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Featured Student
Jeremy J Darling
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Jeremy J Darling, featured second from the left in the above photo, comes to CU from Steamboat Springs, Colorado . He is a theater major and will graduate in 2011 or 2012. A very engaged and involved student, Jeremy is a Resident Advisor and is active with several student organizations on the CU campus including Hillel, Students for Israel and Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity (to name only a few!)
Jeremy found the Certificate in Jewish Studies to be a powerful, academic approach to learning about Jewish culture and Judaism as well as a great way to connect with other students seeking the same knowledge.
He spent part of his winter break working on a community service project in Israel with the Jewish National Fund and the Israel Campus Coalition. To learn more, read the recent article featured in the
Boulder Daily Camera.
Inspired by concepts of Tikkun Olam (Repairing the World), Jeremy aspires to use his education to make the world a better place by making a difference in the lives of children. This perhaps involves working for a non-profit organization and pursuing a masters in Social Work with an emphasis in Jewish Leadership.
Consider a donation to the Program in Jewish Studies to ensure we can continue to help students like Jeremy achieve their goals and make a difference in our world.
Donations can be made online through the CU Foundation at
www.cufund.org/giving-opportunities/fund-description/?id=3533
Be sure to specify the Program in Jewish Studies,
thank you!
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Kol Mevaser - The Voice of Jewish Studies at CU-Boulder!
Kol Mevaser ('The Herald' in Hebrew and Yiddish) is named after the first regularly appearing Yiddish newspaper in Odessa, Russia in the 1860's. We aspire to live up to this name by bringing you the latest news in Jewish Studies at the University of Colorado and beyond.
On Facebook? Join our Facebook Group - Jewish Studies - University of Colorado at Boulder.
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Faculty Updates...
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Naomi Gale, our visiting Schusterman Scholar, was recently interviewed at Boulder's KGNU on Women and the Middle East. She was also contacted by the Intermountain Jewish News for comments on Israel's recent election.
Zilla Goodman will be teaching Introduction to Jewish Culture (HEBR/JWST 2350) as part of the summer Maymester term. Watch our website for schedules and information.
David Shneer's book, Yiddish and the Creation of Soviet Jewish Culture was just released in paperback. To purchase a copy, please contact our offices at 303.492.7143. He has also signed a contract with Rutgers University Press for his next book, on Soviet Jewish photographers. This book is scheduled for release Fall 2010.
Davide Stimilli, associate professor of German & Comparitive Literature was at the University of Tokyo in early January presenting a lecture on "Aby Warburg's Afterlife." Professor Stimilli's work intersects with Jewish Studies in his research on Kafka, Aby Warburg, modernism, and 20th century literature and culture. To learn more, visit www.colorado.edu/comparativeliterature/stimilli.html
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Mark Your Calendars...
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 Graphia: Comics Artwork continues as part of the month long series of events that brought Art Spiegelman to campus at the end of January. Don't miss an auction that will benefit future programs at CU. Both professional and student artwork will be auctioned off beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, February 13 in the UMC Art Gallery on the CU-Boulder campus.
The auction will feature original art donated by Mile High Comics, Time Warp Comics and the collectors and artists represented by the show on display in the UMC Gallery. If you love original art and comics, join us and support the University! For more information, visit
www.colorado.edu/umc/culture/current.html
Hebrew Club
Thursday Evenings, 6-7:30 p.m.
University Club Seminar Rm 6 (Lower Level)
Hebrew Club is back in session this semester in a new location - University Club (located across from the UMC on the corner of Broadway & Euclid) Seminar Room 6 (basement level). Come for free food, Israeli films and games, and an exciting place to learn, practice, or speak the Hebrew language. From beginner aleph-bet worksheets, to homework help for students, to conversations with other speakers, all levels are accommodated and welcome. Open to all! For further information contact:
Deborah Caldwell: caldweld@colorado.edu
Joel Pratt: joel.pratt@colorado.edu
Phil Rubinstein: rubinstp@colorado.edu
Check out more info on our Facebook group at Boulder Hebrew Club.
 Hineni, Here I Am: Jewish Philosophical
Conceptions of the Self with Professor Sarah Pessin
Thursday, March 12 at 4 p.m.
University Memorial Center Rm. 247
CU-Boulder Campus
The Progam in Jewish Studies welcomes Sarah Pessin, the Emil & Eva Hecht Chair in Judaic Studies and director of the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Denver for an examination of Jewish philosophical conceptions of self. RSVP's are appreciated, please email Jamie.Polliard@colorado.edu or call 303.492.7143. To learn more about Professor Pessin and her area of research, visit https://portfolio.du.edu/pc/port?portfolio=spessin
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Our year-long program, Seriously Funny, continues...
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This event is presented in conjunction with the year-long series Seriously Funny: Jews and Humor - a joint production of CU's Program in Jewish Studies and DU's Center for Judaic Studies. Presented with support from Rose Community Foundation and the Roots and Branches Foundation.
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Holocaust Awareness Week at CU begins February 23...
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Join Hillel as well as other student and community organizations throughout Boulder for Holocaust Awareness Week at CU beginning February 23. The week of events include special presentations by Holocaust survivors, panels, film presentations and lectures.
Monday, February 23 at 7 p.m. welcomes Lawrence Malkin, author of Krueger's Men, a book inspired by the same story featured in the recent film The Counterfeiters. This will be presented in the Glenn Miller Ballroom at the UMC. Download the complete schedule of events.
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What's happening around town...
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Menorah at the Boulder JCC continues the Women in the Muslim World series with films and classes with Professor Naomi Gale, Schusterman Scholar in the Program in Jewish Studies at CU. Classes are Thursday evenings Feb.12, and 19 and films are Saturday's February 21 and March 7. For complete details and pricing information, visit www.boulderjcc.org or contact Kathryn@boulderjcc.org.
The Center for Judaic Studies at DU welcomes Professor Menacham Mor, a visiting scholar from the University of Haifa for a special seminar on Bar Kokhba: Late Antique Jewish Revolution on Monday, February 16, 2009. Free and open to the public, the event is on the DU campus in Sturm Hall Room 286. For times and details, contact Marlene.Tolman@du.edu
Students for Israel welcomes Professor Jonathan Adelman, professor of International Studies at the University of Denver, on March 5 at 7 p.m. for a discussion on "Iranian Nuclear Threat." This event is free and open to the public and will be held on the CU Campus in Ramaley Room C250. For more information visit Students for Israel on Facebook.
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