Explore, learn & connect!
Kavod on the Road offers engaging programs for active, older nonresidents living in the greater Denver community. Our team brings exciting events to various partner locations throughout the month. Join us in exploring new horizons, building connections and enjoying enriching experiences right in your community!
Registration required. Walk ins may be added in the order of arrival; admittance is not guaranteed without advanced registration.
October
Sukkot Celebration With Blessings, Lunch and Music
Tuesday, October 22 | 11:30am – 1:00pm
at JCC Denver
No Cost
Gather with your friends to celebrate Sukkot with the JCC Denver, Jewish Family Service, and Kavod on the Road. This luncheon will be filled with food*, tradition, and comraderie. Rabbi Birdie Becker and her duo, Apples and Honey, will be performing on violin and cello to make this a special day. Together, let us embrace the beauty and blessings of the holiday as we enjoy the harvest festival.
*Traditional holiday fare will be offered. No substitutions will be available. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Donations welcome.
Please register via this link: https://jccdenver.jotform.com/242115845507960 or contact Blair Becker at 303.316.6320
Modigliani: Master Portraitist
Wednesday, October 30 | 11:00am – 12:00pm
at Temple Emanuel
Cost: $5
Expert art appraiser, Jack Kunin returns to share the extraordinary artistic legacy of Amedeo Modigiliani (1884-1920). By comparing images, Jack will provide deeper insights, meaning and perspectives into his emotive and elongated figures and portraits.
Modigliani was proud of his Sephardic Jewish heritage. He was born into one of Livorno, Italy’s prominent families and his mother descended from a long line of Talmudic scholars and intellectuals. Similar to his last lecture, Jack will bring Modigliani’s art to life by following his artistic development through the context of his biography of lives and loves.
Advanced registration and payment required
Au Revoir Les Enfants - Film and talk back with film critic Howie Movshovitz
Thursday, October 31 | 1:00 – 3:30pm
at Hebrew Educational Alliance
Please join film critic Howie Movshovitz to view Au Revoir Les Enfants/Goodbye Children, a partly autobiographical French film by Louis Malle (with subtitles).
This moving film based on the actions of Père Jacques, a French priest and headmaster who attempted to shelter Jewish children during the Holocaust. This boarding school seemed to be a haven from World War II. When three new students arrive, Julien believes they are no different from the other boys. What Julien doesn’t know is that the boys are actually Jews who are evading capture by the Nazis.
Advanced registration and payment required.
November
The Revival of Hebrew: Against All Odds
Wednesday, November 6 | 1:00 – 2:00pm
at the JCC Denver
Cost: $5
Associate Professor Adam Rovner returns to explore the story of how a small group of people—beleaguered, oppressed, economically disadvantaged, and hated for their religion—managed to form a consensus about the importance of reviving Hebrew in the service of creating a new nation state: Israel. These pioneers invented the Hebrew language, person by person, word by word, and day by day. In this reborn language, and in the land of their history and collective myth, they created a state, educational institutions, a culture, and a world literature—all this during, for the most part, the last century.
Advanced registration and payment required.
The Aging Wisely Project: Forging Your Best Self in Life’s Ultimate Stage
Thursday, November 7 | 1:00 – 2:00pm
at BMH-BJ
Cost: $5
Join lifelong friends and co-authors of The Aging Wisely Project, Scott Fisher and Ben Green, MD to learn about their mission to unravel the mysteries of successful aging. Through their research and interviews, they have identified challenges, how best to navigate them and built upon Erik Erikson’s model that includes a 9th stage of potential growth called: Elder Identity Revision. Together, we will dive into what it means to age wisely and make every moment count.
Advanced registration and payment required.
Viva Viola!
Wednesday, November 13 | 11:00am – 12:00pm
at Temple Emanuel
Cost: $5
We are pleased to welcome back our Friends of Chamber Music. This time, we will enjoy a delightful hour of music for two violas! The Violamore Duo will perform a variety of well-known classical favorites arranged for two violas as well as original works by American and Bulgarian composers. Invite a friend to this special performance that will certainly bedazzle all who attend.
Advanced registration and payment required.
From Perogies to Plantains: Costa Rica Jewry - Jewish Geography series
Tuesday, November 19 | 1:00 – 2:00pm
at Hebrew Educational Alliance sponsored by Jewish Family Service of Colorado
Cost: $5
Welcome back to the Jewish Geography series for the armchair traveler with Rabbi Eliot Baskin and this time, we will meet in person! Join us for a fun and informative visual tour of his experiences in Costa Rica. Did you know that beyond the rainforest and coffee plantation there is a small but vibrant Jewish community? There is and it is set in a peaceful area where they enjoy pura vida, the pure life! Bring a friend for this live adventure.
Advanced registration and payment required.
Kavod on the Road Partners
