Shabbat shalom! As a people and as a community, we are showing our resilience and ingenuity. You can find many online shabbat resources, both local and far afield, for streaming services or guides to davening alone.

You can find all of our local community virtual services at the “Jewish Community Virtual Offerings” link below under “Events”. There is also a link to the list of online programs being offered by the Boulder JCC.

If you have something to entertain or engage people that you’d like to get out there, let us know!

Meanwhile, here are sources that will have the most up-to-date information about COVID-19 in Boulder and Colorado:

• Boulder JCC for the Jewish community
• City of Boulder
• Boulder County
• Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
• Centers for Disease Control

Stay safe, stay warm, and have a great weekend.

News

• The Space Between Us (4/23/2020) - This week’s parsha bears a striking echo to our current situation. It is the law of someone who got Tzaraat, a disease with physical symptoms of spiritual flaws that affected the person’s body, clothes, or even homes. Continue Reading
• Momentum Launches “Care with a Prayer” to Pray for Healthcare Workers (4/23/2020) - Momentum, previously known as the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project, launched today “Care with a Prayer,” a global campaign to pray for healthcare workers fighting against the Coronavirus. Continue Reading
• Hillel & BBYO Team Up to Offer HS Seniors Virtual College Visits (4/22/2020) - In a new partnership, college students and Hillel staff from dozens of Hillels are sharing the campus communities they love with the high school students of BBYO. Continue Reading
• Boulder Moishe House Looking for New Resident (4/22/2020) - Moishe House Boulder is seeking a young adult between the ages of 22-32 who is excited about living with others and creating a Jewish community for their peers. Continue Reading
• Baby Boomlet? JScreen Offering Discounted Genetic Screening (4/21/2020) - Particularly with news that there may be a baby boom nine months now, JScreen wants to make it easy for people to get screened. Continue Reading
• Virtual March of the Living Livestream at 5 pm Mountain (4/20/2020) - On Tuesday, April 21, a virtual March of the Living ceremony will take place at 5:00 pm MDT and can be viewed live online. Continue Reading
• Boundaries in the Time of Corona (4/20/2020) - Counting the Omer during the time of the Coronavirus gives us a unique opportunity to see ourselves more clearly, with much of our emotional armor stripped away and without our usual busyness to distract us. Continue Reading

Jewish Life

• Dealing with the Coronavirus and Discovering Happiness… (4/22/2020) - The Boulder County Center for Judaism invites you to a three-part zoom series on Dealing with the Corona Virus and Discovering the keys to a happier life. Continue Reading
• Passover Celebrations in the Time of Social Distancing (4/21/2020) - While it wasn’t safe for JFS to host Seders in senior facilities this year, we couldn’t pass over the opportunity to bring the holiday to isolated older adults in retirement communities or their homes. Continue Reading
• Rabbi Marc’s A Dash of Drash – Counting Days, Making Days Count is Episode 106 (4/21/2020) - As these very hard and confusing days of lockdown continue, it is easy for today to feel like yesterday and tomorrow, and to count off the days until we can go back to seeing the people we miss and resuming some of our activities. Continue Reading

Events

• Harmony@Home with Congregation Har HaShem (4/12/2021) - Did someone say music, trivia games, guessing games and more? Make sure to circle Sunday, May 2nd. Continue Reading
• Holocaust Remembrance Day – Dr. Fauci Being Honored, Miri Ben Ari Performs – Watch Live April 7 (4/5/2021) - On April 7th, the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day in the Jewish calendar, International March of the Living, along with special partners, will hold a special symposium on “Medicine and Morality: Lessons from the Holocaust and COVID-19”. Continue Reading
• Surviving the Holocaust: One Boulder Woman’s Struggle for Life and Her Journey to Freedom (4/1/2021) - Maria Krenz will recount her story of survival this Wednesday, April 7th at 7:00 pm during Boulder’s Yom HaShoah program, presented by Haver, the Rabbinic Council of Boulder, and the Boulder JCC. Continue Reading
• 9 Reasons to Watch JFNA’s 2021 Israel Independence Day Virtual Event – April 15 (4/1/2021) - On Thursday, April 15 at 7:00 pm ET The Jewish Federations of North America and additional partners will host a one-hour virtual event to mark Israel’s 73rd Independence Day. Continue Reading
• Harry Rapaport’s Family: A Story of Holocaust Tragedies and Survival (3/30/2021) - Listen to the passion in which he takes us to that horrible time of the systematic annihilation of the Jewish people. Listen and relate his story to current times, when antisemitism runs rampant. Continue Reading
• Free Community Acupuncture Healing Circle at Nevei Kodesh (3/24/2021) - Nevei Kodesh will be hosting Acupuncturists Without Borders, who will be creating a mobile field clinic in our parking lot this Sunday and Monday. Continue Reading
• “Are We a Pluralistic Country?” – Beth Ami 2nd Shabbat Speaker (3/10/2021) - Please join us in welcoming Paul Golin, Executive Director of the Society for Humanistic Judaism, to our “2nd Friday Shabbat”, this Friday, March 12. Continue Reading
• Boulder JCC and JFS Boulder Partner on Two End-of-Life Programs (3/8/2021) - Boulder JCC and JFS Boulder present two virtual lunch and learns on end-of-life issues, one in March and one in April. Continue Reading
• A YEAR OF COVID-19: Blessings and Loss (3/2/2021) - In response to seeing so many people suffer on so many levels, the rabbis of Haver have decided to mark the one-year anniversary of Covid-19 in Boulder with a special program on Sunday March 14th that acknowledges those losses but also offers hope and a path toward healing. Continue Reading
• Colorado Hebrew Chorale and Kol Nashim Announce Schedule for March (3/2/2021) - Colorado Hebrew Chorale is announcing three events during March, all available virtually. Continue Reading
• CU Boulder Hillel Hosts An Evening with Idan Raichel (3/1/2021) - Tonight, Tuesday, March 2nd, CU Boulder Hillel is planning an in-person drive-in concert by Idan Raichel, an international musician, with a live DJ and food trucks – all of which will be following COVID protocols. Viewers can also watch along at home via Zoom. Continue Reading
• Judaism and the Black Experience — 2021 Sondra and Howard Bender Visiting Scholar – March 18th (3/1/2021) - In this webinar, Professor Bruce Haynes (University of California, Davis) will speak about his award winning book "The Soul of Judaism: Jews of African Descent in America" (NYU Press 2018), the first comprehensive study of African-American Jewry. Continue Reading
• Five Community Choirs Will Sing Out for SafeHouse! (3/1/2021) - On Sunday, March 14, 2021, in commemoration of International Women’s Month, five community choirs will join together to present a benefit concert on behalf of SafeHouse Denver. Continue Reading
• Community Service Events at the Boulder JCC (2/25/2021) - Food drive through 2/28, and a Blood Drive next week. Find our more... Continue Reading
• Get A Taste of Israel with Chefs Alon Shaya and Liliana Myers of Safta (2/22/2021) - Hear James Beard Award-winning chef Alon Shaya discuss his culinary journey, from Israel to America and back again, while his partner in dine, Safta chef Liliana Myers demonstrates how to make authentic Israeli stuffed grape leaves. Continue Reading

