Shabbat shalom! And, Happy Mother’s Day, this Sunday.
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Enjoy this week’s posts:
News
- JEWISHcolorado Names Rabbi Jay Strear as President & CEO (5/7/2018) - JEWISHcolorado is pleased to name Rabbi Jay Strear as President and CEO of the organization, beginning on July 9, 2018. Continue Reading
- Rabbi Aaron Panken, HUC President, Killed in Plane Crash (5/7/2018) - Rabbi Aaron Panken, the president of Hebrew Union College, was killed piloting a small aircraft in the Hudson Valley area of New York state. Continue Reading
Jewish Life
- Hear the Ten Commandments and Receive a Free Ice Cream Squishy (5/10/2018) - Celebrate Shavuot and hear the Ten COMMANDMENTS just like we did at Mount Sinai! Continue Reading
- Camp Adventure Rabbi Is Back (5/10/2018) - Camp Adventure Rabbi is a week-long day camp for girls going into fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh grades. One of Adventure Rabbi’s newest adventures is back, and we want you to be part of it! Continue Reading
- Shabbat Nugget – Capitalism vs. Socialism (5/10/2018) - In this week's Torah portion, we learn about what might be the Torah's solution to have more economic balance in our society. Continue Reading
- Baruch Dayan Ha’emet: Stephen Susskind, z”l (5/10/2018) - Stephen Susskind, brother of Howard Susskind, died in his sleep in Las Vegas last week. The funeral is Friday morning, May 11. Continue Reading
- Rabbi Marc’s A Dash of Drash – Yesod – Connection, Balance and #metoo: Episode 66 (5/10/2018) - Yesod - Connection, Balance and #metoo with special guest Reverend Marie-Elsa Bragg in London is Episode 66 of A Dash of Drash. Continue Reading
- Driven Mad – Parshat Behar-Bechukotai (5/10/2018) - All week, I’ve been thinking about this book, “A Driven Leaf,” by Milton Steinberg. Continue Reading
- Vin Hoffman Bar Mitzvah (5/8/2018) - On Saturday, May 12th, 2018, Vin Hoffman will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah at Congregation Har HaShem. Continue Reading
Events
- Kol Nashim to Present Woman to Woman Benefit Concert (5/8/2018) - Kol Nashim, the women’s choir of the Colorado Hebrew Chorale, announces its fifth annual Woman to Woman concert benefitting the Jerusalem Shelter for Battered Women. Continue Reading
Arts and Culture
- This Sunday, Art is My Weapon with Dr. David Shneer (5/7/2018) - The new Archive Transformed residency program connecting artists and scholars will hold two public events this month: a performance at Old Main Chapel May 13 and presentations by the inaugural residency cohort at the Boulder Public Library May 17. Continue Reading