Authors Welcome!
Here’s a basic “how to” as well as some tips:
To Post Information
Login to the site, using your username and password. You received this in an email when you registered. To find the login link, visit the home page and scroll down on the right hand side until you see “Meta”. Click “Login” (or Site Admin if you are already logged in).
For a simple upload:
- Use the Quick Press box on the Dashboard.
- You can copy and paste text into the content box, and add your suggested title in the title bar above the box.
- You can upload photos (see instruction below)
- When done, click “Submit for Review.”
To use the Editor Screen:
- Click “Add New Post”
- Text: You can still copy and paste text into the main box and add your suggested title in the title bar above the box.
- Formatting: You should be able to add links (where appropriate) using the link icon. You can also use bullets, numbered lists, bold, italic, etc.
- Tags: tags are short key words used for searching. You can add them, or we will.
- Categories: make the drop down menus run. We will handle this.
- Photos: If you have photos or logos to add to the story, you can upload them yourself!
- Using the editor screen, below the title but above the big text box, you’ll see the words “Upload/Insert.”
- Click on the square to the right of that. You’ll get a popup box.
- You can upload from your computer – click “Select Files” then “upload.”
- THEN please select “Left” for placement, “Medium” for size, and “Insert into Post” and you should see it on your screen.
- If you have a problem, please email them to us. If there are more than 3, feel free to upload to Picasa or other slideshow photo editor and email us the embed code for the slideshow (in Picasa: create your show, make sure it’s public, then click “link to this slideshow” and “embed”. Select medium or large size and copy the code in the box – that’s what we need).
- All the other boxes: You can ignore. We handle Hybrid Settings, Custom Fields, Twitter, etc.
The Author Box
With the new design of the Boulder Jewish News, readers see an Author Box at the end of each article. Here’s what mine looks like:
It consists of the picture, which is pulled from your “Gravatar”, your display name (here I’m using Editor) and whatever biographical information you’d like people to see about you. It can be a few words, or a few paragraphs, whatever your comfortable with. You can even plug your organization.
Profile Update Instructions
- Login (same instruction as above)
- On the “Dashboard“, on the left side of the page, click on the button/link called “Profile” (or a little pictogram that looks like two people).
- Then, scroll down toward the bottom to the section called “About yourself“. Fill in a few words, sentences or paragraphs about yourself. This is what will show at the bottom of your posts.
- Click the “Update Profile” button. This part is done!
Gravatar Instructions
- A Gravatar is a small photo of you that shows up in the Author Box (like your photo on Facebook or other sites).
- Go to www.gravatar.com
- Click on the “Get your Gravatar today” button.
- Sign up for an account. Use the email address that you used in your Boulder Jewish News profile. This is important — if you use a different email address, the BJN site won’t be able to talk to the Gravatar site.
- Confirm your email address from the sign up email that Gravatar.com will send you.
- Upload a picture of yourself or a representative image and use their tool to crop it to size — they show you a preview of what it will look like.
- Select a rating for your Gravatar — presumably “G” (that’s what we display).
- That’s it! If you have other email addresses, you can register those as well to either use the same or a different picture or image, as you wish.
Questions? Please contact us, we are happy to walk you through the process. Thank you for helping create your community Jewish news.
Associate Director of Marketing and Communications for Jewish Family Service of Colorado
Shaul Amir has served two terms as Shaliach to the Denver area from Israel, the most recent combined with directing Allied Jewish Federation's Israel Center from 2002 to 2007. He and his wife Kika now live outside Tel Aviv and enjoy welcoming visitors from Colorado to Israel.
Ariel Vered is the Communications Manager for the Jewish National Fund, in New York.
For more than 30 years, Bruce DeBoskey has been dedicated to community building and social justice through his professional and volunteer work. It is with that mission and commitment that he founded The DeBoskey Group, helping families, businesses, and foundations organize, strategize and maximize the impact of their philanthropic initiatives.
Hazon is America's largest Jewish environmental organization. Our vision is to create healthy and sustainable communities in the Jewish world and beyond. Hazon in Colorado is led by Becky O'Brien, Director of Community Engagement and based in Boulder, and Sarah Shulman, Director of Community Education and based in Denver.