Adventure Judaism Weekly Virtual Events:

Thursdays 11:00 am Storytime with Sadie and Ori 
Fridays 6:00 pm Shabbat Gathering with Rabbi Jamie Korngold

Arts and Culture

• Learn How to Make Two Healthy Chocolate Desserts (4/15/2021) - Join the Boulder JCC’s Women of the J (WOTJ) on Monday evening, April 19 for a virtual evening of cooking, chatting, and fun!  Continue Reading
• Live Tonight: Cook Along with Chef Einat Admony (4/7/2021) - The JCC Mizel Arts and Culture Center is hosting its last featured event through it’s Neustadt JAAMM Festival for the season with Israeli chef, cookbook author, and restaurateur of NYC’s Balaboosta and NYC/Washington D.C.’s Taim, Chef Einat Admony, who will be joining the community virtually for a cook-along. Continue Reading
• The Boulder JCC Presents “The Tattooed Torah” – Film and Panel Discussion (4/1/2021) - The program will begin with a 22-minute viewing of the film followed by a moderated panel discussion and Q&A. Continue Reading
• Sh’ma Israel! (3/18/2021) - A new poem from Lisa Tremback. Continue Reading
• With a Few Days Left to Fest, and to Vote, a Few Favorites Emerge (3/17/2021) - The Boulder Jewish Film Festival Festival plans a wrap party and announces audience award front runners Continue Reading
• Announcing Hazon’s Inaugural Jewish Art Competition: The Shmita Prizes (3/16/2021) - Hazon, the Jewish Lab for Sustainability non-profit, officially opened submissions for The Shmita Prizes – an international arts competition with five different prizes. The goal is to draw attention to and raise awareness of the forthcoming shmita year (beginning Rosh Hashanah 2021). Continue Reading
• Festival Retrospective Tribute Features Luminaries and Authorities (3/14/2021) - Martin Sheen, Dara Horn, Susannah Heschel, Rabbi Yitz Greenberg and other guests join the Boulder Jewish Film Festival conversation. Continue Reading
• An Athletic Filmmaker With Rare Rigor And Vigor Returns To The Festival (3/11/2021) - Don't miss the opportunity to talk to Dani Menkin about his visually stunning and visceral human dramas on Sunday, March 14, at 2:00 pm. Continue Reading
• Leading Lights of The Yiddish Revival Discuss Its 40-Year Evolution (3/11/2021) - The Boulder Jewish Film Festival offers a unique discussion of Yiddish with Dara Horn and other distinguished guests. Continue Reading
• Annual Ritual Celebration of Cinema Observed at Home Starting Today (3/10/2021) - The Boulder Jewish Film Festival, March 10-21, finds us reclining at home beginning today. Continue Reading
• The 9th Boulder Jewish Film Festival Boasts a Bevy of International Guests (2/25/2021) - The focus will be on in-depth discussion with filmmakers and experts as we come together virtually for cinema and conversation. Continue Reading
• LitFest is Back at the Boulder JCC (2/22/2021) - LitFest presents six new author talks in the next month. Check them out! Continue Reading
• Judith Dack Returns to Curate Two Programs of Shorts Opening the Boulder Jewish Film Festival (2/17/2021) - Two programs of short films will be shown live, on March 10 and 11 at 2 and 7 pm, with breaks between shorts for audience discussion. Continue Reading
• Safta Offers “Dinner and a Movie” Meal for Denver Jewish Film Festival, Through February 17 (2/14/2021) - Safta is offering a "Dinner and a Movie" package for The Denver Jewish Film Festival through February 17 that includes tahini hummus, labneh, lutenitsa, falafel, harissa roasted half chicken and four pita for $65. Continue Reading
• Music and a Faustian Bargain with the Nazi Devil in “Winter Journey” (2/11/2021) - Author and radio host Martin Goldsmith joins the Boulder Jewish Film Festival to discuss the film he co-authored, based on his 2000 family memoir Continue Reading