Shabbat shalom and Shana Tovah 5780!

A recurring theme of this year’s high holidays is action and reaction to climate change and the recent speeches and protests calling for concerted effort to battle climate change and its effects. We are posting several this week for your thoughtful consideration.

Check our High Holidays page for all the latest New Year’s posts, as well as our Rosh Hashanah video playlist, also provided below.

Stay warm (that’s Colorado weather for you), and have a great weekend. We had a short week this week, so a relatively limited number of posts. Enjoy!

News

• This High Holiday Season, Commit To Joining The Fight Against Climate Change (10/3/2019) - This piece by Boulder's Yonatan Malin appeared in The Forward on September 25, 2019. Continue Reading
• 5780: The Year of Environmental Teshuva (10/3/2019) - The Jerusalem Post published this op-ed by Nigel Savage, CEO of Hazon, on October 2nd, 2019. Continue Reading
• MazelTogether and PJ Library Create Family Connector Program (10/1/2019) - MazelTogether has partnered up with PJ Library to create our Family Connector Fellowship Program. MazelTogether (MT) is a catalyst, connector, and concierge for local families with young children in the metro Denver community to find their people, their path and their place in Jewish life. Continue Reading

Jewish Life

• Trees, Animals and the Weather – Rosh HaShanah 5780 (10/3/2019) - In honor of 5780, I planted 80 saplings in Colorado as a tribute to my teacher, my rabbi and mentor in London, Jonathan Wittenberg.  Continue Reading
• Memories of Martin Bernheimer z”l (10/3/2019) - My remarkably accomplished brother Martin Bernheimer held a unique place in the story of my life. He passed away on September 29th. Continue Reading
• Rosh Hashanah in the Rockies (10/1/2019) - The Adventure Judaism Rosh Hashanah in the Rockies was relaxing, releasing, and reviving, with 153 participants gathered at Camp Granite Lake. Continue Reading

Events

• L’Shanah Tovah! This Week for CU’s Jewish Buffs – 9/30 (10/1/2019) - Here are this week's activities for CU Boulder's Jewish student community. Continue Reading

Arts and Culture

• What the Virtual Boulder Jewish Film Festival Will Look Like (1/21/2021) - What to expect at the all-virtual 2021 Boulder Jewish Film Festival. Continue Reading
• Boulder JCC Presents “Saturday Night at the Movies!” with Judith Dack (1/21/2021) - Saturday, January 30, 7:00 - 8:00 pmThis is the talkback only! Once you purchase your talkback tickets, you will have access to stream the shorts. You can watch these films at your convenience before the talkback.  Join Judith Dack and the Boulder JCC’s Arts, Culture, and Education Director Joy Eisenhauer for a talkback on films… Continue Reading
• Check Out January and February Activities of Colorado Hebrew Chorale and Kol Nashim (1/18/2021) - Yehoram Gaon Yehoram Gaon is widely considered to be one of the seminal male singers of Israel. During January and February 2021 the Colorado Hebrew Chorale and Kol Nashim offer two opportunities to explore his music through different lenses.  Thursday, Jan. 21, 7:00 pm MST - Kol Nashim presents “Marvelous Musical Men – Yehoram Gaon.”… Continue Reading
• Boulder JCC presents Amplifying Voices: A Racial Justice Series (1/12/2021) - “Amplifying Voices” is a series of programs on the topic of race designed to bring together ideas of teshuva (recommitting to ways we can do better), personal growth, and reckoning. Continue Reading
• New Music Series: Broadway Backstage to Operatic Happy Hours (12/31/2020) - We are bringing the love of the theater to you! This series brings intimate musical performances to the comfort of your own home. Continue Reading
• Christmas 1944 – Noel! Noel! – The Christmas Eve Bombing of Malmedy, Belgium (12/31/2020) - The story behind the letter sent home on Christmas by Lenny Miller in "We Are Going To Be Lucky: A World War II Love Story in Letters." Continue Reading
• Sensational Seville: Travel Virtually to Spain! (12/30/2020) - Do you miss traveling the world? This program is going to virtually inspire the love of travel again. Continue Reading
• New Series: Jewish Composers of the American Musical (12/27/2020) - The Colorado Hebrew Chorale and its Women’s Choir, Kol Nashim are proud to feature Miryam Raizen who will present a fascinating new series: “From Tin Pan Alley Cats to the Great White Way – Jewish Composers of the American Musical.” The series will begin on Sunday, January 3 at 7:30 pm on Zoom and will… Continue Reading
• Virtual Jewish Film Festivals: January is San Luis Obispo (12/27/2020) - The 2021 San Luis Obispo Jewish Film Festival is going virtual this year. Diversity and Harmony is the theme with a selection of short, narrative, and documentary films that showcase varied expressions of the Jewish experience from around the world. Continue Reading
• Christmas 1594 – Shakespeare’s Plea for Tolerance In a Time of Plague and Civil Discord (12/24/2020) - But What Kind of Mystery Play is This? It is about the separation and reuniting of a family, yes, maybe the holy family you might grant, where the women play as in Jesus’ story a major part, but what are we to make of the separation and reuniting of two identical twins? Continue Reading
• Dreaming of Home (12/24/2020) - "There is something peculiar about this book: the fact is the cover gives it away right from the start." Continue Reading
• Awaken Us in the Spring (12/3/2020) - A new poem by Lisa Tremback. Continue Reading
• Studio Israel: The Empire Shoots Back in Mizrahi Feminist Video Art (12/2/2020) - The Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University invites you to join us and our partners online for the second Studio Israel: Conversation Series, featuring artist Vered Nissim in conversation with Dr. Sivan Rajuan Shtang. Continue Reading
• A Story from Rivvy Neshama’s Award-Winning Book, “Recipes for a Sacred Life: True Stories and a Few Miracles” (11/17/2020) - After receiving five national awards, a new edition of "Recipes for a Sacred Life,” by Boulder author Rivvy Neshama, was recently launched. Neshama’s book—a great gift for Hanukkah—has been praised for being “joyful” “uplifting” and “inspiring” and has been called “a book for these times.” Continue Reading
• With the Strength of Madness (11/12/2020) - A new poem from Lisa Tremback. Continue Reading