Shabbat shalom! Have a great President’s Weekend, and if you need something interesting and related over the weekend, check this out: When President Lincoln fought for the Jews.

Meanwhile, stay warm, and here are this week’s posts:

News

• CCRM Opens Hereditary Cancer and Disease Prevention Lab (2/14/2019) - Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine has opened its new Hereditary Cancer and Disease Prevention Lab in Lone Tree, Colorado. Continue Reading
• Understanding the “Why” of Impact Investing (2/14/2019) - Impact investing is the rapidly expanding approach to financial markets that seeks to do well and to do good. It attempts to generate positive financial and social returns. Continue Reading

Jewish Life

• Congregation Rodef Shalom Hosts Community Organizer Rabbi as Scholar in Residence (2/14/2019) - At this critical time in the history of our Denver Jewish Community and our country, we are hungry to learn the most effective ways to build a strong Jewish Social Justice movement: authentically Jewish, genuinely social and laser-focused on justice. Continue Reading
• “Kabbalah and the Big Bang” with Kabbalah Scholar Daniel Matt (2/13/2019) - Congregation Har HaShem, Congregation Bonai Shalom, Scientists in Synagogues, and the University of Colorado’s Program in Jewish Studies and Department of Religious Studies welcome Professor Daniel Matt, renowned Kabbalah scholar and translator, for a series of talks in Boulder. Continue Reading
• Nevei Kodesh to Hold Shabbaton with Rabbi Tirzah Firestone PhD (2/12/2019) - Rabbi Tirzah Firestone will be presenting a special weekend Shabbaton entitled "Wounds Into Wisdom: Transforming Our Past to Create A New Future." Continue Reading

Events

• JCRC to Honor Ginsberg with Community Leadership Award at Annual Luncheon (2/13/2019) - This year, the Jewish Community Relations Council will be honoring Noel Ginsburg with its Community Leadership Award for his years of support for the Jewish community. Continue Reading
• Miche and Noah Bacher Honored at Boulder JCC’s 12th Annual Reflections (2/11/2019) - At our 12th Annual Reflections, taking place at the Boulder JCC for the first time ever, Miche and Noah Bacher and Cathy Summer and Steve Ellis will be honored. Continue Reading

Arts and Culture

• Israeli Role in Global Environmental Solutions Brings ‘Sustainability To the Nations’ (2/13/2019) - In a world where clean water is becoming increasingly scarce, a new documentary is highlighting the Israeli role in the international effort to counter that trend. See it at the Boulder Jewish Film Festival. Continue Reading
• Music@theJ Presents Tribute Concert to Living Legend Stephen Sondheim (2/12/2019) - music@theJ celebrates the 70-year career of "musical theater’s greatest lyricist, full stop" Continue Reading
• Upon This Hill (2/11/2019) - A poem by Lisa Tremback Continue Reading