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Student Blog
 Kara Zucker
Jewish Studies Certificate Student and member of our Student Advisory Board, Kara Zucker is spending her winter break in a global seminar program in Kuwait! The first time this program in Kuwait has been offered at CU. Nine CU students and a CU professor will be exploring Politics of the Middle East.
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Help Us Continue to Grow & Serve...
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It's been another amazing semester for the Program in Jewish Studies at CU:
- Our first Study Abroad Global Seminar, that will explore the Cradle of European Jewish Culture in Venice with Professor Robby Adler-Peckerar, is scheduled for May 2010.
- Four certificate students will be completing the first Internships in Jewish Studies with the spring semester. This brand new program pairs Jewish Studies Certificate students with a community organization for a semester of service learning, incorporating concepts of Jewish learning and overseen by a member of the Jewish Studies faculty.
- Due to the continued generosity of the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE), we are very excited to have Professor Zach Levey, our Schusterman Scholar in Israel Studies, Political Science and International Affairs, extend his time in Boulder through spring 2011. He will continue to offer courses in History, Political Science and International Affairs that will be cross-listed with Jewish Studies.
- Classes continue to fill up while students request even more! With support from a generous donor, we were able to begin to offer courses in Sephardic Jewish Studies with the fall history course, Jews Under Islam.
Join us in creating a Program in Jewish Studies that is a beacon of learning for the CU campus and beyond. Our development officer, Mary McGee (Mary.McGee@cufund.org), can help you match your areas of interest with the strategic goals of the program. Year-end, on-line tax deductible donations can also be made at www.cufund.org.
Best wishes from all of us at the Program in Jewish Studies for a wonderful holiday season and happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!
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Faculty Updates...
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Zach Levey, our Schusterman Visiting Professor in Israel Studies, Political Science and International Affairs will be at the Boulder JCC for a lecture titled The United States, Israel and the West Bank Settlements on Thursday, January 26 at 7 PM. For more information, please contact Kathryn Bernheimer at the Boulder JCC at kathryn@boulderjcc.org or via phone at 303.998.1021.
Professor Levey is teaching The Arab Israeli Conflict (IAFS3000-001) and History of Israel (HIST/JWST4348-001) for spring semester.
Congratulations to Paul Shankman, Professor of Anthropology and Affiliated Jewish Studies Faculty on the release of his recent book, The Trashing of Margaret Mead: Anatomy of an Anthropological Controversy. For more information on Professor Shankman's book and research, read the complete article in the recent issue of CU's Arts & Sciences Magazine http://artsandsciences.colorado.edu/magazine/2009/12/sex-lies-and-videotape/
David Shneer together with Bluma Palvanova and Isabella Morozova are presenting a special film screening of Cycle of Life: Traditions of Bukharian Jews on Sunday, January 17 at 1 PM at the Mizel Museum (400 S. Kearney Street, Denver). Producer Bluma Palvanova will lead an after-film discussion. A native of Uzbekistan, Pluma taught psychology for many years before moving to the U.S. in 1991. She has spear headed many initiatives in the Bukharan Jewish community including starting several Jewish newspapers, a theatre troupe and an important archive on the Bukhara Jewish Community. She was also the founding Executive Director of the Lefrak City Jewish Center in Queens, NY. This program is presented with support from Rose Community Foundation and Limmud Colorado.
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Yiddish Reading Group Continues...
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The Yiddish Reading Group continues with explorations of work by Aleichem, Shapiro, Heschel and more! The next meeting is January 14 at 6 PM in the UMC Room 415. They will be discussing Mendele Mokher-Sforim's Meyn letste nesie. For more information, contact Tamara at mataar@earthlink.net.
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Grants, Scholarships and Summer Programs in Jewish Studies...
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Joshua Venture Group (www.joshuaventuregroup.org) invites you to achieve your vision for social impact - by applying to be one of eight Fellows in the 2010-2012 cohort of our Dual Investment Program. Through an intensive two-year program, Fellows will gain the skills, resources, and exposure to enable them to grow and sustain their ventures, including:
Early-stage capital ~ In addition to health benefits, each Fellow receives $40,000/year for two years to start up or scale their venture.
A social entrepreneur toolkit ~ Individual coaching and semi-annual retreats help Fellows obtain the skills necessary to build sustainability and scalability.
Access to professional and communal networks ~ Affiliation with Joshua Venture Group and its community will connect Fellows with key players in the social entrepreneurial and Jewish worlds.
Increased exposure of their ventures ~ Recognition as a Fellow confers legitimacy upon emerging leaders and their ventures, as well as provides a vehicle through which to amplify their work.
Jewish learning and reflection ~ As Jewish values and intellectual thought inform our work, so too do they frame the experiences of social entrepreneurs effecting change in the Jewish world.
The deadline to apply is January 3, 2010. For more information about the Dual Investment Program and how you can be awarded $100K to transform the Jewish world, check out their website at www.joshuaventuregroup.org .
