Jewish Studies

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

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

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.

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

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.’

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.

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.

Ariel Sabar, an award-winning author and journalist, will host a public lecture titled “Paradise Lost and Found,” which will focus on his best-selling book, My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq.

Professor Nan Goodman sits down with the College of Arts and Sciences to explain why Jewish mysticism is important, why her course on the topic is so unique and express just how much pleasure she derives from teaching it.

David Shneer is hoping to arrange a half-dozen hookups on the University of Colorado Boulder campus next year — in a way that’s never been done before. The goal is to boost scholars’ creativity and to boost artists’ depth.