2011
January 2011
Wednesday 5 January 2011
Wed 5 Jan. To Everything There is a Season: The 12 Chapters of Kohelet With Morah Yehudis Fishman There is only one book in the Bible that is simultaneously heretical and pious, pessimistic and joyous, paradoxical and direct, profound and obvious, philosophical and down to earth - and looking backwards and forward in life. It is the book of Kohelet, referred to by the Jewish sounding title of Ecclesiastes. We will take an in-depth look at the twelve chapters of this unique book with some of the most famous one-liners in the world, from literal, allegorical, ethical, and mystical perspectives. There will be a special focus on the teachings that Kohelet offers in dealing with the human inevitability of aging. You are guaranteed to come away personally and spiritually. 3800 Kalmia Ave, Boulder, 80301. Linda Loewenstein, Executive Director, 303-447-3313, bjcf@qwest.net. 10. Boulder Jewish Community Center - [events]
Thursday 6 January 2011
Thu 6 Jan, 7 pm. With Professor Xu Xin A world expert on Kaifeng Jewry who has translated the Encyclopedia Judaica into Chinese, Professor Xu Xin of Nanjing University was recently praised in the Jerusalem Post as the single most active and productive Chinese scholar on Judaism. Xu Xin has translated works of I.B. Singer, Joseph Heller, Norman Mailer, John Cheever and Clifford Odets into Chinese and has spent time studying Talmud at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Yiddish with YIVO in New York, and Judaic studies at Harvard. Thursday, January 6 7 pm At the Boulder JCC $8 at the door. 3800 Kalmia Ave, Boulder, 80301. Linda Loewenstein, Executive Director, 303-447-3313, bjcf@qwest.net. Boulder Jewish Community Center - [events]
Tuesday 11 January 2011
Tue 11 Jan. Scholars Roundtable and Celebration of the Reb Zalman and Renewal Judaism Archives Mine the past of the archives in order to envision the future of Renewal Judaism with Ohalah: The Renewal Rabbinic Conference, featuring Reb Zalman, Professor Chava Weissler, Rabbi Or Rose, and Professor David Shneer. January 11 3-5 pm UMC Glenn Miller Ballroom on the CU Campus. 3800 Kalmia Ave, Boulder, 80301. Linda Loewenstein, Executive Director, 303-447-3313, bjcf@qwest.net. Boulder Jewish Community Center - [events]
Wednesday 12 January 2011
Wed 12 Jan. A Jewish Girl Sings Yiddish Behind the Iron Curtain: Jalda Rebling in Concert” One of the world’s most renowned Yiddish performers highlights the history of Yiddish behind the “iron curtain” in East Germany and asks why a Communist state would be interested in Yiddish at all. Wednesday, January 12, 7 pm Old Main Chapel on the CU Campus. 3800 Kalmia Ave, Boulder, 80301. Linda Loewenstein, Executive Director, 303-447-3313, bjcf@qwest.net. Boulder Jewish Community Center - [events]
Wed 12 Jan. To Everything There is a Season: The 12 Chapters of Kohelet With Morah Yehudis Fishman There is only one book in the Bible that is simultaneously heretical and pious, pessimistic and joyous, paradoxical and direct, profound and obvious, philosophical and down to earth - and looking backwards and forward in life. It is the book of Kohelet, referred to by the Jewish sounding title of Ecclesiastes. We will take an in-depth look at the twelve chapters of this unique book with some of the most famous one-liners in the world, from literal, allegorical, ethical, and mystical perspectives. There will be a special focus on the teachings that Kohelet offers in dealing with the human inevitability of aging. You are guaranteed to come away personally and spiritually. 3800 Kalmia Ave, Boulder, 80301. Linda Loewenstein, Executive Director, 303-447-3313, bjcf@qwest.net. 10. Boulder Jewish Community Center - [events]
Thursday 13 January 2011
Thu 13 Jan. With Ellen Shindelman Kowitt and Buzzy Jackson Learn about the unique resources, repositories, traditions and network of people who can guide you in successfully researching Jewish family history. Thursday, January 13 7 pm $8 at the door. 3800 Kalmia Ave, Boulder, 80301. Linda Loewenstein, Executive Director, 303-447-3313, bjcf@qwest.net. Boulder Jewish Community Center - [events]
