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Click for more information about the new Holocaust Memorial Social Action Site on DU's campus
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Register now for WINTER 2012 JUST Courses!
PLEASE NOTE: THERE HAVE BEEN IMPORTANT CHANGES IN THE WAY IN WHICH YOU SEARCH FOR JUDAIC STUDIES COURSES. YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ON OUR COURSE LISTINGS PAGE.
Click here for JUST Winter Schedule
Fall Learning with CJS
Recently at CJS
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October 21-October 23, 2012
Scholar in Residence
Dr. Daniel Matt
Dr. Daniel Matt, one of the world's leading authorities on Kabbalah, offered 3 text study seminars as well as a public lecture. One of his text studies, "Shekhinah: The Feminine Half of God" was offered on DU campus and cosponsored by the Gender and Women's Studies Department and the Department of Religious Studies.
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Film Screening of KADISH and talkback with filmmaker Bernardo Kononovich
Oct. 17, 2012
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| Around 200 students and community member attended the film screening of Kadish with talkback by filmmaker Bernardo Kononovich. Dr. Kononovich is a documentary film maker and psychologist from Argentina. Under the last military dictatorship in Argentina, thousands of people, including a disproportionate number of Argentines of Jewish origins, were abducted, tortured and disappeared. KADISH records those atrocities, suggests a parallelism with the Holocaust and shows the impact on families and friends when victims' bodies have been destroyed and their remains lost. |
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Dr. Nancy Stockdale
October 12, 2012
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About 75 students came to hear Dr. Nancy Stockdale's lecture: "Fantasies in Florida: Invented Histories of the Middle East at Orlando's Holy Land Experience." The most popular tourist destination on Earth, Orlando, FL is famous for its many amusement parks. One of the most fantastic is the Holy Land Experience, a Christian Zionist-themed faux-Jerusalem owned by one of the nation's largest Evangelical television networks. Opened shortly before 9/11, the HLE attracts many thousands of visitors a year, promoting an aggressive form of Christian-Zionism in the context of "education" about the Israel-Palestine conflict, Christian theology, and "Biblical history." This presentation revealed the overarching historical narrative of the HLE theme park, analyzed its representations of Jews, Muslims, and Christians in the Middle East, and explained how its portrayal of Middle Eastern history and politics fits in to a larger historical and contemporary tradition of American Orientalism and fantasy about the Holy Land. |
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Israel and the U.S. Presidential Elections
September 19, 2012
Congratulations to Prof. Jonathan Sciarcon! His lecture Israel and the U.S. Presidential Elections was featured as a special DU Passport Event in connection with the 2012 Presidential Debate hosted by the University of Denver! Prof. Sciarcon spoke on the various historical and political contexts Israel brings to this year's U.S. Presidential Elections. A sold out crowd of students, faculty and community members attended this lecture followed by an engaging Q and A session.
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Have a smart phone? You can download the free DU iPhone or Android app for an easy to use interactive map of campus buildings. CLICK HERE FOR DIRECTIONS TO CJS AND NEARBY PARKING FROM UNIVERSITY STATION (LIGHTRAIL).
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CJS is committed to fostering a spirit of cultural and religious inclusiveness; we encourage you to be aware of your neighbors' holiday schedules
Interfaith Calendar
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Congratulations to Dr. Menahem Mor, Schusterman Visiting Israeli Professor, who was honored at the 25th annual Klutznick-Harris Symposium at Creighton University on October 28, 2012.
Dr. Mor gave a presentation at the symposium entitled "Who Is a Samaritan?" Dr. Mor was the first holder of the Klutznick Chair at Creighton University from 1987-1992, and was the founder of the Klutznick-Harris Symposia.
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| Visit RMJHS webpage for information on reserving tickets for the upcoming Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Annual Meeting Featuring Ben Sidran |
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Hillel Does Dali
An Exhibition of Salvador Dali's "Aliyah: the Rebirth of Israel"
Opening Reception
September 9, 2012, 3:30pm.
For location details and to RSVP, go to www.hillelcolorado.org/dali
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