David Shneer

New public scholarship fund honors late historian David Shneer

May 19, 2021

Eileen and Richard Greenberg created the fund to continue the late scholar’s life’s work.

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Harry Potter as modern religious text

Feb. 9, 2021

CU Boulder senior’s thesis reflects on what it means to be a spiritual text.

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Sharing Jewish history and culture with Colorado communities

July 14, 2020

The Program in Jewish Studies announces summer Peak to Peak series line-up

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Spreading fairy dust in an age of uncertainty

June 8, 2020

Local art project from CU Boulder staff member brings magic to her Boulder neighborhood

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Virtual Passover? Judaism has a long history of ritual innovation

April 7, 2020

The ability for modern religious communities to adapt and innovate rituals in light of circumstances, then, has deep and very productive roots

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CU historians named American Council of Learned Societies fellows

April 11, 2019

Scholars to use awards to support research of imperial legacy on standardized testing in the Middle East and adult adoptions and family formation in Japan.

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New professor of Israel/Palestine studies to begin teaching

Dec. 13, 2018

The fraught relationship between Israel and Palestine will get a dispassionate academic analysis on the subject beginning this spring at CU Boulder.

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Think the Bible is fully understood? CU scholar begs to differ

Nov. 28, 2018

In the wake of Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Sam Boyd, a CU Boulder scholar of Biblical studies, dove into the study of religious texts ‘so I know what I’m talking about.’

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Photographer discusses being 'In Search of Turkey’s Jews'

April 18, 2018

In his public lecture, “In Search of Turkey’s Jews,” Laurence Salzmann will explore the Sephardic communities of Turkey, using his extensive collection of photographs and notes about the people the Salzmanns met, places they visited, and lessons they learned along the way.

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Schmooze-A-Palooza is music to Hebrew students' ears

March 5, 2018

The fourth annual Schmooze-A-Palooza, a student concert sung in Hebrew at the University of Colorado Boulder, will be performed this week. Singing along is encouraged; lyrics will be projected for each song on a screen, and there is free food.

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