Shabbat Shalom!  Hard to believe that we’ve reached August. Have a great weekend, stay cool, and enjoy this week’s stories in the BJN:

Jewish Life

• Har HaShem Offering Introduction to Jewish Meditation (8/3/2017) - Congregation Har HaShem will be hosting a workshop on the basics of Jewish meditation, open to the community. Continue Reading
• A Matter Of Interpretation – Parashat Va’etchanan (8/3/2017) - Midrash, the rabbinic method of interpreting the verses of the Torah, always begins with a problem in the text. Continue Reading
• Eli Galdieri Bar Mitzvah (8/3/2017) - On Saturday, August 5th, 2017, Eli Galdieri will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah at Congregation Bonai Shalom. Continue Reading
• Sarah Malin Bat Mitzvah (8/3/2017) - On Saturday, August 5th, 2017, Sarah Malin will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah at Congregation Har HaShem. Continue Reading
• ParshaNut: The Original Chabad – Parashat Devarim (8/3/2017) - This week, we take a journey into the realm of Jewish epistemology. That ten-dollar word, epistemology, refers to theories of knowledge - attempts to answer the fundamental questions of how we know things and what can be known at all. Continue Reading

Events

• Bonai Shalom Holding Ice Cream Social (8/3/2017) - Get the scoop on Bonai Shalom’s religious school program at their ice cream social on August 20th. Continue Reading

Arts and Culture

• Balfour Senior Living and Stratos Present Cannabis 101 Sessions (8/3/2017) - Stratos, creators of a pharmaceutical-grade cannabis tablet product line, is facilitating a Cannabis 101 series at Balfour Senior Living communities throughout the Colorado Front Range. Continue Reading
• A Matter Of Interpretation – Parashat Va’etchanan (8/3/2017) - Midrash, the rabbinic method of interpreting the verses of the Torah, always begins with a problem in the text. Continue Reading