Shabbat shalom! If you helped out JTree and the Nature Conservancy with their re-forestation efforts, the Nature Conservancy is hosting a Zoom thank you party on Monday!

Boulder County (along with all Metro Denver counties) has moved to Level Orange, the most restrictive level before we get to a full blown Stay at Home order. Please be sure to follow all the recommendations/ requirements of Boulder County Public Health to combat COVID-19, including wearing masks in public and avoiding gatherings outside your family group.

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.

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

Stay safe, stay healthy, and turn in your ballots as early as you can.

News

• Erasing Hunger In America Requires More Than Charity (11/12/2020) - The holidays are around the corner and, for tens of millions of our neighbors across the U.S., this will be a time of scarcity, insecurity, worry and, in the richest nation on earth, hunger. Continue Reading
• Buy Local Produce This Winter as Tuv Ha’aretz Partnership Turns 11 (11/9/2020) - Due to decreased restaurant sales as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the farm is offering a winter CSA for the first time in a number of years. Continue Reading
• Cohort 3 of the Graduate Degree in Israel Education at GWU Includes Jco Employee (11/9/2020) - The iCenter and The George Washington University are pleased to announce Cohort 3 of the Graduate Degree in Israel Education, including Michelle Schwartz of JEWISHcolorado. Continue Reading

Jewish Life

• Mason Hendricks Bar Mitzvah (11/11/2020) - On Saturday, November 14th, 2020, Mason Hendricks will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah at Congregation Har HaShem. Continue Reading
• Baruch Dayan HaEmet – Arthur Wouk z”l (11/8/2020) - Arthur Wouk , father of Fay and Nina, passed away Shabbat morning, November 7, 2020,. Continue Reading
• Memorial Information for Professor David Shneer z”l (11/8/2020) - Professor Shneer's husband has provided memorial information for those who are interested in participating. Continue Reading

Arts and Culture

• 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
• We Have the Stars (2/11/2021) - A new poem from Lisa Tremback. Continue Reading
• Coloradan’s Film Featured in Denver Jewish Film Festival (2/4/2021) - The 25th annual Denver Jewish Film Festival kicks off on Monday, February 8, and this year will feature "Upheaval: The Journey of Menachem Begin," a film executive produced by Coloradan, Rob Schwartz. Continue Reading
• Boulder Jewish Film Festival Offers National Audiences a Unique Retrospective Honoring Filmmaker Pierre Sauvage (2/2/2021) - Pierre Sauvage serves as artist in residence during his week-long virtual visit to the Boulder Jewish Film Festival. Continue Reading
• What We’ll Be Watching Together Alone at Home at the 2021 Boulder Jewish Film Festival (1/28/2021) - It's all about the films and the filmmakers at the ninth annual Boulder Jewish Film Festival. Tickets go on sale Monday, February 1, with an all-access pass available for $180 per household. Continue Reading
• What the Virtual Boulder Jewish Film Festival Will Look Like (1/21/2021) - What to expect at the all-virtual 2021 Boulder Jewish Film Festival. Continue Reading
• Boulder JCC Presents “Saturday Night at the Movies!” with Judith Dack (1/21/2021) - Saturday, January 30, 7:00 - 8:00 pmThis is the talkback only! Once you purchase your talkback tickets, you will have access to stream the shorts. You can watch these films at your convenience before the talkback.  Join Judith Dack and the Boulder JCC’s Arts, Culture, and Education Director Joy Eisenhauer for a talkback on films… Continue Reading
• Check Out January and February Activities of Colorado Hebrew Chorale and Kol Nashim (1/18/2021) - Yehoram Gaon Yehoram Gaon is widely considered to be one of the seminal male singers of Israel. During January and February 2021 the Colorado Hebrew Chorale and Kol Nashim offer two opportunities to explore his music through different lenses.  Thursday, Jan. 21, 7:00 pm MST - Kol Nashim presents “Marvelous Musical Men – Yehoram Gaon.”… Continue Reading
• Boulder JCC presents Amplifying Voices: A Racial Justice Series (1/12/2021) - “Amplifying Voices” is a series of programs on the topic of race designed to bring together ideas of teshuva (recommitting to ways we can do better), personal growth, and reckoning. Continue Reading
• New Music Series: Broadway Backstage to Operatic Happy Hours (12/31/2020) - We are bringing the love of the theater to you! This series brings intimate musical performances to the comfort of your own home. Continue Reading
• Christmas 1944 – Noel! Noel! – The Christmas Eve Bombing of Malmedy, Belgium (12/31/2020) - The story behind the letter sent home on Christmas by Lenny Miller in "We Are Going To Be Lucky: A World War II Love Story in Letters." Continue Reading

Events

• This Week at Nevei Kodesh 11/13-11/19 (11/12/2020) - Nevei Kodesh, a warm and welcoming Jewish Renewal Community invites you to join us virtually for prayer, study and connection! Continue Reading
• Join Har HaShem Virtually – November 13-20 (11/12/2020) - Here is a quick list of all virtual events sponsored by Congregation Har HaShem in the next week. Continue Reading
• Rebbe-meises: Chasidic Stories from Reb Zalman, Told by Eve Ilsen (11/11/2020) - Join master performer and storyteller Eve Ilsen as she shares some of the most memorable and life-affirming “rebbe meises” (rabbinic fables), shared with her by Reb Zalman over the course of their twenty-seven-year marriage. Continue Reading
• Encounter These Jewish-Palestinian Conversations (11/9/2020) - Join Encounter as we host conversations with Palestinian civil society leaders over the next few weeks, alongside six fellow Jewish leaders from North America and Israel who will also host conversations in this series. Continue Reading
• Author Talk with Jim McCloskey – Boulder JCC LitFest (11/8/2020) - "WHEN TRUTH IS ALL YOU HAVE" is a riveting story of devotion, sacrifice, and vindication from the founder of America’s first organization committed to freeing the wrongly imprisoned. Thursday, November 12. 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