Limmud Colorado 2013
Thank you to all our volunteers for an amazing Limmud Colorado 2013 Conference!
The Conference
For over 5 years, we have gathered, shmoozed, and rocked.
We have laughed, created art, and, ultimately, created a community.
In the coming year, we are doing all that -- and more!
The adventure continues, with Limmud Colorado's 2013 Conference
REGISTER HERE (click here to view pricing information).
Online Registration closes at 11:59pm on Wednesday night, February 6, 2013).
The Conference Schedule is up! CLICK HERE to view!
Limmud Colorado 2013 will be at the beautiful Inverness Hotel and Conference Center, which provides convenience, beauty, and a luxurious setting to learn and connect.
Meet new people, hear new ideas, make new connections and there will be a renewal of energy for the year to come.
Engage and learn with dynamic presenters, including:
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Siona Benjamin: Artist originally from Bombay, of Bene Israel descent
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Dianne Cohler-Esses: First female rabbi from the Syrian Jewish community
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Jane S. Gerber: Historian and Leading expert on Sephardic Jewry
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Chaim Hames: Historian from Israel's Ben Gurion University
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Libby Lenkinski: Western U.S. Field Director of the New Israel Fund, former Director of International Relations of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel
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Michael Salamon: Orthodox psychologist and expert on Jewish ethics
Please click here for a complete list of presenters for the 2013 conference.
Inspiring programs for participants of all ages!
NOTE: All attendees and presenters MUST register. Registration includes our amazing array of programs, starting Saturday evening, February 9, and ending Sunday evening, February 10. WE ARE NOT ABLE TO OFFER DISCOUNTS FOR PARTIAL ATTENDANCE. If you will not be able to stay for the full program, you will still need to register at the regular rate for your age and registration type. Children 5 and under are free. Get more info on registration, pricing and the hotel lodging option here.
For Jewish Educators:
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If you live and work in Colorado and Jewish education is your primary professional work(at least 15 hours a week as a Jewish educator), then we hope you will apply. We are looking to build a professionally diverse cohort and will be recruitint educators from different settings, fields, institutions and denominations.
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Apply to be part of the Limmud Colorado Community of Educators, click here for more information
Presenter Highlights:
Dr. Michael J. Salamon is the founder and director of the Adult Development Center, an organizational consulting group and ADC Psychological Services in Hewlett, New York. Dr. Salamon has appeared on such television shows as News 4 New York, Fox News and News 12 Long Island. His latest books include Abuse in the Jewish Community, The Shidduch Crisis: Causes and Cures and Every Pot Has A Cover: A Proven System for Finding, Keeping and Enhancing the Ideal Relationship.
Jane Gerber is Professor of Jewish History and Director of the Institute for Sephardic Studies at the Graduate School of the City University of New York. She is the author of five books including The Jews of Spain, which won the National Jewish Book Award in Sephardic Studies in 1992. She has been a Visiting Professor at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, University of Pennsylvania, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Jewish Theological Seminary. Her forthcoming books are The Jewish Diaspora of the Caribbean (2013) and Cities of Splendor in the Shaping of Jewish History(2014).
Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses is the first woman from the Syrian Jewish community to be ordained. Currently she is director of Education at Kehilat Romemu and also plays a rabbinic role for the New Shul. In addition, she teaches adult education and writes regularly on Jewish values and family life, Jewish ethnicity and Judaism and disabilities.
Siona Benjamin is an artist originally from Bombay, India, now living in the US. Her work reflects her background of being brought up Jewish in a predominantly Hindu and Muslim India. In her paintings she combines the imagery of her past with the role she plays in America today, making a mosaic inspired by both Indian miniature paintings and Sephardic icons. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Jewish Week in NYC and NJ, among others.
Please click here for a complete list of presenters for the 2013 conference.
Limmud Colorado is a volunteer-driven organization and our programs are shaped entirely by the skills and passions of volunteers. Click here to volunteer and join the planning team for Limmud Colorado.
A special note to families with young children:
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. For more information on how you can take advantage of MazelTot discounts, click here.
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. For more information on how you can take advantage of MazelTot discounts, click here.
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