Every Friday morning, my mother gets her weekly copy of The Jewish Chronicle, delivered along with The Times and I have been reading it with considerable alarm. Almost every story is one that relates to the sharp and shocking increase in incidents of anti-Semitism since the awful escalation of violence in Israel and Gaza.

Bernice S. Cohen, mother of Susan Cohen, died early the morning of May 6th, 2021 at age 99 in New York.

It is hard to believe that we are approaching the fifth anniversary of my father Alan’s death, and I believe that in some way his soul is still sailing.

Dianne Lynne Sprinces Bass, older sister of Jackie Sprinces Wong, died in her sleep on Monday, March 29, 2021.

Syd Franklin (Yitzhak ben Reuven Avraham), father of Ronald Franklin, passed away on Sunday afternoon December 27, 2020 in the UK.

Melvin Burton Margolis, father of Dr. Michael Margolis, passed away in the early hours of Shabbat, December 26, 2020.

David Shucker, brother of Mark (Carol) Shucker, passed away at the beginning of the week in Berkeley, California at 67 years old.

Rabbi Marc Soloway offers some thoughts on the passing of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, z"l, former Chief Rabbi of the UK.

Arthur Wouk , father of Fay and Nina, passed away Shabbat morning, November 7, 2020,.

Join Rabbis Rachel Kobrin and Marc Soloway and their new dogs Baruch and Luna as two communities come together with their pets for a special Kabbalat Shabbat blessing

In these final days of 5780, on the threshold of a New Year with fire, flood, famine and plague ravishing our globe, what does it mean to return and how do we enter Rosh HaShanah when the world is so different.

Judy Herbet, mother of Marilyn Pinsker, passed away on Thursday afternoon, July 9th, 2020 at Manor Care in Boulder.

“Who is wealthy?” Asks Rabbi Ben Zoma in the 4th chapter of Pirkei Avot. “The one who is happy with their portion, with their lot”.

Randy Schwartz passed away suddenly June 3, 2020, in hospital. Many Bonai members know Randy as the brother of Karyn Schad and uncle of Devon and Carly.

George Floyd, Tony McDade, Sean Reed, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery - all human beings created in the Divine image with rights to dignity and safety like all of us - have been murdered in the last few months by law enforcement that is supposed to keep us all safe. How can it be?

Today is Lag BaOmer, the 33rd day of counting towards Sinai. As well as bonfires, this is a festival whose themes include the power of the eyes and the mouth.

As these very hard and confusing days of lockdown continue, it is easy for today to feel like yesterday and tomorrow, and to count off the days until we can go back to seeing the people we miss and resuming some of our activities.

I offer a few reflections on celebrating Pesach in this new reality, with the knowledge that Holy Week for Christians and Ramadam for Muslims are also in this season.

How is this Passover different to all other Passovers? Well, in just about every way possible.

Keep Breathing is Episode 104 of A Dash of Drash. In the fear, anxiety and uncertainty of these days, we so need to take care of ourselves physically, emotionally and spiritually.

How can we remain close and connected while being physically separate? Distancing and Connecting - a podcast for these times is Episode 103 of A Dash of Drash.

There will be one night of shiva for Ruth Steinberg z"l Saturday evening, March 7th.

Ruth Steinberg, mother of Lowell Steinberg (Ilyse Bloom's husband), passed away in Florida on Friday, February 28th, 2020.

The Boulder County Interfaith Leaders Caucus & the Boulder County Organizing Group of Together Colorado would like to invite you to our January action on housing justice on January 29th.

David Nathan Fleischer, brother of Lois Linsky, died on Saturday night, January 18, 2020, in New York.