Weekly Edition: June 10th, 2022

Shabbat shalom! After three years, it is finally that time again… Time for the Boulder Jewish Festival this Sunday, June 12, from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm! There will be artists, food, music and lots and lots of Jewish organizations to explore around the Courthouse Lawn on the Pearl St. Mall. You can learn all about it here.

Even while we celebrate, our thoughts and prayers continue to be with brothers and sisters under attack in Ukraine, as well as the communities in Buffalo, NY and Uvalde, Texas and … and …

Stay cool, stay safe and stay healthy!

Here are stories from the last week:

News/Columns

• Boulder JCC Part of New ElevatEd Early Childhood Education Program (9/21/2023) - Boulder/Denver is one of 14 communities to pilot groundbreaking and collaborative initiative addressing critical teacher shortage in early childhood Jewish education.  Continue Reading
• Column: Vegas-style Reporting Out of Israel (9/21/2023) - What is not fit to print is printed. What is fit to print is not printed. These are two glaring examples of what passes for coverage of Israel in two major daily newspapers. One publishes a distorted article, the other ignores significant news. A Jewish weekly even discards news that is important to its ethnic… Continue Reading
• CU Boulder Hillel Director Moving Up (9/18/2023) - After five-and-a-half years, Seth Reder will be leaving Hillel at CU Boulder to become Senior Director of Talent at Hillel International, starting in November. Continue Reading
• J2 Adventures Introduces a Start-up Israel Touring Concept (9/14/2023) - If you think Israel is simply archeological ruins and spiritual legacy, think again. J² adventures (which stands for Jewish Journeys) is the latest, hippest tour operator to rethink how its clients experience Jewish culture around the world. Continue Reading
• Column: Mobilizing Antisemitism (9/14/2023) - "Their plans, I have come to believe, are more severe than conquering one country. Arab Muslims intend to impose Islam upon the entire world." Continue Reading
• 30 Leading Israeli Climate-Tech Companies to Represent Israel at COP28 Climate Conference (9/13/2023) - Companies chosen to represent Israel in national pavilion to explore investment opportunities with international corporations, investment entities, and venture capital funds operating in the climate-tech sector.  Continue Reading
• NPR Host Ari Shapiro to Speak at JEWISHcolorado’s CHOICES Event (9/13/2023) - JEWISHcolorado Women’s Philanthropy is excited to present CHOICES, its premiere fundraising event, featuring NPR Host and journalist Ari Shapiro at the Sheraton Hotel Downtown on October 10, 2023. JEWISHcolorado Women’s Philanthropy is proud to honor Diana Zeff Anderson with the Golda Award. Continue Reading
• Celebrating Susan Rona: A Shining Star at the Boulder Chamber’s “Women Who Light The Community” Event (9/10/2023) - Last Wednesday night's Boulder Chamber "Women Who Light The Community" event was a celebration of women who have dedicated their time, passion, and energy to make Boulder a better place. Among the remarkable honorees, one name stood out – Susan Rona. Introduced by her daughter Katie Rona, Susan was honored for her tireless volunteer work… Continue Reading
• Letter: On “Seeking Peace with a Dysfunctional ‘Family’” (9/10/2023) - Mostafa Rajael, Sylvia Santana, and Najla el-Mangoush are certainly deserving of our praise and our prayers. Continue Reading
• Boulder Jewish Film Festival Announces 2023 Program (9/7/2023) - Join us for ten days of cinema and conversation as our 17 films examine the Jewish experience throughout time and across the world. Continue Reading
• Column: Seeking Peace with a Dysfunctional ‘Family’ (9/7/2023) - Their offense was to shake hands with the devil. Continue Reading
• “Fiddler on the Roof” Singalong Fills the Boulder JCC (8/31/2023) - Approximately 300 people enjoyed the Fall Festival at the Boulder JCC on Monday, August 28. Continue Reading
• New Lifelong Learning Program Launches Six Classes at the Boulder JCC (8/31/2023) - The new Exchange: A Hub for Learning program will offer six classes for the fall term starting October 2, with these classes tailored toward adults 55+. Registration opened on Monday, August 28. Continue Reading
• Letter: More on Rep. Summer Lee (8/31/2023) - It seems Summer Lee is enthralled by the “woke” dictum that Israel and Israelis are irredeemably evil and to be ostracized by all “good” people. Thus, she refused to attend the talk given by Israel’s President Herzog. Continue Reading
• New Boulder Group Addresses Needs of Silver Singles (8/24/2023) - Meeting people of any age is challenging. Since the isolation from the COVID lockdown, the circumstances made it even more difficult for folks who live alone. From that, the Chai Life Group was created. The Chai Life Group is a collaboration of the Boulder JCC, Boulder JFS, Congregation Har HaShem, Congregation Bonai Shalom, and Congregation… Continue Reading

