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

• RSVP for Boulder’s Outdoor Lag BBQ (5/12/2022) - Lag B'Omer is coming up in a week on Thursday, May 19. On Lag B’Omer communities across the world, gather to celebrate the life of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, the father of KABBALAH.  Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai was a famous first-century Tannaic sage, and the author of the famed Zohar, the chief work of the Kabbalah.… Continue Reading
• Focus on Legacy Giving at the Boulder JCC (5/12/2022) - Since 2018, the Boulder JCC, along with 27 other local Jewish organizations, has participated in Live On: Build Your Jewish Legacy, an initiative of Rose Community Foundation, and LIFE & LEGACY, a partnership program of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation (Live On | LIFE & LEGACY™). Continue Reading
• Aylah Seigal B’nai Mitzvah (5/12/2022) - On Saturday, May 14, 2022, Aylah Seigal will be called to the Torah as B'nai Mitzvah at Congregation Har HaShem. Continue Reading
• In Person First Friday Is Back at Bonai Shalom on May 6! (5/1/2022) - Jennifer Livovich, Founding Director of Feet Forward: “Changing Homelessness Because It Changed Me” Continue Reading
• Learn About NaviG8 – A Unique Program for 8th Graders at the Boulder JCC (4/28/2022) - If you have a teen entering the 8th grade in Fall 2022 who is seeking a group of Jewish peers, NaviG8 at the Boulder JCC is the place for them. Continue Reading
• This Week at Nevei Kodesh, April 29-May 5 (4/28/2022) - Nevei Kodesh, a warm and welcoming Jewish Renewal Community invites you to join us virtually for prayer, study and connection! Continue Reading
• In Humanity of The Wild West (4/27/2022) - Two startlingly different and divergent award winning Westerns, which are surprisingly similar in their motifs, come to my mind. Almost mirror opposites, these two films contain an analogous theme: A lone, rather uptight, cowboy, who is attracted to another man’s wife, and a boy who grows more and more attached to the cowboy. Continue Reading
• Boulder JTree Spring Update (4/26/2022) - Please recognize Mothers Day this year with a donation to reforest mother earth. Continue Reading
• Memorial Set for Henry Rasof z”l (4/26/2022) - There will be an in-person memorial for Henry Rasof z"l on Sunday May 15, 2022. Continue Reading
• This Week at Nevei Kodesh, April 22-28 (4/21/2022) - Nevei Kodesh, a warm and welcoming Jewish Renewal Community invites you to join us virtually for prayer, study and connection! 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