Shabbat shalom!

Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with our brothers and sisters under attack in Israel, Ukraine, and the women of this country, and we are thinking of and praying for all the victims of genocide, particularly the Shoah.

Stay warm, stay safe and stay healthy!

Here are stories from the last week:

News/Columns/Letters

• JEWISHcolorado’s Jewish Community Relations Council To Honor Steve Demby at Annual Leadership Luncheon (2/2/2023) - The Jewish Community Relations Council, a program of JEWISHcolorado, will host its annual leadership luncheon on Thursday, March 2, 2023, at History Colorado Continue Reading
• Finding Pharaohs in A Modern Film (2/2/2023) - Could Pharaoh be Irish? As we read this last month’s Torah portions, about the ancient idiosyncratic behavior of an Egyptian despot, we think such personalities can’t happen in our world, in our times.  Well, a film with nine nominations for Oscar awards, admirably shows it can transpire in ordinary human behavior. Continue Reading
• Column: Fearing A Collision Course Between Bibi and American Jews (2/2/2023) - When Eric Goldstein speaks, Benjamin Netanyahu must listen. Even more so than when others speak, such as U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler, Israeli business executive Eynat Guez, 100,000-plus protesters in Tel Aviv and Israeli expats in New York and Los Angeles. Continue Reading
• Letter: Liberated & Recaptured — NOT Captured (2/2/2023) - Notwithstanding how often a newspaper may write or a television commentator may say that Israel "captured" the "West Bank" and "East Jerusalem" in June 1967, it is not so. Continue Reading
• JScreen Announces 4th Annual Jewish Genetic Screening Awareness Week February 5th – 11th (1/30/2023) - JScreen, a national non-profit public health initiative dedicated to preventing genetic diseases, announces the fourth annual Jewish Genetic Screening Awareness Week (JGSAW), which takes place from February 5th through 11th.   Continue Reading
• JFS Boulder Expands Mental Health Services (1/29/2023) - JFS Boulder has expanded its mental health services to provide ongoing high-quality mental health services for anyone needing therapy, including those impacted by the Marshall Fire or Straight-Line Wind Event in Boulder County. The Red Cross and Boulder County Housing and Human Services generously supported this expanded service. Continue Reading

Jewish Life

• Teens: Registration for Israel Study Tour 2023 Still Open (1/30/2023) - For fifty years, Israel Study Tour (IST) has helped young Jewish Coloradans broaden their knowledge about Israel, its neighbors, and Jewish heritage and history. Registration for IST 2023 (June 11th-July 16th) is open! Continue Reading
• Shabbaton Featuring Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder February 10-11 (1/29/2023) - Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder will be leading us in an intimate Shabbat on February 10th and 11th with warm community spirit, traditional Shabbat services (with mechitzha), learning, song, and all kosher meals. Continue Reading

Arts and Culture

• Colorado Hebrew Chorale’s Raisins & Almonds on Sunday February 5 (1/31/2023) - The Colorado Hebrew Chorale and Kol Nashim’s showcase event will take place on Sunday, February 5 at the Hebrew Educational Alliance in Denver. Continue Reading

Events

• The Jewish View of Death and Burial, Presented by BCJ and BJCC (2/2/2023) - On Thursday, February 16th, we invite you to join us for an unexpectedly upbeat event that will demystify this important subject. Continue Reading
• DATE CHANGE – Jonathan Lev Hosts Talk About Jewish Life in Poland – TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 (1/31/2023) - On Tuesday, February 7, Boulder JCC Executive Director Jonathan Lev shares the story of his participation in the 2022 JCC Krakow Ride for the Living. The Ride for the Living is a three-day experience in Poland that combines Holocaust education with a powerful 60-mile bike ride from the gates of Auschwitz-Birkenau to the JCC in… Continue Reading
• Beth Ami Presents:  Repro (Reproductive Rights) Shabbat – Humanistically (1/31/2023) - Beth Ami, in association with the National Council of Jewish Women-Colorado, presents its annual Repro Shabbat program. This year’s event is scheduled for Saturday, February 4, 2023. Continue Reading
• Women of the J Presents: Exceptional Women Series with Margaret Galvin Johnson (1/30/2023) - Women of the J, a program of the Boulder JCC, welcomes Margaret Galvin Johnson, as part of their Exceptional Women Speaker Series on Wednesday, February 8, 2023. Continue Reading
• Jonathan Lev Hosts Talk About Jewish Life in Poland (1/29/2023) - Boulder JCC Executive Director Jonathan Lev shares the story of his participation in the 2022 JCC Krakow Ride for the Living. The Ride for the Living is a three-day experience in Poland that combines Holocaust education with a powerful 60-mile bike ride from the gates of Auschwitz-Birkenau to the JCC in Krakow, Poland. Continue Reading