I am the Jewish Cultural School Director at Beth Ami CCHJ
Writer/Photographer Bruce Shaffer muses on Israel and things Jewish for Boulder Jewish News, Limmud Colorado, and various here&theres. At other times, Bruce performs with Colorado's Storahtelling cohort, co-leads Torah study at Congregation Bonai Shalom, and is editor and agent for freelance writers and presenters. During 2005-2010, he developed unique Israel trips for ByahadTREX focused on experiencing contemporary Israel on its own terms. Day job: attorney, of-counsel to a terrific law firm, Perlick Legal Counsel in Boulder Colorado.
I am living happily ever after in Boulder with David, Lauren and Ethan (and Brownie), blessed with family and friends and a great community.
Director of Menorah: Arts, Culture and Education at the Boulder JCC
Daniel Rosenberg is a 2nd generation financial advisor who graduated from the University of Georgia in 1986, and earned his MBA from the University of Miami in 1991, while working at his family's financial planning firm from 1986 through 1999.
What differentiates Mr. Rosenberg from any other advisor you will have the opportunity to work with is his diverse background in the retail, wholesale, and institutional divisions of the financial services industry. In addition to providing traditional retail financial planning to thousands of individuals as well as the businesses they own (including law firms, hospitals, banks, chambers of commerce, and corporations of all sizes), he has acted as a consultant to and/or worked with over 5,000 financial advisors, brokers, planners, trust officers, and insurance agents throughout the country.
He was very fortunate to have traveled with and learned from many of the Senior Portfolio Managers and their team of analysts, from some of the largest investment firms and insurance companies in the world. As a true "Industry Insider", Mr. Rosenberg has been involved with the entire "Life Cycle" (i.e., product creation, syndication, marketing, and finally the distribution of these products to financial advisors who would then sell them to their clients) of mutual funds, insurance products, private money management, REIT's, and Hedge Funds.
This unique and broad experience in retail financial planning, wholesale territory development, and institutional investment management has provided Mr. Rosenberg with an unequaled depth and understanding of Investment Management and the "Life Planning" processes.
Advisor Solutions is aptly named because Mr.Rosenberg has taken the"Best Practices" from the most successfull advisors in the country, as well as the "Institutional" investment management strategies (i.e., Ivy League Endowment Model) practiced by large corporations and endowments. He brings this wealth of wisdom to a private client practice in Colorado and Florida.
I've served as a writer, photographer and/or an editor on my junior high and high school newspapers; the Daily Trojan at USC (where I earned my journalism degree); the student newspaper at the Anderson School at UCLA (where I earned my MBA); and I've written and edited countless business documents and presentations in the ensuing twenty years. I was also a professional photographer from 1978 to 1988 (although you never really stop...).
I've been involved Jewishly since my bris and in Boulder since 1995. I'm married to my Executive Director Cheryl, and we have two children, Lauren and Ethan.
Deb has been a Jewish educator for over 20 years directing and teaching children, adults, and families. She is currently the director for Boulder Stepping Stones, an independent family education opportunity for interfaith and Jewish unaffiliated. Deb has been in private practice for over 14 years counseling individuals, couples, and families. She specializes in spiritually centered counseling.
Debbie is a local Realtor, business woman, mom of two teens and wife of Robert (almost 25 years). She is a strong advocate for local environmental issues in the Jewish community. Also, she is an advocate for juvenile diabetes. Debbie has lived in Boulder since 1974 except for 6 years when she lived in Israel residing on Kibbutz Maagan Michael.
Devorah. is a student of Samuel Ben-Or Avital at Le Centre Du Silence. Samuel was born in Morocco to a family which traces its lineage to 15th Century Spain and before, passing in an unbroken line in the Sephardic tradition, the ancient beautiful and practical wisdom of the Hebrew knowledge of the Kabbalah. In 1958 he traveled to Paris to study with the Masters of Mime, Etienne Decroux and Marcel Marceau. In 1971 he founded Le Centre du Silence Mime School in Boulder, Colorado, where he currently resides.
I've been writing things since grammar school, and served as a writer, photographer and/or an editor on my junior high and high school newspapers; the Daily Trojan at USC (where I earned my journalism degree); the student newspaper at the Anderson School at UCLA (where I earned my MBA); and written and edited countless business documents and presentations in the ensuing twenty years.
