Shabbat shalom and l’shana tovah tikutevu! Happy 5782 — and let’s all pray for a better year. G’mar chatima tovah!

We’ve included our Rosh Hashanah video playlist below as well.

Have a great weekend, and stay cool, stay safe, stay healthy!

News/Columns

• Column: Parole for Sirhan B. Sirhan? RFK’s Help for Israel Drove His Assassin (9/9/2021) - During his 1968 presidential campaign, Robert F. Kennedy proposed sending 50 military planes to Israel. Two decades later, Sirhan B. Sirhan revealed that RFK’s support of Israel motivated him to fatally shoot RFK in the pantry of a Los Angeles hotel on June 5, 1968. Continue Reading

Jewish Life

• Songs of Renewal and Return: Music to Prepare You for The High Holidays with Julie Geller (9/9/2021) - Join Julie Geller for Songs of Renewal and Return as she uses original music and ancient teachings to masterfully lead you to connect more deeply with where you’ve been and what your dreams are for the coming year. Continue Reading
• Celebrate a Day of Attunement (9/9/2021) - A one of a kind Yom Kippur soul bath experience, with Rabbi Sarah Bracha Gershuny and sacred sound healer Sandi Daileda. Continue Reading
• Spaces Still Available for Wednesday’s Rosh Hashanah Retreat (9/5/2021) - Longing for an immersive, soul-centered way to celebrate Rosh Hashanah? You might be in luck! Continue Reading
• Want a 21st Century Rosh Hashanah Challenge? Ask Robo Rabbi (9/5/2021) - The fundamental goal of the project is to help guide our participants in being their best selves and giving back during the Ten Days of Repentance, which is accomplished through completion of Robo Rabbi's 10 daily challenges that encourage such behavior. Continue Reading

Arts and Culture

• CU Boulder Program in Jewish Studies Offers Webinar Concert on Contemporary Klezmer Music and Yiddish Song (9/5/2021) - Join Zoë Aqua and Adah Hetko for a conversation/performance centered around the contemporary klezmer and Yiddish song scene. Zoë and Adah will talk about their current projects, what inspires them, and how the histories of klezmer music and Yiddish song have influenced their work. Continue Reading

Events

• Do a Mitzvah! Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities at the Boulder JCC (9/9/2021) - Join us as a volunteer at the many fun and fulfilling opportunities we have coming up for September and October. Continue Reading
• Sacred Attunement: Shmita as Cultural Biomimicry (9/9/2021) - Dr. Cara Judea Alhadeff investigates Shmita/ Sabbath/Slow Movement alternatives to unlimited economic growth, progress, development paradigms. Continue Reading

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