Shabbat shalom! Purim is coming…

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

• Column: Ossoff and Schumer Launch Us Into New Era (1/28/2021) - Three senators, two of them Jewish, can be credited with launching America into a new political era. Continue Reading
• ADL Disturbed by Holocaust, Nazi Analogies Leveled in Boulder City Council Conversation Over Prairie Dog Control (1/27/2021) - The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Mountain States Region is concerned about postcards sent to members of the Boulder City Council comparing them to Nazis and the “gassing” of prairie dogs to the extermination of Jews during the Holocaust, as well as a conversation reportedly among council members where one council member allegedly supported the analogies. Continue Reading
• Jewish Disabilities Advocates Synagogues Shine a Spotlight on Mental Illness Awareness (1/27/2021) - Recognizing a pressing need to reduce stigma regarding mental illness, the four synagogues that are part of Jewish Family Service’s Jewish Disabilities Advocates, will focus on mental illness awareness during Jewish Disabilities Awareness, Acceptance, & Inclusion Month in February. Continue Reading
• Put Your Values Into Action: Applications Now Open for Spring Service Corps (1/27/2021) - Part-time, paid Corps Members serve virtually or in person with local nonprofit partners in Denver, Boulder, and Fort Collins. The fellowship runs from March 15 - May 21, 2021. Continue Reading
• JFS Boulder and Local Partners Launch Wildfire Mental Health Program (1/25/2021) - In response to the October 2020 Cal-Wood and Lefthand Canyon wildfires, Boulder County Community Services, Community Foundation Boulder County, and Jewish Family Service are launching the Wildfire Mental Health Program (WMHP) to assist fire-impacted individuals and families seeking crisis support. Continue Reading

Jewish Life

• It’s a Purim Painting Party! (1/28/2021) - Painting is fun. Purim is fun. Painting (virtually) with friends while learning about Purim is fun squared. Continue Reading
• This Weekend at Nevei Kodesh January 29-Feb 1 (1/28/2021) - Nevei Kodesh, a warm and welcoming Jewish Renewal Community invites you to join us virtually for prayer, study and connection! Continue Reading
• From Ecstasy to Lunch – A New and Insightful Book on Kabbalah (1/25/2021) - Boulder-area kabbalist and author, Samuel Ben-Or Avital, has just released his newest book, "From Ecstasy to Lunch."  Continue Reading
• Tobias Goldman Bar Mitzvah (1/25/2021) - On Saturday, January 30th, 2021, Tobias Goldman will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah at Congregation Har HaShem. Continue Reading

Arts and Culture

• Boulder International Film Festival, with Boulder JCC, to Screen “Shared Legacies” (6/21/2021) - The Boulder JCC is excited to be partnering with the Boulder International Film Festival (BIFF) Call2action program to present the screening of "Shared Legacies" on Sunday, June 27th. Continue Reading
• Check Out Beth Ami Congregation’s “Readers Circle” (6/21/2021) - (a no pressure book group) -- Participants are not obligated to share a book of their own -- you can feel free to attend simply to hear what others are reading. Continue Reading
• Tikkun Olam: A New Memoir That Repairs a Jewish Author’s Shattered Memories (6/17/2021) - It’s a blessing to get to see people move through life, operating in all the various roles over time that make them who they are. I've known Ellen Blum Barish, the author of the new memoir, "Seven Springs," for 30 years. We were young moms together, we were part of a small group that studied… Continue Reading
• Boulder JCC Announces “Summer Under the Stars Outdoor Movie Nights!” (6/10/2021) - The Boulder JCC is excited to announce Summer Under the Stars Outdoor Movie Nights! Films will be shown outside and in-person! Bring your blankets, camping chairs, food, and drink (please no alcohol or glass containers), and enjoy a relaxing evening of cinema entertainment. Continue Reading
• “Shtisel” – The Magic And The Mystery (6/8/2021) - Have you ever connected a baffling interest in a recent TV series to a prophetic Biblical verse? I have. Continue Reading
• June Programs from Colorado Hebrew Chorale (6/2/2021) - The Colorado Hebrew Chorale will be hosting two virtual programs in June 2021, one on June 6th and the other on June 21st. Continue Reading
• Boulder JCC Offering “Hopeful Birds” Clay Workshops (5/27/2021) - Join ceramic artist and instructor Rita Vali for a hands-on workshop, as we form, decorate, and glaze “Hopeful Birds”. Continue Reading
• Monday: “Better Widowed than Married”: Conversa Women in Early Modern Europe – Peak to Peak Webinar (5/20/2021) - The mass forced conversion of Spanish and Portuguese Jews before 1492 reshaped Jewish family life in the early modern period. In this webinar on May 24, , Professor Rebecca Wartell will explore this transformation, mining discussions of marriage and marital status in legal and popular Jewish literature to recover the neglected experiences and voices of… Continue Reading
• Another Man Down (5/20/2021) - A new poem from Lisa Tremback Continue Reading
• Hadassah Presents Virtual Tour of National Portrait Gallery (5/18/2021) - Join Boulder Hadassah on Sunday May 23rd for a private docent-led virtual one hour tour, via Zoom, of the National Portrait Gallery, featuring people of the Jewish faith who helped shape our history and culture. Continue Reading
• Boulder JCC Invites You to an Outdoor Music Concert (5/13/2021) - The Boulder JCC is excited to announce an upcoming in-person outdoor concert featuring Boulder’s own Cultural Caravan. Continue Reading
• Boulder JCC LitFest is A-MAY-zing (4/28/2021) - The Boulder JCC has been in partnership with the Marcus JCC of Atlanta for almost a year to present our community with authors in conversation from their living rooms to yours. May brings seven new opportunities to meet interesting authors. Continue Reading
• The Show Must Go On – CU Boulder Hebrew Program Marks its Annual Concert with a Virtual Choir (4/28/2021) - This year, due to Covid-19, the event went virtual, and our three Hebrew classes, along with faculty and alumni, collaborated in creating a virtual choir performing the iconic Arik Einstein song "Ohev Lihiyot Babayit" (translated as “I Love to Be at Home”). See the video! Continue Reading
• The Magic of Shtisel (4/22/2021) - On May 13, join Morah (teacher) Yehudis Fishman, Rabbi Marc Soloway, and Daphne Lazar Price, the Executive Director of JOFA (Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance), for a lively discussion on this global Israeli hit drama. Continue Reading
• Hadassah Presents Virtual Mah Jongg Party (4/22/2021) - Boulder Chapter of Hadassah invites all Mah Jongg lovers to Boulder Hadassah’s virtual Mah Jongg Party on Sunday, June 6, 2021, Continue Reading