The National Yiddish Book Center offers a summer intensive that is sure to have you speaking Yiddish! Explore the language, culture, literature and history with distinguished faculty from around the world. The program includes three hours of daily Yiddish instruction. Open to full-time college students ~ no prior knowledge of Yiddish required. The program runs from June 6-July 23, 2010. Application deadline is February 1, 2010. Visit yiddishsummer.org for details.
The Summer Institute for Israel Studies is offering a three week program that consists of two weeks at Brandeis University and one week in Israel designed to help faculty design courses in Israel Studies. Funding is available. Additional details can be found at www.brandeis.edu/israelcenter/siis.
The Rotary Foundation is offering two scholarship opportunities for the 2011-2012 year:
The Ambassadorial Scholarship provides $25,000 for international study at the Master's level
The World Peace Fellowship provides $50,000, covering two years of postgraduate study at selected international universities
Additional information,application details and deadlines can be found at www.Rotary.org/en/StudentsAndYouth/Educational
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MoVeRs resumes January 9, 2010...
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 The MoVeRs series resumes January 9 with an amazing line-up of films, lectures, performances and events through May! Mark your calendars for the following January events:
MoVeRs at the MoViEs
Saturdays, January 9, 16, 23 and 30 @ 7 PM
Boulder JCC
3800 Kalmia Ave, Boulder
Cost: $6 for Boulder JCC members, $8 for guests and free for students with a valid student ID
Co-sponsored by Jewish Mosaic, PFLAG and the Program in Jewish Studies at CU.
Join Menorah at the Boulder JCC for a series of four films featuring some of the most prominent MoVeRs of our times - each film features after-film discussions with special guests.
January 9 - The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg with director and former CU film studies professor Jerry Aronson
January 16 - Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner with journalist, educator and theater critic at the Rocky Mountain News, Lisa Bornstein
January 23 - An Exceedingly Dangerous Woman: The Radical Life of Emma Goldman with Goldman Archives researcher and activist Anna Torres
January 30 - The Times of Harvey Milk with director of Jewish Mosaic: The National Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity, Gregg Drinkwater
Thanks for Coming: A Jewish Girl's Search for the Ultimate Orgasm with author Mara Altman
Sunday, January 10 @ 3 PM
Boulder Bookstore
Co-sponsored Soul Food
Free but RSVP's appreciated as space is limited. Please register for this event at www.jewishmovers.org.
Thanks for Coming is one young Jewish woman's hysterical look at our obsession with and anxiety over the female orgasm. Her quest to get her own yields poignant results that will surprise even the sexually awakened among us. From sex shows to sex conventions, from a therapist's couch to her own couch, from the bedroom to the bar, Mara Altman proves to be a guide as hilarious as she is investigative.
Missed a MoVeRs event? Listen to it on-line! Selected lectures from MoVeRs: Jewish Mavericks, Visionaries & Rebels are available via audio podcasts and limited video presentations on the website at www.jewishmovers.org under the Past Events tab (www.jewishmovers.org/past-events).
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Events On Campus & Around Town..
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Boulder's Homeless Shelter is in need of heavy blankets. Donations are accepted from 8 AM-Noon and 4-5 PM seven days a week at 4869 North Broadway - located on the northwest corner of Broadway and Lee Hill Road. For more information, call 303.442.4646 or visit www.bouldershelter.org.
Jewish Mosaic is looking for two part-time positions for their Denver office: Outreach Manager (50% time) and Administrative Assistant (25%). The Outreach Manager will be responsible for Jewish Mosaic's ongoing efforts to build community among LGBT Jews and allies in Colorado. The Administrative Assistant will provide administrative support to Jewish Mosaic's Denver and San Francisco Bay area staff. A single applicant qualified for and interested in combining both positions into a single 75% time position will also be considered. Interested applicants should send a cover letter and resume via email or fax to Gregg Drinkwater at info@jewishmosaic.org or 303.557.6211. Information about Jewish Mosaic can be found at www.jewishmosaic.org.
Jewish Renewal Rabbis Victor and Nadya Gross together with Imam Jihad Turk and co-founder of Salaam Shalom Educational Foundation, Shepha Schneirsohn Vainstein are leading an Interfaith Spiritual Pilgrimage to Israel and Palestine this spring. The journey begins March 21, 2010 and offers an opportunity for travelers to witness and support a healing for peace between Jews, Muslims and Christians. This trip incorporates the Waldorf philosophy to education - a humanistic and healing approach that results in students becoming hands-on contributors to society. In 2009, 58% of graduates from Harduf Waldorf High School elected to perform an extra year of community service to work with Jewish and Arab individuals who are homeless, drug addicted or orphaned. The national average for high school students in Israel who choose an additional year of service is 2%. For more information on this journey, visit www.pardeslevavot.org/announcements/WaldorfHolyLandPilgrimage.pdf
Save the date for the Boulder JCC's annual gala fundraiser, Reflections, Saturday, February 6 at 6:30 PM. This year marks the JCC's 10th anniversary and will honor Linda & Mark Loewenstein and Susan & Jeff Rona. For more information email sharong@boulderjcc.org or call 303.998.1028.
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