Shabbat shalom, and Happy Labor Day! This weekend also marks Rosh Chodesh Elul, the beginning of the month of preparation for the High Holidays. Boulder Jewish News will be putting together our compendium of High Holiday events, schedules and stories in the next week, so keep an eye out for that.

September also marks Boulder Jewish News’ 10th Anniversary, and we are planning several special stories and pages to celebrate! You are, in fact, reading our 6,529th post since starting out in the fall of 2009. Enjoy!

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

News

• Refuat HaNefesh Adds a New Session (8/29/2019) - Refuat Hanefesh: A Healing of the Spirit is beginning a second monthly meeting group. See the schedule for the month here. Continue Reading
• Ancient Emojis Discovered in the Talmud (8/28/2019) - I always thought that emojis were a recent thing. So, imagine my shock when this morning I was studying tractate Ketubot in the Talmud, written in 200 CE, and the discussion was about smiley face emojis! Continue Reading

Jewish Life

• Experience Yom Kippur with Boulder Center for Judaism (9/29/2022) - Services are not only about prayers and rituals but about celebrating Judaism as a dynamic and enriching community experience harmoniously shared by Jews of any and all backgrounds. Continue Reading
• Correct Sin-Tax (9/29/2022) - Teshuva is the Jewish way to pay our ‘sin taxes.’ Aveira is one of the Hebrew words for transgression. In my mind, it resonates with the English word, ‘over.’ Continue Reading
• Kapparot: The Yom Kippur Tradition of Chicken Twirling (9/29/2022) - For some 1,000 years, many Ashkenazi Jews have observed the same ritual every Yom Kippur Eve — waving a chicken over their head. From the start, the practice was controversial among rabbinical scholars, and even today, it continues to ruffle feathers. (Sorry, couldn't resist). Continue Reading
• What Do Jews Mean by Repentance (Teshuvah)? (9/27/2022) - The sound of the shofar at Rosh Hashanah, the great 12th-century Jewish thinker Moses Maimonides wrote, is a wake-up call for the soul. Its message: "Arise from your slumber! Search your ways and return in teshuvah and remember your Creator!" Continue Reading
• Boulder JCC Hosts Farmside Shabbat With Special Guest Friday Morning (9/22/2022) - "Sha-bbat, Sha-lom, Hay!" Join us this Friday, September 23 from 9:30 - 10:30 am for Farmside Shabbat under the tent at Milk & Honey Farm. Continue Reading
• Shofar in the Park on Monday! (9/22/2022) - To accommodate those who would otherwise not participate in formal Rosh Hashanah synagogue services, Rabbi Scheiner of Boulder Center for Judaism is promoting a brief, open-to-all, Rosh Hashanah ceremony that includes the primary observances of the holiday. There will be a special activity for kids and a small holiday gift takeaway. Continue Reading
• A Riddle for You (9/22/2022) - Our sages teach the power of Rosh Hashanah: This is when G-d bestows the world, and each individual creature, with all of the divine blessings for the upcoming year. He opens new channels to allow our unique gifts to enter our lives. Continue Reading
• Experience Beth Ami’s Humanistic Rosh Hashanah and Tashlich Live (9/20/2022) - Enjoy our humanistic Rosh Hashanah/Tashlich experience in person next to the lovely Viele Lake in south Boulder at the Harlow Platts Picnic Shelter. Continue Reading
• Baruch Dayan HaEmet – Florence Lavin z”l (9/20/2022) - Florence Lavin, mother of Francine Lavin Weaver, passed away this morning in Springfield, Massachusetts.  Florence was 99 years old and lived a full life! Continue Reading
• Challah Make and Take This Sunday! (9/15/2022) - Join Chany Scheiner this Sunday, for a Challah baking class, make and take, where you will get to make your own Challah and learn how to braid it and the spiritual significance behind it. Continue Reading

Events

• You’re Invited to Kathryn’s Sweet 16: A Thank You and Retirement Dance Party (8/29/2019) - There’s only one way to send off Kathryn Bernheimer and that’s with a dance party featuring the music she loves. Continue Reading
• JEWISHcolorado to Honor Community Leaders at Annual Meeting (8/28/2019) - JEWISHcolorado looks forward to honoring several community leaders at its upcoming Annual Meeting on Wednesday, September 4. Continue Reading
• Don’t Miss “Ask Dr. Ruth” Screening and Dr. Jenni Talk Back Tonight (8/26/2019) - ACE kicks off the fall season today/tonight with two free screenings of the acclaimed new documentary about Dr. Ruth Westheimer. Continue Reading

Arts and Culture

• Adonai (8/29/2019) - A new poem by Lisa Tremback. Continue Reading
• Get Crafty and Get Cooking at Milk and Honey Farm (8/28/2019) - While summer may be winding down, Milk and Honey Farm at the Boulder JCC is just getting started. Returning this fall are two beloved series -- Create and Cultivate and Boulder Chefs Series.  Continue Reading
• Aspiring Artists Are Invited To Express Themselves At BJCC (8/25/2019) - Meet the artists teaching classes this fall at the JCC's art studio open house on September 28. Continue Reading
• Theatre Or, Mizel Arts and Culture Center Present Tovah Feldshuh in “Dancing with Giants” (8/25/2019) - DANCING WITH GIANTS will be the opening event of the 2019 JAAMM Festival, beginning September 13. Continue Reading