer to watch and Oprah had this to say about Mr. Nelson: "The next big thing in music - he literally brings the house DOWN." For more information, visit www.boulderjcc.org or call 303.786.7030.
Please join Rachel Jablon, scholar in residence for the Holocaust Awareness Institute on Saturday, February 10 at 9 p.m. at the Mellon Financial Denver Jewish Film Festival for La Maison de Nina (Nina's Home).
A French film about the challenges faced by French homes for Jewish children that were established during World War II and how they coped as information about the Holocaust came to them, as children from concentration camps were delivered to them, and as some families were reunited, and some were not. For more information, visit www.mizelcenter.org.
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