I've been involved Jewishly since my bris and in Boulder since 1995. I'm married to my Executive Director Cheryl, and we have two children, Lauren and Ethan.
Executive Director, Congregation Nevei Kodesh
Jenni Skyler, PhD, MSEd is a sex therapist and board certified sexologist. She is the Director of The Intimacy Institute for sex and relationship therapy in Boulder, Colorado. She holds a doctorate in Clinical Sexology and a Master of Education in Counseling Psychology - Marriage and Family Therapy track. She has worked in the field of sexual health as a therapist, educator, and public health consultant since 2005. In addition, Jenni is a PAIRS® certified instructor and hosts workshops and retreats to help couples emotionally enrich their relationships.
Ellen is Director of Communications and Membership Engagement at Congregation Har HaShem in Boulder. She is also president of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Colorado.
Edmond Shapiro is Vice President, Project Delivery Americas for NDS Group Ltd, where he is responsible for the technical sales, integration and delivery of the company’s digital pay-TV technologies.
Gayle Adler, an artist and community educator and has taught at both the Boulder and Denver Jewish Day Schools as well as for Melton, the Mizel Museum and JCC MACC Summer Arts Academy. Gayle is the founder and director of Judaicuts, an Educational Consulting company specializing in arts integration. Gayle received her MA in Jewish Education from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and her BA in Anthropology from the George Washington University. Gayle teaches workshops in Glass Painting and Jewish Papercutting to children and adults and hopes to be moving to Israel in the Fall.
Hadassah is dedicated to educating and empowering women about their health, their rights, their religion and Israel. Hadassah is the largest women's, Zionist, volunteer and Jewish membership organization in the U.S. Our hospitals and clinics train medical personnel in Israel and around the world.
Rabbi Moshe Heyman has a Masters of Talmudic Law. As a Kollel scholar, he teaches Torah classes to Jews of all backgrounds through out the Denver-Boulder metro area.
I am the Volunteer Coordinator at Jewish Family Service (Boulder)
Jack lives in Boulder with his wife Meredith since moving from New York in 1994. They have four children, Shaun, Ryan, Blake and Joey. If you see any of us on the street, please say hello and spread "shalom".
Assistant Director of the Program in Jewish Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder
Jani Fellows is a master knitter and knit designer. Her work has appeared in Sunset Magazine and in "Knit a Day" Calendar. She teaches and leads knit workshops at several knit shops in the greater Denver area, and is available for finishing and expert repair to knitted garments. From 1965 to 1979, Jani ran a very successful knit shop in San Francisco called "The Knit Wit", published her own fashion patterns and manufactured a line of "Texas Coin Purse"-style knitting bags.
Jeff Finkelstein is the founder of Boulder-based, Customer Paradigm, an interactive marketing firm that has helped clients including Xcel Energy, 3M, Level 3, BP achieve top rankings through search engine optimization and web marketing. Finkelstein is an adjunct professor for Colorado State University, and has lead workshops around the country teaching companies how to better optimize their websites and get found. Finkelstein has written syndicated columns on web marketing, and reaches tens of thousands of people each week through Customer Paradigm's eLearning Series newsletter.
Finkelstein also helps his wife, Rabbi Jamie Korngold, run the Adventure Rabbi program. Through search engine optimization, reporters from Good Morning America, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, CBS News and Ski Magazine found out about the organization and ran articles and TV segments. This intense media interest sparked a book offer from Doubleday Religion, who published Rabbi Korngold's best-selling book, God in the Wilderness, in April 2008.
Finkelstein has been featured in The New York Times as a Web Guru, and his company has received numerous awards, including the prestigious 2008 Rocky Mountain Direct Marketing Association Supplier of the Year Award.
Hi! I'm the Program Administrator for Limmud Colorado.
