Community Responds to honor long-time Professor of Hebrew, Uri Neil

The Fund for Hebrew Education established at the University of Denver’s Center for Judaic Studies in honor of Uri Neil


Uri Neil has served as an Adjunct Professor of Hebrew at the University of Denver’s Center for Judaic Studies since 1979. His years of service and commitment to his students was honored in 2004 when Uri was awarded Adjunct Professor of the Year at the University of Denver. His students and those that have come in contact with him through his many Bar and Bat Mitzvah services, serving as Cantor in Cheyenne, Wyoming or through the many organizations he has dedicated countless time and energy to as a volunteer, have responded again. As a way to express their positive thoughts for his continued healing after suffering a stroke in early April, students and members of the community have established the Fund for Hebrew Education in honor of his 28 years of service at the University.

Uri Neil was born in Haifa, Israel but moved to Los Angeles at the age of 16. He graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in Political Science and a J.D. Degree from the School of Law. After ten years as a practicing attorney, he found his true calling and passion as an instructor which led him to the Center for Judaic Studies in 1979.

The Fund for Hebrew Education will be used to further Hebrew Education at the University of Denver. To learn more about the Fund for Hebrew Education, please contact Jamie Polliard at the Center for Judaic Studies at 303.871.2343 or via email jpolliar@du.edu.