Baruch Dayan HaEmet – Alan Megibow z”l

Baruch Dayan HaEmet – Alan Megibow z”l

Alan Megibow died peacefully last night, February 4th, 2025, surrounded by his loving family.  Alan was conscious, present and loving until the very end and was ready.  Some of us will always remember Alan as the warm greeter for services and usher-in-chief for High Holidays.  He was adored as husband of 57 years to Judy, father to Joe and Mark, grandfather to Alex, Jake, Drew and Kyra, loved by Kerin and Sara and friend to many.

The funeral will be tomorrow, Thursday February 6th.
10am – Service at Bonai Shalom in person and livestream here
12pm – Graveside burial at Mountain View Cemetery, 3016 Kalmia Ave, Boulder
People are invited to the Megibow home following burial, 8324 Larkspur Road, Boulder, 80302 (please note this is about a 25 minute drive from Bonai Shalom)

Shiva
Sunday, February 9th from 12pm, with a short mincha service at 2.30pm
Monday, February 10th – visitation from 4pm, with minyan at 6.30pm
All at 8324 Larkspur Road, Boulder, 80302

Anyone wanting to make a donation in Alan’s memory, tzedakah can be directed to
Bonai Shalom or to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Peace on Alan’s sweet neshama (Eliyahu ben Yosef HaLevi u’ Miriam)
Hamakom y’nachem – blessings of love, strength and comfort to Judy, Joe, Mark, Kerin, Sara, Alex, Jake, Drew and Kyra and all the mourners.

Blessings,
Rabbi Marc

About Rabbi Marc Soloway

Marc is a native of London, England where he was an actor and practitioner of complimentary medicine before training as a rabbi in London, Jerusalem and Los Angeles. He was ordained at the Ziegler School of Rabbinical Studies at the American Jewish University in 2004 and has been the the spiritual leader at Bonai Shalom in Boulder ever since. Marc was a close student of Rabbi Zalman Schechter Shalomi and received an additional smicha (rabbinic ordination) from him in 2014, just two months before he died. He has been the host and narrator of two documentary films shown on PBS; A Fire in the Forest: In Search of the Baal Shem Tov and Treasure under the Bridge: Pilgrimage to the Hasidic Masters of Ukraine. Marc is a graduate of the Institute of Jewish Spirituality, a fellow of Rabbis Without Borders, has traveled to Ghana in a rabbinic delegation with American Jewish World Service and co-chair of the Rabbinical Council and national board member of Hazon, which strives to create more sustainable Jewish communities. In 2015, Marc was among a group of 12 faith leaders honored at The White House as “Champions of Change” for work on the climate. Marc is a proud member of Beit Izim, Boulder’s Jewish goat milking co-op.