Thu 13 Jan, 12 pm. Shaking the Family Tree: Blue Bloods, Black Sheep, and Other Obsessions of an Accidental Genealogist” With author Buzzy Jackson In the course of researching her family tree, Jackson connects with distant relatives, traces her roots back more than 250 years and in the process comes to discover—genetically, historically, and emotionally—the true meaning of “family” for herself. Thursday, January 13 Noon $8 for lunch and program. 3800 Kalmia Ave, Boulder, 80301. Linda Loewenstein, Executive Director, 303-447-3313, bjcf@qwest.net. 8. Boulder Jewish Community Center - [events]
Sunday 16 January 2011
Sun 16 Jan, 7 pm. A Discussion with Boulder’s Rabbis Sponsored by Haver: The Boulder Rabbinic Fellowship and SoulFood Sunday, January 16, 7 pm Dairy Center for the Arts. 3800 Kalmia Ave, Boulder, 80301. Linda Loewenstein, Executive Director, 303-447-3313, bjcf@qwest.net. Boulder Jewish Community Center - [events]
Tuesday 18 January 2011
Tue 18 Jan, 7 pm. With Professor David Shneer The life story of Dutch Jewish Yiddish cabaret singer Lin Jaldati and her daughter, Jalda Rebling, who picked up where her mother left off, and what it says about Jewish life in Europe in the immediate aftermath of the Holocaust and today. Tuesday, January 18 7 pm Atlas 100 on the CU Campus. 3800 Kalmia Ave, Boulder, 80301. Linda Loewenstein, Executive Director, 303-447-3313, bjcf@qwest.net. Boulder Jewish Community Center - [events]
Wednesday 19 January 2011
Wed 19 Jan. To Everything There is a Season: The 12 Chapters of Kohelet With Morah Yehudis Fishman There is only one book in the Bible that is simultaneously heretical and pious, pessimistic and joyous, paradoxical and direct, profound and obvious, philosophical and down to earth - and looking backwards and forward in life. It is the book of Kohelet, referred to by the Jewish sounding title of Ecclesiastes. We will take an in-depth look at the twelve chapters of this unique book with some of the most famous one-liners in the world, from literal, allegorical, ethical, and mystical perspectives. There will be a special focus on the teachings that Kohelet offers in dealing with the human inevitability of aging. You are guaranteed to come away personally and spiritually. 3800 Kalmia Ave, Boulder, 80301. Linda Loewenstein, Executive Director, 303-447-3313, bjcf@qwest.net. 10. Boulder Jewish Community Center - [events]
Wed 19 Jan, 7:30 pm. Sports, Nationalism & Jewish Identity: Kafka’s Commentary on Czechoslovakian Soccer With Professor Robert Adler-Peckerar in conjunction with Czech Point Denver (www.r.) An interactive evening that examines the phenomenon of Jewish soccer in central and eastern Europe at the start of the last century – its controversies, politics, and importance in understanding the birth of a new European Jewish culture. Wednesday, January 19 7:30 pm SOBO 151, 151 S. Broadway, Denver. 3800 Kalmia Ave, Boulder, 80301. Linda Loewenstein, Executive Director, 303-447-3313, bjcf@qwest.net. Boulder Jewish Community Center - [events]
Wednesday 26 January 2011
Wed 26 Jan. To Everything There is a Season: The 12 Chapters of Kohelet With Morah Yehudis Fishman There is only one book in the Bible that is simultaneously heretical and pious, pessimistic and joyous, paradoxical and direct, profound and obvious, philosophical and down to earth - and looking backwards and forward in life. It is the book of Kohelet, referred to by the Jewish sounding title of Ecclesiastes. We will take an in-depth look at the twelve chapters of this unique book with some of the most famous one-liners in the world, from literal, allegorical, ethical, and mystical perspectives. There will be a special focus on the teachings that Kohelet offers in dealing with the human inevitability of aging. You are guaranteed to come away personally and spiritually. 3800 Kalmia Ave, Boulder, 80301. Linda Loewenstein, Executive Director, 303-447-3313, bjcf@qwest.net. 10. Boulder Jewish Community Center - [events]
Wed 26 Jan, 2-6 pm. With keynote address by DU Professor Lydia Gil Keff and break-out sessions with Professors Carlos Zarur, Marc Raizman, Asuncion Horno-Delgado The keynote will provide an overview of Jewish Latin American Fiction, followed by in-depth discussions of themes, regions, genres and specific writers. Sunday, January 23 2-6 pm. 3800 Kalmia Ave, Boulder, 80301. Linda Loewenstein, Executive Director, 303-447-3313, bjcf@qwest.net. Boulder Jewish Community Center - [events]