Boulder Jewish News Arts, Culture, Events, Lifestyles, Holidays, Synagogues, Education
Shabbat shalom! A couple of especially interesting events next week to be aware of: a Stan Lee retrospective on Tuesday afternoon, and a Jeffersonian Dessert party with CU faculty on Thursday evening. Check them out!
Meanwhile, stay warm, and here are this week’s posts:
News
- JCRC Opposes HHS Waiver to Allow Religious Discrimination by Foster Care Agency (1/30/2019) - The Colorado Jewish Community Relations Council is deeply concerned by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' decision allowing a government-funded foster care agency in South Carolina to discriminate against Jewish foster families. Continue Reading
Jewish Life
- Stories I Like to Tell and a Course I Hope You Can Join (1/31/2019) - I often reflect on two periods in my life, my time spent working as an outreach student in the former Soviet Union in the 1990’s and the five years I spent visiting the Federal Correctional Institution in Englewood, CO as a volunteer prison chaplain rabbi. Continue Reading
- Theodore Chasnow and Ashton Levine B’nai Mitzvah (1/28/2019) - On Saturday, February 2nd, 2019, Theodore Chasnow and Ashton Levine will be called to the Torah as B'nai Mitzvah at Congregation Har HaShem. Continue Reading
Events
- Infertility and Family Building Program at Denver J (1/31/2019) - Come hear from experts in the field and those who have infertility experiences, ask questions and share. Continue Reading
- Doehring to Lecture on Moral Injury, Moral Stress (1/30/2019) - The Interfaith Network on Mental Illness is proud to present Dr. Carrie Doehring on February 21st and 22nd for 3 free lectures on the topic of Moral Injury and Moral Stress. Continue Reading
- Sklar Brothers to Play Denver JCC (1/28/2019) - Identical twin actors and comedic duo, The Sklar Brothers, will spend the evening at the Elaine Wolf Theatre on Saturday, February 23 speaking about why – especially in times of rising anti-Semitism – it is so important to carry on, as Jews, a tradition of comedy and humor. Continue Reading
Arts and Culture
- Zero Evidence (1/31/2019) - A poem by Lisa Tremback Continue Reading
- Trends, Concerns in World Cinema Inform Varied Boulder Jewish Film Festival Selections (1/30/2019) - Tickets go on sale to the public Monday for the 7th Boulder Jewish Film Festival, March 7-17. Continue Reading
- Stan Lee: Visionary, Titan, Showman, Artist, and Pop Culture Icon (1/28/2019) - Join ACE to examine the legacy of the legendary Stan Lee, who spent seven decades creating the Marvel universe Continue Reading
