Shabbat shalom!

This weekend features special shabbat activities at several area synagogues Friday night and Saturday, so be sure to check out the Calendar if you are looking for something different this week.

Stay cool, and have a great weekend. Here are this week’s posts:

News

• Key Lessons In Strategic Philanthropy (8/15/2019) - Although truly strategic philanthropy is highly individualized, some lessons are universal. Here are several lessons I've learned. Continue Reading

Jewish Life

• Giving Back is a Family Affair (8/15/2019) - From the moment she relocated to Boulder five years ago, Heidi and her family have participated in nearly all of JFS’s programs and events. Continue Reading
• Maddie Makes Much of Shabbat with Mishpacha (8/15/2019) - Maddie Wittenberg recently became a Bat Mitzvah with Adventure Judaism. In this essay, she reflects on her Shabbat Project. Continue Reading
• Adventure Judaism’s Music & Me Class Begins September 8th (8/13/2019) - Do your kids like to sing, dance, and move around a lot? New to Adventure Judaism’s ARK School is the Music and Me (pre-k to k) class for our upcoming Fall 2019-2020 year. Continue Reading
• D’var Shana: Reflections on My Year Becoming a Bat Mitzvah with the Adventure Rabbi (8/13/2019) - Maddie Wittenberg recently became a  Bat Mitzvah with Adventure Judaism. In this essay, she reflects on her year of study. Continue Reading
• Eli & Noah Lowrey B’nai Mitzvah (8/13/2019) - On Saturday, August 17th, 2019, Eli & Noah Lowrey will be called to the Torah as a B'nai Mitzvah at Congregation Har HaShem. Continue Reading
• Zoe Mertz Bat Mitzvah (8/13/2019) - On Saturday, August 17th, 2019, Zoe Mertz will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah at Congregation Bonai Shalom. Continue Reading
• Hate and Love and Tisha b’Av (8/11/2019) - As our traditional three weeks of mourning culminated with Tisha b'Av and its commemoration of destruction last Saturday night, our nation is still reeling from the horrors of yet more unbearable acts of gun violence, at least one motivated by racial hatred. Continue Reading
• Noah Sodie Bar Yisrael (8/11/2019) - On Monday, August 12th, 2019, Noah Sodie will be called before the congregation as a Bar Yisrael with Adventure Judaism. Continue Reading

Events

• Free Smart Strategies Workshop for 50+ Jobseekers (8/15/2019) - The FREE workshop will be held at Jewish Family Service, 3201 South Tamarac Drive in Denver, on Thursday, August 29. Continue Reading

Arts and Culture

• BJFF Inaugurates a Shorts Committee for 2020 (8/13/2019) - Interested in helping to select the short films for the Boulder Jewish Film Festival? Continue Reading
• Opportunities for Lifelong Learners Expand with OLLI’s New Boulder Branch (8/11/2019) - OLLI comes to the Boulder JCC in September with a class on Academy Award winning films. Continue Reading