Sam Boyd

Professor Samuel Boyd Featured on NPR's Podcast, On the Media

April 20, 2020

Samuel Boyd , Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Religious Studies, recently spoke with NPR's On the Media podcast about the long tradition of religious communities adapting when they're denied access to their houses of worship. He explains that there's a tension common across faith traditions between the idea that...

Professor Elias Sacks

Message from the Director: COVID-19 Response from the Program in Jewish Studies

March 20, 2020

As we complete our first full week of the 鈥渘ew normal鈥 of online learning and remote work here at the University of Colorado Boulder, I write to you with an offer of support and a message of gratitude. First and foremost, I want to say that the Program in Jewish...

Professor Elias Sacks

Meet the Incoming Director of the Program in Jewish Studies, Elias Sacks

Dec. 31, 2019

We are excited to announce that Elias Sacks , Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies, will begin his term as Director of the Program in Jewish Studies on January 1, 2020. We would also like to thank Professor Beverly Weber for serving as Interim Director during the Fall...

Professor Elias Sacks

Elias Sacks' Visit to the University of Virginia

Nov. 26, 2019

Elias Sacks , Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies and Incoming Director of the Program in Jewish Studies, recently visited the University of Virginia to lecture on Jewish thought and anti-intellectualism, give a colloquium on the Frankfurt School and critical theory, and lead discussions with undergraduate and graduate...

Professor Nan Goodman

Professor Nan Goodman Delivers Talk at University of Sarajevo

Oct. 22, 2019

Earlier this month, Professor Nan Goodman delivered a talk titled 鈥淗ayonian Epistemology and the Tripartite Jewish God in the Age of Locke鈥 at a conference on Nehemiah Hiyya Hayon at the University of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Professor David Shneer to Host Two "Indecent" Talkbacks in Denver

Sept. 3, 2019

David Shneer, Professor of History, Religious Studies, and Jewish Studies, recently worked as the Yiddish consultant for Indecent at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts . He will host two talkbacks after the play on Sunday, September 15, 1:30 PM and again on Friday, October 4, 7:30 PM. Learn...

Professor David Shneer

Professor David Shneer coaches cast of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts鈥 production of Indecent about Yiddish theater and how to make the guttural 鈥渞鈥 when speaking Yiddish

Aug. 7, 2019

Yiddish Studies scholar David Shneer , Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History and Professor of History, Religious Studies, and Jewish Studies, gave a workshop for the cast of the DCPA鈥檚 production of Indecent , the Paula Vogel meditation on Sholem Asch鈥檚 鈥淕od of Vengeance,鈥 that was a hit...

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Now Hiring: Program Coordinator

July 11, 2019

Now Hiring: Program Coordinator for the Program in Jewish Studies The Program in Jewish Studies welcomes applications for a Program Coordinator. This position manages all operations for the Program in Jewish Studies in conjunction with the Director. This includes managing budgets and all grants, developing public programs, coordinating curriculum, developing...

Professor Hilary Falb Kalisman

Professor Hilary Kalisman Awarded National Academy of Education Fellowship

May 14, 2019

The Program in Jewish Studies is excited to announce that Professor Hilary Falb Kalisman has been selected as a 2019 National Academy of Education (NAEd) /Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow . This year, thirty fellows were selected from a competitive pool of 221 applications. The fellowship supports early career scholars from a...

Hilary Falb Kalisman

Professor Hilary Falb Kalisman Named American Council of Learned Societies Fellow

May 2, 2019

The Program in Jewish Studies is excited to announce that Hilary Falb Kalisman , Assistant Professor of History and Endowed Professor of Israel/Palestine Studies in the Program in Jewish Studies, is one of two 蜜桃传媒破解版下载 historians to have won a fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)...

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