Shabbat shalom! Don’t forget the Music@theJ Swing event at the Boulder JCC this weekend, and Reel Hope is only another week away.

Meanwhile, stay cool, or warm, (it’s that time of year) and enjoy this week’s posts:

News

• Letters: Awareness Becoming Action (10/25/2018) - How can citizen-activists embody symbiotic solutions as we transition from our petroleum-pharmaceutical-addicted cyber-culture to an interfaith social permaculture—one that inspires, educates, and mobilizes peoples of diverse religious backgrounds? Continue Reading
• Letters: From Then to Now. And Where Next? (10/22/2018) - "...I reiterate – this is never more necessary than today – that human beings can change things for good. It is the lesson of human history. It is certainly the lesson of Jewish history." Continue Reading
• An English Rabbi’s Civil Rights Journey in Alabama (10/22/2018) - I was in Birmingham following a mission to Montgomery with 35 rabbis and other Jewish leaders, on a trip organized by T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, to visit the incredible Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice.  Continue Reading

Jewish Life

• Join Friends, Taste And Toast For November’s Women’s Friday Night (10/25/2018) - Chany’s Challah is kinda famous. Consider joining an intriguing women-only dinner hosted by the Boulder County Center for Judaism. Continue Reading
• Rabbi Marc’s A Dash of Drash – Alabama and Akeida – Sacrificing our Children, Episode 79 (10/25/2018) - Parshat Vayera (Genesis 18:1–22:24) includes towards the end the very challenging story of Akedat Yitzhak, the Binding of Isaac. Continue Reading
• Ellie Friedman Bat Mitzvah (10/25/2018) - On Saturday, October 27th, 2018, Ellie Friedman will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah with Adventure Judaism. Continue Reading
• Jackson Kirshner Bar Mitzvah (10/25/2018) - On Saturday, October 27, 2018, Jackson Kirshner will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah at Congregation Nevei Kodesh. Continue Reading
• First Ever “Pink Challah Bake” for Breast Cancer Awareness This Thursday (10/22/2018) - This year’s Shabbat Project will include “Pink” challah bakes across the US, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which takes place throughout the month of October. In Boulder, the bake will be at the Boulder JCC on Thursday. Continue Reading

Events

• Free! Global Day of Jewish Learning at Bonai Shalom (10/25/2018) - Join 500+ communities in over 40 countries who are connecting through Jewish text on November 11, 2018. Continue Reading