Weekly Edition: July 21st, 2023

Shabbat shalom!

For those of you who do not yet participate in a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program, Red Wagon Farms still has some memberships available for the remainder of this season. Pick ups are at the Boulder JCC, Congregation Nevei Kodesh, and two other locations!

Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with our brothers and sisters under attack in Israel, Ukraine, and the women of this country.

Stay dry, stay safe and stay healthy!

Here are stories from the last week:

News/Columns/Letters

• Empowering Young Learners: Chamisa Logemann’s Journey of Education and Sign Language Advocacy (7/20/2023) - In the realm of early childhood learning and parenting, few individuals possess the level of dedication and passion as Chamisa Logemann. With over 10 years of experience working with children, she has left an indelible mark on the lives of numerous young learners. A former elementary school teacher and a Signing Smart instructor, Chamisa has… Continue Reading
• Column: Palestinian Chef Levels Tasteless Accusations Against Israel. Is She Full Of Hummus? (7/20/2023) - In The Philadelphia Inquirer’s food section, a Palestinian chef opened up a whole new front…quite an unappetizing one…in the propaganda wars over Israel. Continue Reading
• Letter: Background on Refugee Issue (7/17/2023) - I thought BJN readers might be interested in the history surrounding the “refugee” situation that Richard Sherman discussed in his letter ("Letter: The Antisemitic Perversion of “Palestinian Refugee”", BJN 7/14/23). Continue Reading

Jewish Life

• The Hidden Torah In The Manifest Series (7/20/2023) - Though dark clouds hover over our world this time of the year, the sages insist that filaments of secret light and divine connection are buried beneath the concealment. A recent Netflix series expresses this concept. Continue Reading

Arts and Culture

• 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

Events

• Farm-Fresh Networking: Noshing and Connecting at the Boulder JCC (7/17/2023) - Join us to network with other professionals, meet and mingle, and enjoy light appetizers on Wednesday, August 2 at the Boulder JCC's Milk and Honey Farm. Continue Reading