Jonathan Lev, MPA, joined the Boulder JCC in 2010. He is a passionate educator and entrepreneur who combines his experience at Jewish summer camp and founding of Boulder based Renewable Choice Energy to influence his leadership as a Jewish professional. He was certified as high school teacher and Summa Cum Laude graduate from the University of Colorado in Boulder. For more than six years, Jonathan was a leader in the field of Jewish summer camp where he worked tirelessly to enhance the level of supervision and mentorship for both campers and staff through innovative summer and year-round trainings. In 2007, Jonathan continued his studies and was selected as a Taub Fellow at New York University in the dual-master’s degree program for a Master in Public Administration in Nonprofit Management (MPA) and Master in Hebrew and Judaic Studies (MA). He and his wife Lyndsay spend their free time hiking trails, skiing, listening to music, and planning their next great adventure.
Follow him @jonathanlev on twitter.
J Street: We're your neighbors across Boulder and the Front Range, we're pro-Israel and pro-peace. We're on Facebook and our website is JStreet.org/Colorado
Growing up amongst the Colorado jewish community my whole life, has instilled in me a unique sense of love, care, and responsibility towards world Jewry. At the age of 18 I moved to Israel, and have recently concluded my mandatory military service. Israel is a sensational country, with much to do and see. Come along with me, and explore this beautiful land, its people, culture, and scores of amazing accomplishments.
"If you will it, it is no dream."
- Theodor Herzl
Dr. Joanna Zeiger is a professional triathlete as well as a Research Associate at CU's Institute for Behavioral Genetics. Joanna represented the US in swimming at the International Maccabiah Games in Israel in 1989 as well as in the triathlon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, where she finished 4th. More recently, she won the 2008 Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Clearwater, Florida.
Marketing Manager, Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado
I am the current site coordinator for the Boulder Tuv Ha'Aretz program.
The Longmont Shabbat Group is a community-based Jewish group that holds informal Jewish Sabbath services on the third Friday of every month. The services include lighting Shabbat candles, blessing the wine, blessing the challah, and informal readings. Oneg Shabbat (food and socializing) follows each service. For details, see our website at www.longmontshabbatgroup.com, or call Susan at 303-651-6822, or e-mail shablong@comcast.net.
Cost: Free
When I'm not out defending the universe from Anti-Spirals, I enjoy drawing, writing, and singing. I'm currently writing a novel about Rabbis that pilot giant robots. Just in case you were wondering. Check out my art at LaurenFellows.com
Marti is a teacher at the Beth Ami Jewish Cultural School. Beth Ami is affiliated with the Society for Humanistic Judaism an international organization established by Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine in 1963.
I have been teaching Torah and Chassidic writings for over forty years to students of all ages and backgrounds, both on the East Coast and the Midwest. I have been a director of several Jewish organizations in Santa Fe and Colorado. My articles and poetry on a wide variety of Jewish topics have been printed in many publications, and also are available online.
Amitai Gross is the founder and Director of Music in the Key of Peace, an organization focused on documenting and supporting organizations in Israel that use music as a tool to build peaceful dialog between Jews and Arabs in Israel and Palestine. In June, he will be graduating from Bennington College with a degree in Music and Conflict Resolution.
Chaplain Nalini Indorf Kaplan is cofounder of EcoGlatt Inc. Nalini lives in Boulder, CO, is studying to be a rabbi and shochet and serves as a chaplain at the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora. She is also a member of Hazon and Farm Forward.
Born in Israel, I am now a Jewish Renewal Rabbi. I am most interested in Spiritual Direction, Dance as a form of worship, and Sage-ing work. I also teach Biblical Hebrew, Torah and Kabbalah related topics. Visit our website www.conscious-learning-community.org
Patrice Spitz is a Rabbinic Pastor student in the Aleph seminary and mother of two. She loves to share a Judaism that is accessible, joyful, and nurturing for adults and kids of all ages.
Phil Rubinstein has been the J-Teen Director at the Boulder JCC since January of 2011. Working in the Boulder Jewish community since 2006, Phil is also a teacher at Congregation Har HaShem, Boulder Hebrew High, and is the owner of FreelanceJudaism LLC, a private Jewish tutoring company founded in November, 2010
Benjy Brackman is the Rabbi/Executive Director of Chabad of NW Metro Denver in Westminster, Colorado.
