Shabbat shalom!  A couple of exciting announcements this week:  Congregation Har HaShem was able to come to an understanding with the City of Boulder to allow their summer homeless program to continue; and the Boulder JCC and Menorah announced the launching of the Boulder Jewish Film Festival in 2013.

If you or someone in your family is from Detroit, you won’t want to miss the author visit on Monday at the Boulder Book Store.

And, we are officially into the month of Elul, when Jews prepare for the High Holidays.  BJN invites our readers and authors to post some reflections of Elul… topics for the upcoming week include Prayer, Blessing, Memory, Change, Image and Excuses.

Have a great shabbat and weekend.  Here are this week’s stories: