This week, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27), the NGO Together Vouch for Each Other will hold a memorial event in an online format in Arabic with dozens of bloggers and influential participants from Arab countries.
Read More »Denver Jewish Film Festival Returns February 14-March 1
The 26th Annual JCC Mizel Arts and Culture Center’s Denver Jewish Film Festival powered by The Chotin Foundation will be held virtually and in-person from February 14 to 22 and will be followed by an entirely virtual festival from February 23 through March 1, 2022.
Read More »How Zionists Helped Defeat Segregation in Baltimore
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day this year will be commemorated just before the 75th anniversary of a remarkable but little-known campaign by American Zionists and African-Americans that helped defeat racial segregation in Baltimore.
Read More »In Honor of MLK Day: National Yiddish Theatre Rebroadcasts “Soul to Soul” Virtual Concert
"Soul to Soul" celebrates the music and shared experiences of the African American and Jewish communities through a mix of spiritual, jazz, klezmer, and folk music.
Read More »Legacy: The Yellow Violin
“Sam, you asked me a question I never thought about before. What if my grandfather was able to bring the violin to Israel? Would this music have this new life, this revival of spirit? Perhaps what seemed like such an injustice back then was a part of the master plan. Maybe the time wasn’t right. This violin, this music was, like Moses I suppose, never intended to enter the land of Israel.”
Read More »“Winter Wellness for Teens and Parents” Series Starts Soon
Boulder JCC and Jewish Family Service are presenting a four-part weekly series called "Winter Wellness for Teens and Parents, starting on January 24th, 2022.
Read More »Birthright Israel & Onward Israel Merge, Strengthening Jewish Diaspora Ties with Israel
Birthright Israel, the largest educational tourism organization in the world, and Onward Israel, the leading provider of mid-length immersive experiences for young adults in Israel, have merged.
Read More »Big Bold Jewish Climate Fest Returns
The Big Bold Jewish Climate Fest aims to give new meaning to the holiday as an annual week of learning and action centered on the most existential environmental issue of our day: the climate crisis. This year’s festival takes place January 10-14, 2022,
Read More »Jonah Antman and Lucas Muller B’nai Mitzvah
On Saturday, January 8th, 2021, Jonah Antman and Lucas Muller will be called to the Torah as B'nai Mitzvah at Congregation Har HaShem.
Read More »JFS Offering Funds, Counseling for Those Affected by Marshall Fire; Har HaShem Sponsoring Insurance Seminars
The Boulder JCC is listening to the needs of our community and the desire to help. We are working with our community partners to identify the support we can provide. We have prepared and are continuously updating a list of resources for those impacted and for those who want to help.
Read More »Message from Ramat Negev to Boulder County
"As we follow the sad events as thousands are evacuating, homes destroyed, and businesses damaged, our heart pours out to you all."
Read More »Hurricane-Force Winds Drive Fire Storm Through Superior and Louisville; Hundreds of Homes Destroyed
At least 580 homes have been destroyed in Superior and Louisville as of late Thursday afternoon, but no exact accounting can be made until Friday at the earliest. Tens of thousands of residents of Superior, Louisville and Broomfield had to be evacuated with little notice.
Read More »JEWISHcolorado, Community Foundation Boulder County Open Fire Relief Funds; Boulder JCC Opens Doors Friday for Victims, Volunteers
JEWISHcolorado has opened a Colorado donation mailbox to ensure that contributions flow to those most impacted from the devastating Marshall Fire in Boulder and Jefferson counties. 100% of contributions go to relief efforts, including those beyond the Jewish community. “We are working to support our community in need, and we …
Read More »Longmont Shabbat Group Consecrates First Jewish Cemetery in Longmont
On October 24, 2021, we held the Rabbinic Consecration Ceremony for the new Jewish section of Foothills Gardens of Memory cemetery.
Read More »A Troubling 80th Anniversary: When FDR Appeased Vichy
Eighty years ago this month, two tiny French islands near Nova Scotia and Maine briefly became the center of international controversy when De Gaulle’s Free French liberated them—and President Franklin D. Roosevelt demanded that they be given back to the pro-Nazi Vichy French.
Read More »Letter: “Islamophobia” Does Not Equal Antisemitism
Bruce Ticker is correct to condemn Democratic Representative Ilan Omar's hypocrisy in which she cries "islamophobia" to obfuscate her foundational antisemitism. ("Omar's Words For Boebert...of Hypocrisy", BJN 12/9/21).
Read More »International Student Team Wins First Place at Jerusalem College of Technology Men’s Hackathon
A team of three Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT) students, two of which are from France and Brazil, took home first place last week at the 6th annual Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT) Great Minds Hackathon when they developed an advanced software to better locate equipment.
Read More »Baruch Dayan HaEmet – Sally Shankman z”l
Sally Shankman passed away peacefully on October 15th. She was surrounded by her loving family and her dog, Scruffy.
Read More »Chanukah: I Have a Dream!
For eight nights, starting with the twenty-fifth of the month of Kislev, Jews celebrate the 165 BCE victory of the Maccabees, a brave troop of priest-warriors that vanquished the mighty Syrian-Greeks.
Read More »Column: What Are We Really Celebrating on Chanukah?
Chanukah is a holiday when Jews celebrate their victory over the Seleucid Empire, which attempted to entrench the Hellenistic culture and belief system among the Jews in the land of Israel.
Read More »Ash’Kara Offers Chanukah Celebration Dinners To Go
Ash'Kara Boulder is offering Chanukah Dinners to go that can be ordered online and picked-up the first two nights of Chanukah.
Read More »Black, Jewish & Queer: Navigating Judaism with Multiple Identities & Building Bridges
Rabbi Sandra Lawson will be in-person at the Staenberg-Loup Jewish Community Center (JCC Denver) on Tuesday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. talking about her identities and how they connect to Judaism
Read More »Celebrate Hanukkah with Ice Cream, Latkes, Jake Cohen and More Through the Staenberg-Loup JCC
JCC Denver) will be hosting a variety of events and partnering with local companies to bring the best of Hanukkah to the community.
Read More »Vote for the Worst Offender in StopAntisemitism’s 2021 Antisemite of the Year Contest
Voting is now open for the third annual Antisemite of the Year Contest, a competition run by watchdog group StopAntisemitism designed to hold accountable those who propagated the most hatred against Jews in 2021.
Read More »Peace Talk on Tuesday for Clean Speech Colorado
Fear or Faith? Which one fills a restless heart with peace? Peace is like hand-blown glass, hard to form, but so easy to break.
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