Jewish Life

• Tishrei Tidbits – Yom Kippur (9/21/2023) - How do I know Judaism is still alive and well? More people go to synagogue for Kol NIdrei than any other time of the year- and there’s no food served for at least twenty four hours! Continue Reading
• Sing in the Sukkah on October 2 (9/20/2023) - Colorado Hebrew Chorale and Hebrew Educational Alliance will be co-hosting Sheerah Beerah BaSukkah on October 2, 2023 Continue Reading
• Join Us for a Meaningful Humanistic Yom Kippur Celebration! (9/18/2023) - Humanistic Judaism considers Yom Kippur to be the culmination of the self-analysis that was initiated on Rosh Hashanah. We are offered the opportunity to ask forgiveness from ourselves as well as from those we have wronged, and we vow to be active, involved, caring people in the coming year. Continue Reading
• Baruch Dayan HaEmet – Jacqueline Rose Edelstein z”l (9/18/2023) - Jacqueline Rose Edelstein, mother of Shari Edelstein, passed away peacefully Monday afternoon September 18, 2023 in Longmont. Continue Reading
• Tishrei Tidbits- Rosh Hashanah (9/14/2023) - An obvious question this year is why, when the first day of RH comes out on Shabbat, don’t we blow the shofar? Continue Reading
• Bound to the Ein Sof (9/14/2023) - A Rosh Hashanah poem from Todd Greenberg. Continue Reading
• Experience Beth Ami’s Humanistic Rosh Hashanah and Tashlich (9/13/2023) - Greet the Jewish New Year of 5784 in a culturally relevant way, honoring our traditions and creating meaning for today. Continue Reading
• Shofar in the Park – Alternative Rosh Hashanah Celebration (9/13/2023) - To accommodate those who would otherwise not participate in formal Rosh Hashanah synagogue services, Rabbi Scheiner of Boulder Center for Judaism is promoting a brief, open to all, Rosh Hashanah ceremony that includes the primary observances of the holiday. There will be a special activity for kids and a small holiday gift takeaway. Continue Reading
• Judaism Your Way Offering No Cost High Holiday Services (9/10/2023) - Judaism Your Way is thrilled to return to the Denver Botanic Gardens for High Holiday services! Continue Reading
• Baruch Dayan HaEmet – Don Margolis z”l (9/8/2023) - Har HaShem original member Don Margolis passed away on September 5, 2023 in home hospice care, surrounded by family. Continue Reading
• The Crown of Love (9/7/2023) - A poem from Todd Greenberg Continue Reading
• Hayden Nuttall B’ Mitzvah (9/7/2023) - On Saturday, September 9th, 2023, Hayden Nuttall will be called to the Torah as a B' Mitzvah with Adventure Judaism. Continue Reading
• Vivian Goldstein Bat Mitzvah (9/7/2023) - On Saturday, September 9th, 2023, Vivian Goldstein will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah with Adventure Judaism. Continue Reading
• Lainey Pierce Bat Mitzvah (9/7/2023) - On Saturday, September 9th, 2023, Lainey Pierce will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah with Adventure Judaism. Continue Reading
• Get Rosh Hashanah Ready! (9/6/2023) - Join us this Sunday, September 10 for a Make and Take!  Learn how to incorporate traditional Rosh Hashana foods in delicious new dishes, while preparing ourselves spiritually for the new year. Continue Reading

