Rabbi Schachter-Shalomi with the Dalai Lama-

The Program in Jewish Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, in conjunction with the UniversityÌýLibraries' Rare and Distinctive Collections, is building a collection of archival holdings focused on Judaism and the Jewish-American experienceÌýfrom roughly the late 1940s to the present.ÌýThe material collectedÌýin the Ìýaims to shed light on the religious, cultural, and social movements of American Judaism as well as on the various philosophies of Judaism and Jewish organizations in the relevant period.

The Innovations in Jewish LifeÌýCollections exist to document the work of the individuals and groups, who transformed and in many cases are still transforming the American Jewish experience in the post-World War II period, and to make that experience accessible to students, researchers, and interested parties of all kinds.Ìý

Gifts to theÌýInnovations in Jewish LifeÌýCollections help CU Boulder maintain these unique collections asÌýrobust, living, learning opportunitiesÌýfor students, scholars, and the wider community in perpetuity. Gifts can help provide a number of different resources for the collections, including equipment, digitization services, processing, student fellowships and workers, and community learning opportunities. Please find giving opportunities below. We appreciate every gift, great and small.


The Innovations in Jewish Life CollectionsÌýFund supports the preservation, processing, and digitizationÌýof materials in the Innovations in Jewish Life Collections.ÌýThis fundÌýalso supports student work and fellowships in the archives, providing students with opportunitiesÌýto learn about archival materials and conduct original research.


The Mazal Holocaust Collection Fund supports archival processing,Ìýcataloging, and other necessary activities related to preserving the Mazal Holocaust Collection and related collections held at the University of Colorado Boulder.


The Jim and Diane Shneer Endowed FellowshipÌýFundÌýsupports theÌýinitiativeÌýto make the University of Colorado BoulderÌýa center for the study of American Judaism after the Holocaust. To accomplish that goal, the Fund supports the active effort of building archival resources for research, hosting scholars conducting that research, and supportingÌýstudents to learn the skills of information management, archiving, and digital literacy. Learn more about the fund here.

This fund annually supports a visiting scholar, whose research interests take advantage of the unique resources in the Innovations in Jewish LifeÌýCollections. Learn more about the Jim and Diane ShneerÌýFellowship in Post-Holocaust American JudaismÌýhere.


Interested in donating materials to the Innovations in Jewish Life Collections? Please visit our page on the Collections' website for more information.

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