I'm a rabbi at Congregation Har HaShem in Boulder
Rabbi Zecharyah Tzvi Goldman is the founder and rabbinic administrator of the EarthKosher Kosher Certification Agency. He is also the founder and director of the Institute for Halakhic Conversion. He is the author of a broad range of books, essays and articles covering a diverse arena of Torah including: Halakha, Kabbalah, Chassidut and Aggada. A Lifelong student of Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology he currently studies Internal Martial Arts and lives with his wife Ora and 3 children in Boulder, Colorado.
Raj works with many local and national Jewish organizations including Hebrew High, Bonai Shalom, Aish Kodesh, Nevei Kodesh, Tuv HaAretz, Limmud Colorado, Teva, and Hazon. He is also teaches individual and partner yoga.
Adva Lloyd is the Spokesperson for the Ramat Negev Regional Council in Israel.
Glad to join you to ski, tri-athlon, bike, swim, run, or hike. Also glad to help you connect in the community.
Sara Juliet Fruman is the first Boulder Jewish News intern and is also social media outreach editor for CUIndependent.com. She's originally from the suburbs of New York City, and she's a Yankee fan. She's a social media and new media enthusiast. Sara is a proud Zionist and Jew. She's obsessed with music, especially the Beatles. She's also interested in pop culture and comedy. In her free time, she likes to ski, read, write and relax with friends. Follow her on Twitter: @CUJewishBuffs, @cuindependent and @sarajuliet.
Sharon started her professional life as an engineer but eventually followed her heart to culinary school. She worked at a number of Boulder restaurants, grew and sold organic produce to many of these same restaurants, and baked biscotti at a local biscotti producer. She is now working on classes on how to cook fun, healthy food.
Shari is the Director of 18 Pomegranates, a local Boulder foundation. An initiative of 18 Pomegranates, Dare to Do aims to inform, involve and inspire a Boulder Jewish community that is engaged and vibrant.
I am a performer/director/teacher and dancer.
I am also an advanced certified yoga instructor, and a Hebrew Teacher!
I was born in Israel. I have a great Family.
I have been working in Jewish education since 1993.
I love being a Jewish educator.
I love my community.
I am a writer and art quilter in Boulder, and enjoy making custom chuppahs.
Simi Adler is the current Youth Advisor for Congregation Har HaShem and a long time Boulder resident. Simi is no stranger to the Boulder Jewish Community having grown up here and attended the University of Colorado. During his middle school and high school years, Simi was very active in local Jewish Youth Groups (BBYO) and Summer Camps (Shwayder Camp). He is very excited to serve the community as the Youth Advisor for Har HaShem's Junior Youth Group (6th-8th grade) and Boulder Temple Youth (9th-12th grade)!
Shauna has been a part of the Boulder Jewish Community for the past thirteen years with a brief hiatus where she was the Educational Administrator for the ATID Academy of Torah in Dallas, Texas, a supplementary Hebrew high school program for the greater Dallas area. She has worked as School Director for Congregation Bonai Shalom (CBS). Prior to serving as School Director she taught at CBS, the Boulder JCC and Stepping Stones: Embracing Interfaith Families.
They call me "NewsHound," because I'm sniffing out stories all over the Boulder area. My hiking buddies know me as "Brownie." I love Jewish holidays because the food is GREAT, especially the brisket. I was adopted from the Humane Society of Boulder Valley and have many friends there also looking for homes.
Bonai Shalom member Stephanie Schneider graduated with Honors from Colorado State University in May, 2011 and is a social justice volunteer for a nine-month program in India and Israel. The program is called Leadership and International Fellowship Experience (LIFE) and is run by B’Tzedek.
I'm a social justice media-maker, communications strategist, and educator. Am completing a phd in media philosophy that, among other things, examines personal and communal responsibility in the context of the information age.
Current position: Assistant Executive Director at the Boulder JCC. Formerly was the JWest Program Director at the Foundation for Jewish Camp, worked for CAJE staffing the IST trip and B'nai Tzedek program, and was CU Boulder Hillel's first JCSC Fellow.
Yadidya Greenberg was born in Israel and moved to Boulder, CO at eight years old. He has spent three years learning in Yeshiva and is pursuing a degree in animal science. He is a certified Shochet and is acting co-director of the local Jewish community egg co-op and is starting a Kosher meat co-op as well.
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