Arts and Culture

• Three Bruces Opening: Portrait of a Crowd at the Messinger Gallery (9/7/2023) - The Messinger Gallery Opening for artists Bruce Borowsky, Bruce Hendersen, and Bruce Shaffer on Thursday, September 7 drew a standing-room only crowd for their conversation with Emily Tucker Bernstein. Continue Reading
• To Touch the Hand of God (9/7/2023) - A new poem from Lisa Tremback Continue Reading
• Neustadt Jewish Arts, Authors, Movies and Music Series Kicks Off on Sept. 27 (9/6/2023) - The 16th season of the Neustadt Jewish Arts, Authors, Movies and Music Series (JAAMM) kicks-off on September 27 with an evening with Dan Abrams, ABC News anchor and journalist. Continue Reading
• Colorado Hebrew Chorale Holding Open Rehearsals (8/24/2023) - Colorado Hebrew Chorale will be holding open rehearsals this coming Monday, August 28 and Kol Nashim, the treble choir of Colorado Hebrew Chorale, is holding an open rehearsal on Thursday, August 31 Continue Reading
• Exploration Through the Lens: Upcoming Photographic Gallery Opening at the Boulder JCC (8/17/2023) - In a convergence of creativity, the Boulder JCC is eagerly anticipating the upcoming gallery exhibition at the Messinger Gallery, which will showcase a remarkable collection of photographic works by three talented local artists sharing the same first name—Bruce Borowsky, Bruce Henderson, and Bruce Shaffer. Continue Reading
• Her Shining White Light (8/10/2023) - A new poem from Lisa Tremback Continue Reading
• Morning Moon (8/8/2023) - A new poem from Todd Greenberg. Continue Reading
• Arts Classes Now Open for the Fall at the Boulder JCC (8/3/2023) - Did you working with clay or paint as a young person or are you currently looking to try a new art activity? Come to the Boulder JCC for all things art! Continue Reading
• August Line Up for Colorado Hebrew Chorale (8/3/2023) - Enjoy a Zoom program, an in-person program, and auditions for new choristers, all in the month of August! Continue Reading
• Caught in the Act! Colorado Shakespeare Festival Audience Joins the Cast of Much Ado About Nothing in a Rollickingly, Deep Performance (7/20/2023) - This year’s 2023 CSF Much Ado About Nothing is the most audience engaged performance to hit the Mary Rippon stage in your reviewer’s memory over the past 50 years. Continue Reading
• CSF 2023 Part II- Much Ado About Nothing, Love’s Labour’s Lost and the Wartime Setting, The French Connection (7/20/2023) - CSF setting this production at the end of World War I, reminds us that WWI was a war whose roots lay, as in the play, in the multiplicity of misunderstandings between the major powers, and, especially over both the restless multitudes among the ethnic groupings under them in Europe, and their competition on the world… Continue Reading
• Hazmat Suit (7/20/2023) - A poem by Todd Greenberg Continue Reading
• Colorado Hebrew Chorale Announces August Events (7/17/2023) - Enjoy a Zoom program, an in-person program, and auditions for new choristers, all in the month of August! Continue Reading
• The Messiah Within (7/13/2023) - A poem by Todd Greenberg. Continue Reading
• The Gods Live in Awe (7/12/2023) - A poem from Todd Greenberg. Continue Reading

