Weekly Edition: January 11th, 2019

Shabbat shalom! Happy (Secular) New Year!  May it be a healthy, happy 2019 for you and your family.

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

News

• Some Thoughts on Current Events (1/10/2019) - I would like to bring some tips and teachings of Judaism that can help us bring more unity. Continue Reading
• 3 Coloradans Selected as Wexner Field Fellows (1/9/2019) - The Wexner Foundation is pleased to announce Class 3 of the newly-expanded Wexner Field Fellowship, which includes three Jewish professionals from Colorado. Continue Reading
• Haver Update and Leadership Transition (1/8/2019) - On January 1, 2019, Rabbi Ruthie Gelfarb completed her term as Haver’s president and Rabbi Jamie Korngold steps into the presidency. Continue Reading

Jewish Life

• Ethics Through a Jewish Lens with Rabbinic Chaplain Nalini Indorf Kaplan (1/10/2019) - Join us for this two-part workshop on Thursdays, January 17 & 24 to learn about Jewish Ethics and its various concepts. Continue Reading
• Rabbi Marc’s A Dash of Drash – Pharaoh’s Heart, Our Hearts is Episode 86 – Bo (1/10/2019) - Pharaoh's Heart, Our Hearts is Episode 86 of A Dash of Drash with Special Guest Rabbi Elyse Frishman, editor of Mishkan T'filah, the Reform Siddur published in 2007. Continue Reading
• Ryan Lewison Bar Mitzvah (1/8/2019) - On Saturday, January 12, 2019, Ryan Lewison will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah at Congregation Har HaShem. Continue Reading

Events

• Yiddish, English, or Maybe Both: The Evolution of a “Yidea” (1/10/2019) - The University of Colorado Boulder’s Program in Jewish Studies and cosponsors welcome poet and professor Irena Klepfisz as Jewish Studies’ 2019 Sondra and Howard Bender Visiting Scholar. Continue Reading
• Colorado Hebrew Chorale Announces 2019 Fundraising Event (1/8/2019) - The Colorado Hebrew Chorale and its women’s choir, Kol Nashim, announce their annual fundraising evening, Raisins and Almonds: A Tu B’Shvat Celebration, to be held Sunday, January 27, 2019. Continue Reading

Arts and Culture

• “OH MY GOD” Returning for 2 More Performances (1/8/2019) - Theatre Or and Denver's Hebrew Educational Alliance announced two additional performances of Anat Gov's play, "Oh My God!," starring Boulder's Rabbi Marc Soloway as God. Continue Reading