Weekly Edition: August 18th, 2017

Shabbat Shalom! Unless you’ve been under a rock somewhere, you probably know there is a total solar eclipse coming on Monday, August 21. Morah Yehudis wrote an interesting take on the eclipse.

Have a great weekend, stay cool, watch safely, and enjoy this week’s stories in the BJN:

Jewish Life

Together at the Table: Celebrate Unity and Diversity This Shabbat (8/17/2017) - This Friday, August 18th join together for Together at the Table, a celebration of unity and diversity in the face of fear and division. Continue Reading
Musical Kabbalat Shabbat Friday Night (8/17/2017) - With songs and psalms galore, a musical Kabbalat Shabbat service will bring joy to your ears tonight at Congregation Bonai Shalom. Continue Reading
L.E.D. Through the Darkness (8/17/2017) - Many rabbis ask why we do not say a blessing for an eclipse as we do for other natural phenomena that we encounter, like thunder and lightning, earthquakes, etc. Continue Reading
The Body Politic – Parshat Re’eh (8/17/2017) - Chapter fourteen of Deuteronomy opens with one of the most intimate metaphors for our relationship with God - that of parent and child. Continue Reading
Julia and Hayden Coulson B’nai Mitzvah (8/17/2017) - On Saturday, August 19th, 2017, Julia and Hayden Coulson will be called to the Torah as B'nai Mitzvah at Congregation Har HaShem. Continue Reading
David Shaltakoff Bar Mitzvah (8/17/2017) - On Saturday, August 19th, 2017, David Shaltakoff will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah with the Adventure Rabbi. Continue Reading

Doctors Without Borders to Reconstruct Refugee Camp on Pearl Street (8/15/2017) - War has come to your home and you’re forced to escape. What obstacles do you encounter on your journey? Continue Reading

“On The Map” Returns for a One Night Screening at AMC Westminster (8/17/2017) - Chabad of NW Metro Denver is pleased to announce its third annual summer movie presentation "On The Map" on Thursday, August 24th. Continue Reading
SHJ Exec to Give Talk on “Intermarriage and the Future of Judasim” (8/15/2017) - Golin says, "Intermarriage is good, period." ...The question then is what comes next, when intermarriage is seen instead as an opportunity to meaning and growth... Continue Reading