Events

• Sukkah Party with a Taste of Italy (9/20/2023) - Join Boulder Center for Judaism on October 3rd, for our annual Women’s program, “Sukkah Party with a Taste of Italy.”  Continue Reading
• Learn About Jewish Boxers of the 20th Century (9/20/2023) - Join the Men of the J for a night of discussion on October 12 with Meg Frisbee, a History Professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Continue Reading
• Jewish Space Lasers, Conspiracy Theories, and Antisemitism (9/14/2023) - Dan Friedman will be in conversation with acclaimed journalist and conspiracy theory expert, Mike Rothschild (no relation to the family), as we will explore his meticulously researched book, “Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories.” Continue Reading
• Upcoming Event Explores the Resurgence of Antisemitism and Challenging Conversations (9/6/2023) - Mark your calendars for a thought-provoking evening as the University of Colorado Boulder's Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA), in collaboration with Grace Commons Church and CU Libraries, presents “Difficult Dialogues: Antisemitism & Being Jewish in the United States”. Continue Reading
• Boulder JCC Ramping Up Fall Teen Programs (8/31/2023) - Teen adventure seekers and curious minds! We've got some electrifying news that's about to take your after-school game to a whole new level. Continue Reading
• Food Trucks and “Fiddler on the Roof” at the Boulder JCC Fall Festival (8/24/2023) - Celebrate back to school and the approaching fall season at the Boulder JCC Fall Festival on Monday, August 28 where the entire community is invited to join in on the fun. Continue Reading
• Boulder Valley Health Center Announces the Return of Condom Couture (8/24/2023) - Boulder Valley Health Center announced their annual event, Condom Couture, marking the organization’s 50th anniversary and will take place on Saturday, September 23, 2023  at the Boulder Jewish Community Center. Continue Reading
• Turning, Becoming, Affirming: A Queer Entry into the Jewish New Year (8/17/2023) - The Jewish month of Elul is a time of reflection leading up to the High Holy Days. Join us Monday, August 28 for a bit of introspection as we seek to tap into our authentic selves and learn from the experiences of others. Our guest will be Jhos Singer, a professional Jewish educator, community and… Continue Reading
• Embracing Wisdom and Wellness – Two New Classes at the Boulder JCC (8/17/2023) - In a world where personal growth and well-being take center stage, two innovative classes start in September at the Boulder JCC: "Wise Aging: Living with Joy, Resilience, and Spirit" and "Whole Brain Living: Tools for Brain Health." Continue Reading
• Boulder JCC Hosts Shalom Boulder, a New(ish) to Boulder Welcoming Event (8/15/2023) - Meet your neighbors and learn more about the thriving local Jewish community at this free gathering at the Boulder JCC on Wednesday, August 23. Continue Reading
• “Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution” – Unveiling the Inspirational Journey from Summer Camp to Historic Activism (8/15/2023) - Join us at the Boulder JCC on September 10 for an unforgettable cinematic experience as we kick off the ReelAbilities Film Festival with the screening of "Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution." Continue Reading
• Join Us for Celebrate SIPP 2023, Sunday, August 20! (8/10/2023) - Professor Arie Kacowicz will briefly address the current political upheaval in Israel and what it means for the future of the Israeli-Palestinian relations, and there will be a short presentation on SIPPs' work. Continue Reading
• Boulder Area CFCU Congregations Are Back at the County Fair! (8/8/2023) - Boulder area CFCU (Colorado Faith Communities United to End Gun Violence) congregations, including Bonai Shalom and Har HaShem, will be hosting our annual booth at the Boulder County Fair. Continue Reading
• Read Any Good Books Lately? It’s Time for Another Beth Ami Readers’ Circle! (8/8/2023) - This is a very unusual book club, because we don’t require that everyone read the same book – or that you read any book at all! We discuss books with a Jewish and/or Humanistic theme – and that includes a lot of books. Continue Reading
• Beth Ami Invites the Community to a Humanistic Havdalah and a “Walk in the Park” (8/1/2023) - After a brief Havdalah to close Shabbat, we’ll stroll around the lake, with pauses for readings and discussion. Continue Reading