Shabbat shalom! My January, 2020 prediction came true this week with the second impeachment of the out-going president. 2021 still seems poised to be more eventful than anticipated, but at least Twitter felt quieter this week.

Here are links to the latest information from the state of Colorado about Covid and about vaccines. 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 stay warm.

News/Columns

• Jews of Color Initiative Aims to Have 1,000 Jews of Color Complete Survey for Unprecedented Research (1/14/2021) - The Jews of Color Initiative aims to have 1,000 Jews of Color (JoC) complete a survey at JoCsurvey.org, part of the first-ever study to understand the lived experiences and perspectives of Jews of Color in the United States. Continue Reading
• January JTree Update (1/14/2021) - Thank you to families and friends who made an end of year donation to Boulder JTree. Continue Reading
• Column: Did Jewish Vote Swing Election? (1/14/2021) - The Jewish stars aligned, politically speaking, on November 3, 2020 and January 5, 2021. Continue Reading
• Denver Native Wins Jerusalem College of Technology Men’s Hackathon with Predictive Hebrew Learning Tool (1/13/2021) - Jonah Lawrence, originally from Denver, was part of a team that took first place in the 5th annual Jerusalem College of Technology Great Minds Hackathon. Continue Reading
• Soul Retrieval (1/12/2021) - ‘You can’t choose the card you’re dealt, but you can choose to live every minute of it.’ Continue Reading

Jewish Life

• Eulogy for Henry Rasof (5/19/2022) - Henry was an active seeker whose Jewish identity was important to him. In fact, my husband, Rabbi Scheiner remembers Henry telling him that he got much more involved in his Jewish roots when he moved to Boulder. Continue Reading
• Celebrate Shavuot IRL! (5/17/2022) - After a two year "hiatus", Shavuot celebrations are back in person! Continue Reading
• Gabrielle Sommer B’nai Mitzvah (5/17/2022) - On Saturday, May 21, 2022, Gabrielle Sommer will be called to the Torah as B'nai Mitzvah at Congregation Har HaShem. Continue Reading
• RSVP for Boulder’s Outdoor Lag BBQ (5/12/2022) - Lag B'Omer is coming up in a week on Thursday, May 19. On Lag B’Omer communities across the world, gather to celebrate the life of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, the father of KABBALAH.  Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai was a famous first-century Tannaic sage, and the author of the famed Zohar, the chief work of the Kabbalah.… Continue Reading
• Focus on Legacy Giving at the Boulder JCC (5/12/2022) - Since 2018, the Boulder JCC, along with 27 other local Jewish organizations, has participated in Live On: Build Your Jewish Legacy, an initiative of Rose Community Foundation, and LIFE & LEGACY, a partnership program of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation (Live On | LIFE & LEGACY™). Continue Reading
• Aylah Seigal B’nai Mitzvah (5/12/2022) - On Saturday, May 14, 2022, Aylah Seigal will be called to the Torah as B'nai Mitzvah at Congregation Har HaShem. Continue Reading
• In Person First Friday Is Back at Bonai Shalom on May 6! (5/1/2022) - Jennifer Livovich, Founding Director of Feet Forward: “Changing Homelessness Because It Changed Me” Continue Reading
• Learn About NaviG8 – A Unique Program for 8th Graders at the Boulder JCC (4/28/2022) - If you have a teen entering the 8th grade in Fall 2022 who is seeking a group of Jewish peers, NaviG8 at the Boulder JCC is the place for them. Continue Reading
• This Week at Nevei Kodesh, April 29-May 5 (4/28/2022) - Nevei Kodesh, a warm and welcoming Jewish Renewal Community invites you to join us virtually for prayer, study and connection! Continue Reading
• In Humanity of The Wild West (4/27/2022) - Two startlingly different and divergent award winning Westerns, which are surprisingly similar in their motifs, come to my mind. Almost mirror opposites, these two films contain an analogous theme: A lone, rather uptight, cowboy, who is attracted to another man’s wife, and a boy who grows more and more attached to the cowboy. Continue Reading
• Boulder JTree Spring Update (4/26/2022) - Please recognize Mothers Day this year with a donation to reforest mother earth. Continue Reading
• Memorial Set for Henry Rasof z”l (4/26/2022) - There will be an in-person memorial for Henry Rasof z"l on Sunday May 15, 2022. Continue Reading
• This Week at Nevei Kodesh, April 22-28 (4/21/2022) - Nevei Kodesh, a warm and welcoming Jewish Renewal Community invites you to join us virtually for prayer, study and connection! Continue Reading
• The Secret of Six (4/21/2022) - I love the connection of numbers and Torah. In macro-terms, Torah is the blueprint of the universe. What is the secret of six? According to the famous Passover song, Who Knows One?, one is God, two are the tablets, three are the forefathers, four are the matriarchs, five are the books of Torah, and six… Continue Reading
• Beth Ami – CCHJ Invites You for Havdalah and to Explore the Fundamentals of Humanistic Judaism (4/20/2022) - We at Beth Ami often say we are a commandment-free organization. Does that mean we don't have morals and ethics?  We do, of course, but what are they? Continue Reading

Arts and Culture

• 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

Events

• The Iran Nuclear Deal in a Rapidly-Changing Middle East (1/14/2021) - I want to invite you to an excellent discussion on the JCPOA (the Iran Nuclear Deal) that Trump has tried to destroy and likely will be President-Elect Biden’s first major foreign policy initiative. Continue Reading
• Classes This Week at Nevei Kodesh – January 14-20 (1/14/2021) - Nevei Kodesh, a warm and welcoming Jewish Renewal Community invites you to join us virtually for prayer, study and connection! Continue Reading
• Brushing Away Terror One Mural at a Time (1/13/2021) - It’s not uncommon to see children and families posing for photos in front of the bright, colorful murals in Wynwood, Miami...but how about in the Gaza Envelope? Continue Reading
• What We Are Looking Forward To In 2021 (1/12/2021) - New opportunities and programs developed over the last nine months attested to the power of the virtual stage. There is a lot to look forward to in the coming months but here is a small sample of what we are the most excited about. Continue Reading
• Boulder JCC’s “Israel Update” Program To Be Offered Twice a Month (1/12/2021) - The Boulder JCC is excited to announce that the Israel Updates series featuring JEWISHcolorado’s Shaliach (Israeli emissary) Itai Divinsky will now have two separate streams, each of which will be presented monthly. Continue Reading