Events

• JFS Boulder Presents Medicare 101, Virtually (6/21/2021) - Our Medicare presentation provides an educational overview of the Medicare basics. Learn more about Original Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement (Medigap) plans, prescription drug coverage, and available resources in Boulder County Area Agency on Aging. Continue Reading
• Boulder JCC Women of the J Hosts Mitzvah Night (6/13/2021) - The Boulder JCC Women of the J is proud to host their Annual Mitzvah Night on Tuesday, June 15. Come together to do a Mitzvah by making personal care bags for clients of Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence Inc – Boulder (SPAN).  Continue Reading
• The Jewish Experience Presents The EPIC Summer Concert (6/8/2021) - The Jewish Experience is excited to present The EPIC Summer Concert featuring Mordechai Shapiro in his first Denver appearance on Wednesday, June 16th. Continue Reading
• Join SafeHouse Denver and Support Survivors of Domestic Violence: Virtual Sampling for Hope! (6/2/2021) - SafeHouse Denver is proud to announce the return of Sampling for Hope after it was cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic. Even though it will be virtual this year, food and supporting survivors remain at the heart of the event.   Join us on Thursday, June 10 at 5:30 pm for our Livestream! Our longtime friends and supporters,… Continue Reading
• First Friday on Thursday with Professor Merav Ben David (5/30/2021) - In late fall of 2009, I was sitting for an interview with National Geographic on the bow of a Coast Guard Icebreaker in the Arctic Ocean. I was the chief scientist on an expedition to study polar bears. According to NASA’s predictions, we were supposed to be breaking solid ice. Instead, we were motoring at… Continue Reading
• Boulder JCC Hosts Blood Drive on June 2 (5/25/2021) - Donate at the Boulder JCC/Vitalant blood drive on Wednesday, June 2. Blood donation is an essential health care activity and we need your help to make sure patients in our community have the blood they need!  Continue Reading
• Registration Deadline for Hadassah Virtual Mah Jongg Party Is May 23rd (5/20/2021) - Boulder Chapter of Hadassah invites all Mah Jongg lovers to Boulder Hadassah’s Mah Jongg Party on Sunday, June 6, 2021. Registration deadline is Sunday. Continue Reading
• Praying for Israel: A Rally for Peace Sunday (5/13/2021) - (DENVER) – The Colorado community is invited to stand in solidarity with the Denver Jewish Community at a prayer and rally for peace on Sunday, May 16 at 10:00 a.m. Hosted by JEWISHColorado and the Rocky Mountain Rabbis and Cantors, the community is invited to join in person outdoors at Temple Emanuel's Grape Street Lawn… Continue Reading
• JFS Boulder Announces New Lunchtime Series and Caregivers’ Group (5/4/2021) - JFS Boulder is excited to announce a new Caregivers' Support Group, and a series of lunch Zoom speakers. Continue Reading
• Celebrate Israel in Boulder (4/25/2021) - JEWISHcolorado is celebrating Israel in Boulder this week with two events: a drive-thru activity kit pick up at the Boulder JCC on Friday, April 30th, and a picnic in the park on Sunday, May 2. Continue Reading
• Women of the J Presents Exceptional Women Series with Abby Stein (4/22/2021) - Women of the J welcomes Abby Stein virtually as part of their Exceptional Women Speaker Series on May 4. Abby Stein is the author of "Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman." Continue Reading
• Boulder JCC’s Nosh & Network Partners with the Denver Jewish Chamber of Commerce This Thursday (4/19/2021) - A combined networking event is coming up on Thursday, April 22 on Zoom, and monthly thereafter. Check out the article for more networking opportunities! Continue Reading
• 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