Registration opens February 1!
Don't miss a weekend to remember: May 28-31, 2010 Memorial Day Weekend
Click here for details.
Our volunteer planning teams have been hard at work planning a memorable Limmud Colorado 2010. We invite you to participate and help shape the Limmud Colorado experience.
Click here to sign up to volunteer.
Already, internationally renowned participants have signed on to learn and to teach. Bring your wisdom and draw from others, including:
- Musician Neshama Carlebach, continuing the work begun by her father, Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach z"l
- Historian Deborah Lipstadt, author of Denying the Holocaust and professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies at Emory University
- Performance artist and contemporary storyteller Rachel Rose Reid
- Text scholar Raphael Zarum, head of faculty at the London School of Jewish Studies
It's time to add your name to this list -- whether as a learner, a presenter, or both!
Registration for Limmud Colorado 2010 opens February 1!
We are now accepting session proposals.
Click here to submit a session proposal.
After the success of our inaugural conference in 2008, Limmud Colorado 2009 was memorable, inspiring, and meaningful – not to mention a whole lot of fun! More than 260 participants joined us for our second annual conference.
At Limmud Colorado, more than 260 participants found art, worship, culture, study, film, the outdoors, music, dance, humor, texts, history, networking, and fun. Now find yourself at Limmud Colorado 2010!
Program and Presenters
Check out the Presenters Page to see the growing list of phenomenal presenters who will share their knowledge and passion at Limmud Colorado 2010. Check back frequently as the page is updated often
Visit the Conference Program Page to view and browse the 2010 conference program as it develops.
A defining feature of the Limmud Colorado conference is that presenters are not paid to offer sessions. In keeping with Limmud Colorado's commitment to volunteerism, presenters -- who are themselves participants -- offer their time and expertise to make the conference a success.
Programs For Families and Children: Camp Limmud and Limmud K'tan
Included in registration are activities and childcare for your children!
· Limmud K’tan: For infants and children aged 0-3, we offer babysitting, play, and Jewish activities with professionals and teen assistants.
· Camp Limmud: For kids ages 4 through 12, Camp Limmud offers age appropriate Limmud activities with a professional educator and trained teen madrichim (counselors); these programs will be divided into age-based groups.
All children’s and family programming kicks off Friday afternoon with a family Kabbalat Shabbat program. Shabbat morning includes a children’s Shabbat service (parents are invited as well – or they can participate in one of the many other Shabbat morning options). Other programming highlights include a storytelling, arts programs, and many other great learning and fun opportunities for children of all ages.
Childcare for infants and young children is a drop-in, no nap facility. The staff consists of trained childcare professionals. Childcare will be available during morning and afternoon sessions. Activities include dance and movement, crafts, stories, and more.
Children's activities are planned between breakfast and lunch and between lunch and dinner. Plus, family programs are offered throughout the weekend for families to work together, create together, and play together.
We are participating in MazelTot, a Rose Community Foundation grant initiative to connect young families to Jewish life 
and to each other. Twenty-nine Denver/Boulder Jewish agencies and synagogues are receiving grants to offer discounts on programs for expectant parents and families with children under age five. The website mazeltot.org showcases these organizations’ programs and highlights family events on a central calendar.
We are pleased to return to the scenic campus of University of Colorado in Colorado Springs, where we successfully hosted Limmud Colorado 2009. We enjoyed the opportunity to learn in comfortable and bright session rooms, take advantage of the facilities of a college campus (including a great fitness center and supervised swimming pool), and all within a short drive from the Metro area. The residence halls are organized in suites and include a full bath and small common living area. No more than four people share a suite. Families room together. Click here to see the layout of the suites. This year, the campus is upgrading some of the amenities and we're excited to be returning.
Shabbat at Limmud Colorado
Shabbat at Limmud is a very special and unique time. No matter your background and level of observance, Shabbat is a time to celebrate together in a comfortable atmosphere for all. Limmud Colorado creates an environment conducive to Shabbat observance, including an eiruv (a boundary that transforms public space to private, communal space within which it is permissable for those observant among us to carry during Shabbat). The eiruv is erected around the residential village, including the dining room.
Meals
All meals, beginning with Friday night dinner and running through Monday lunch, are included with your registration. Some snacks are also be served. The meals are kosher, supervised by the Vaad HaKashrus of Denver.*
* The Scroll K/Vaad Hakashrus of Denver is only involved in the kosher certification of the food served at this event. The Scroll K/Vaad Hakashrus of Denver does not endorse the program or the views expressed by the lecturers.
Photos courtesy of Curtis Roth and Lisa Bornstein
