JEWISHcolorado Women’s Philanthropy is excited to announce Ruth Malman will be honored with the 2024 Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland Award. This prestigious award honors extraordinary women who have set a high standard for philanthropy and volunteerism and who have a lifetime of commitment to the Jewish world.
Read More »Former Shlichim Will Join Am Yisrael Chai: A JEWISHcolorado Celebrate Israel Event
At the festival on Sunday May 5,, JEWISHcolorado will welcome former Shlichim Shaul Amir, Raz Arbel, Osnat Fox, Itai Divinsky, and others.
Read More »Am Yisrael Chai: A JEWISHcolorado Celebrate Israel Event
Join JEWISHcolorado's Am Yisrael Chai Festival on May 5 to celebrate Israel with music, food, and community solidarity in Denver. Registration is open!
Read More »Jewish Organizations Are Invited to Join Inaugural Jewish Colorado Gives Day Campaign
JEWISHcolorado (Jco) announced the inaugural Jewish Colorado Gives Day set for May 21, 2024, hosted by Jco in collaboration with the Colorado Gives Foundation.
Read More »Marion Kreith on Israel, Survival, and a Long Life, Well-Lived
In her home nestled on a quiet cul-de-sac high above Boulder, 96-year-old Marion Kreith has closely watched news reports about the horrific events in Israel since October 7. She uses words from a language she knows well to describe how these days have felt to her. “Déjà vu,” she says.
Read More »JEWISHcolorado Opens Applications for Anything Grants™
Staenberg Anything Grants™, funded by the Staenberg Family Foundation and administered by JEWISHcolorado, support projects, infrastructure, and programs of local Jewish organizations. True to their name, the grants can be for “anything,” provided the project fulfills the grant criteria. They are awarded to Jewish nonprofit agencies, organizations, and synagogues in …
Read More »JEWISHcolorado’s JCRC to Honor Jacki Cooper Melmed at Annual Luncheon
JFNA CEO Eric Fingerhut and Jacki Cooper Melmed will feature at JEWISHcolorado’s JCRC annual luncheon on March 13, 2024.
Read More »Julie Schlafer of Aspen Named to JFNA National Women’s Philanthropy Board
Julie Schlafer of Aspen joins JFNA National Women’s Philanthropy Board, building on her legacy as a third-generation Jewish woman philanthropist and community bridge-builder.
Read More »Colorado Activists Travel to DC To Advocate For Israel Aid, Against Antisemitism
Four Coloradans joined over 400 Jewish Federation Activists from 65 communities convened in Washington, DC, advocating with Congress for Israel's support, combating antisemitism, and Jewish community security funding.
Read More »Registration Now Open for 2024 Joyce Zeff Israel Study Tour
Registration is open for JEWISHcolorado’s 2024 Joyce Zeff Israel Study Tour (IST) with adjusted deadlines and scholarships available. Safety is the top priority.
Read More »Colorado’s Legislature Votes Unanimously to Approve One-Time Expansion of the Nonprofit Security Grant Program
The state Joint Budget Committee approved an extra $1,000,000 for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program due to increased hate crimes. Eligible nonprofits can apply.
Read More »JEWISHcolorado’s MEN’S Event Returns, Headlined by Israel Activist Noa Tishby
JEWISHcolorado’s MEN’s Event is back, celebrating its 25th year on Wednesday, February 7, 2024. The long-running popular benefit event will feature Israeli actress and activist Noa Tishby at the Wings Over the Rockies Museum.
Read More »Video Replay of JEWISHcolorado Briefing from Ramat HaNegev
If you were unable to attend or you would like to hear it again, you can find the link to the recording here.
Read More »Latest Israel Update from JEWISHcolorado
We continue monitoring major developments locally and in Israel related to Israel’s war against Hamas. Here's what we know, and what we are doing.
Read More »North American Jewish Leaders Urge Israeli Leaders for Compromise
JEWISHcolorado Board Chair Rob Kaufmann and Interim President and CEO Renée Rockford were among 30 Federation leaders representing communities across the United States and Canada who took part in an extraordinary, 24-hour visit to Israel to express their concerns with Israeli leaders on the proposed judicial reforms and to convey the implications these changes will have on the North American Jewish community.
Read More »JEWISHcolorado’s Jewish Community Relations Council To Honor Steve Demby at Annual Leadership Luncheon
The Jewish Community Relations Council, a program of JEWISHcolorado, will host its annual leadership luncheon on Thursday, March 2, 2023, at History Colorado
Read More »Teens: Registration for Israel Study Tour 2023 Still Open
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!
Read More »Faith & Advocacy Groups To Host Club Q Vigil In Denver
The Colorado interfaith community is hosting a Club Q vigil tonight, Monday, November 21, 2022, at 7 p.m. at ReelWorks, 1399 35th St. in the Rino District in Denver. Additionally, the program will be streamed live on YouTube.
Read More »PJ Library Delivers 50 Millionth Book
PJ Library, the flagship program of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation (HGF), is celebrating the delivery of its 50 millionth free book to Jewish families this summer.
Read More »Denver Jewish Organizations Condemn Rushdie Statement by DU Professor
We are dismayed and angry at claims made by Nader Hashemi, Director of the University of Denver’s Center for Middle East Studies, that Israel’s security agency, Mossad, is likely behind Salman Rushdie’s stabbing at Chautauqua, NY, earlier this month.
Read More »Don’t Miss These Pre-Rosh Hashanah Safety Classes
JEWISHcolorado’s Safety and Security Initiative has joined with Starting Hearts for special safety sessions in advance of the Jewish High Holy Days.
Read More »JEWISHcolorado Launches Real Estate and Construction Network With Philanthropy at Its Core
The Real Estate and Construction Network was born of the idea that industry can drive philanthropy, that leaders in the field of real estate, brought together for networking, education, and exchange of industry practices, can also have a positive impact on their community.
Read More »Organizations Applaud Signing of Nonprofit Security Legislation
JEWISHcolorado, its Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), and more than 100 coalition partners applaud the signing today of HB22-1077 by Colorado Governor Jared Polis, creating a state nonprofit security grant program for qualified nonprofit organizations at high risk of a terrorist attack.
Read More »JEWISHcolorado, JCRC, ADL Condemn Horrific Attack
JEWISHcolorado, the ADL Mountain States Region, and the Jewish Community Relations Council stand with the community of Buffalo, New York where ten people have been murdered and three others injured at a grocery store in what authorities are calling an act of "racially motivated violent extremism."
Read More »Noa Tishby, Andy Statman Trio Headline JEWISHcolorado Event
JEWISHcolorado announces its signature event is back! COME TOGETHER, with Noa Tishby and a performance by guest musical act, the Andy Statman Trio, will take place Wednesday, June 15.
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