Shabbat shalom!  While the world’s best athletes are gathered in London for XXXth Olympiad, two Jewish teens from Boulder are in Houston for the 30th Annual JCC Maccabi Games. BJN wishes them both luck and success.

Closer to home, next week the Anti-Defamation League resumes its Boulder Community Builder Luncheon series, this year honoring Sara-Jane Cohen.  Rounding out our story line-up this week, Bruce Shaffer files a moving story from his sojurn in Israel earlier this year.  Have a great weekend