Weekly Edition: January 27th, 2017

Shabbat Shalom! Boulder women, be sure to check out the Boulder Bus to next Thursday’s CHOICES event from JEWISHcolorado. Featured guests are Aly Raisman and her mother Lynn.  More information at JEWISHcolorado/CHOICES.

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

News

• AMHSI-JNF Receives $250K Grant for Scholarships and Alumni Engagement (1/26/2017) - Jewish National Fund’s Alexander Muss High School in Israel (AMHSI-JNF) has received a $250,000 grant from the Jim Joseph Foundation for its Israel Continuum programming. Continue Reading
• Members Helped Write New Torah Scroll for Congregation Har HaShem (1/24/2017) - On Sunday, January 22, Congregation Har HaShem dedicated a new Torah scroll that included Hebrew letters handwritten by hundreds of congregants. Continue Reading
• Letter to the Editor: Rabbi Tzvi Steinberg (1/22/2017) - On Wednesday, January 18th, JEWISHcolorado hosted a community meeting regarding the Kosher Meals and Wheels program and the JCC Communal Meal program. Continue Reading

Events

• Bereishit – Torah Class Tuesday at Lafayette Library (1/26/2017) - Join Chany Scheiner and a small group of women and learn highlights of the Torah Portion of Bereishit. Continue Reading
• Boulder Family Hosting Eden Village Summer Camp Informational Meeting (1/26/2017) - Come learn about a new kind of Jewish camp! Continue Reading
• Information Meeting for Adventure B’nai Mitzvah Class (1/24/2017) - Perhaps you’ve heard the buzz about the Adventure Rabbi’s innovative Bar and Bat Mitzvah training program? Join us tonight for an information meeting. Continue Reading

Jewish Life

• A Shabbat Nugget: Parashat Vaera (1/26/2017) - In this week's Torah portion we read about the ten plagues that G-d exacted on Pharoh and the Egyptians in order to get them to agree to let the Jews leave Egypt. Continue Reading
• Plant a Tree in Israel and Enter to Win a Trip to the Holy Land (1/24/2017) - Jewish National Fund is celebrating Tu B'Shvat by giving one lucky winner the chance to travel to Israel and have a once in a lifetime experience for free! Find out how to enter. Continue Reading
• Baruch Dayan HaEmet: Daniel Shawn Haimovich z”l (1/24/2017) - Daniel Shawn Haimovich, nephew of Gali Beh, passed away early Monday morning in Tuscon, Arizona. Continue Reading

Arts and Culture

• Moishe House Boulder Brings Sustainability Into 2017 (1/22/2017) - In line with their pro-environmental views, Moishe House Boulder, a community building organization for Jewish young adults, held a "Where is the gas in glass?" open house at Fire glass-blowing studio in Denver. Continue Reading