Prof. Sari Havis, Hebrew program coordinator, works with CJS and fellow scholars to host an international Hebrew Seminar at DU. Our goal is to ensure a vibrant future for Hebrew study and teaching, regionally and globally.

We held our first Hebrew Seminar in October 2011. With support from the National Middle East Language Resource Center (NMELRC) and DU's Center for Teaching and Learning, the CJS hosted 45 attendees—including visiting Hebrew teachers from around the country and from local Denver Jewish day schools, as well as language teachers (Hebrew, Arabic and other languages) from DU and surrounding universities.

2013 Hebrew Seminar: Culture in the Hebrew Classroom
October 11-13, 2013

Featuring Keynote Speaker Prof. Miri Talmon, Media Culture Scholar and Head of the Communication and Film Studies Program at the Nazareth Academic Institute.  Also featuring Prof. Shmuel Bolozky (Associate Director for Hebrew language at the National Middle East Language Resource Center and a Professor of Hebrew at the Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and its Hebrew program coordinator), Prof. Vardit Ringvald (director of the Middlebury-Hebrew at the Center Institute for the Advancement of the Hebrew Language), and Prof. Yaakov Levi (director of the CIS at the Talmud Torah of Minneapolis). 

The Hebrew Seminar will take place at the Holiday Inn Denver-Cherry Creek beginning 4:00 pm Friday, October 11, 2013 and will end at the University of Denver on Sunday October 13, 2013 1:00 pm.

Registration is $125. Register online at alumni.du.edu/hebrew2013  by SEPTEMBER 18, 2013. For Sabbath observing individuals we can make special accommodations; please contact us directly at cjs@du.edu to let us know of your needs.

Download the 2013 Hebrew Seminar Schedule.

Download the 2013 Hebrew Seminar Flier.

Hotel reservations can be made at a special rate of $95/night at the Holiday Inn Denver-Cherry Creek. You can make reservations online or call 303-388-5561 or 1-888-388-6129 and indicate you are with Center for Judaic Studies, University of Denver to receive this special rate. Reservations must be made by SEPTEMBER 18, 2013 to guarantee availability at this rate.

Hotel check-in begins at 4:00 pm. Seminar check-in is at the Holiday Inn Cherry Creek, 455 South Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO 80246 beginning at 5:00 pm on Friday, October 11, 2013. 

A shuttle will be provided to Denver International Airport departing University of Denver Campus at 1:00 pm Sunday, October 13, 2013.

Get directions to the Holiday Inn Denver-Cherry Creek

Get directions to the University of Denver, Sturm Hall

Questions? Contact us at cjs@du.edu.