On Friday, June 3rd, 2022, Madison Kurtz was called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah with Adventure Judaism.
Read More »Israeli Diaspora Minister Nachman Shai Attends Jerusalem Pride Parade
"Today, we take to the streets to celebrate inclusivity, tolerance, and diversity. Today we celebrate that every gay man and every gay woman has a place here in Israel."
Read More »Ten Talks, 10 Bright Ideas on the 10 Commandments..
Shavuot begins this Saturday night, June 4. There is a Kabbalah-based custom to remain awake the first night of Shavuot, studying Torah. Get ready to pull an all-nighter.
Read More »The Boulder Jewish Film Festival Gears Up for Its 10th Year with “Audience Favorites”
Join Boulder Jewish Film Festival Founding Director Kathryn Bernheimer this summer for a series of crowd-pleasing audience favorites from past festivals.
Read More »Letter: Purely a Self-Inflicted “Nakba”
Bruce Ticker accurately describes the fallacious ahistorical jew hatred integral to the " Recognizing the Nakba" , Resolution 1123, introduced by Rashida Tlaib, Omar, Betty McCollum, Marie Newman, Cori Bush, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamal Bowman. ("Column: American Nakba")
Read More »Weekly Edition: June 3rd, 2022
Shabbat shalom! Check out your weekly summary of posts from the Boulder Jewish News.
Read More »Celebrate Pride Month with Staenberg-Loup Jewish Community Center in Denver
The Staenberg-Loup Jewish Community Center (JCC Denver) is celebrating Pride in June with a variety of events that are open to all.
Read More »New Field-Building Initiative Launches for Jewish Retreating
Pearlstone, an agency of The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, and one of the largest Jewish retreat centers in North America, announced today that it is leading a groundbreaking national initiative elevating the field of Jewish retreating, aptly named Retreat Jewish. Operators of Jewish retreat centers and retreat organizers …
Read More »Craving Eternity
The Omer helps navigate the unknown terrain between Pesach and Shavuot, which is why it may be both an exciting and daunting time. We are meant to ascend, both temporally and inwardly, the space between being in Egypt and arriving at Mount Sinai.
Read More »Bonai Shalom’s Working Groups Statement on Recent Events
We are not powerless against this crisis, and we are obligated to take action to honor those who have lost their lives in this senseless, and in so many cases, preventable bloodshed. There are a number of actions that members of our community can take.
Read More »Meet You at the Mountain! Ice Cream Tacos and the Ten Commandments
We are gearing up to Shavuot, the holiday of the Giving of the Torah, next Saturday night through Monday night. Join us!
Read More »A Shavuot Revelation
Shavuot is a mysterious holiday. This commemoration of receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai isn’t given a specific date for its celebration; instead we are told in the Book of Exodus to schedule it seven weeks from the second night of Passover.
Read More »Column: American Nakba
A new play to top the absurdity of “Springtime for Hitler”: “Rashida Resurrects the Nakba Legacy.”
Read More »Letter: BDS = Shoot The Jew
By 2005 Omar Barghouti, a founder of BDS ("Boycott, Divest, Sanction"), had acknowledged that the sole purpose of BDS was the euthanasia of Israel.
Read More »Weekly Edition: May 27th, 2022
Shabbat shalom! Check out your weekly summary of posts from the Boulder Jewish News.
Read More »All Ages Are Welcome at Boulder JTree Volunteer Day at Cal-Wood
On June 26, Milk and Honey Farm at the Boulder JCC is proud to partner with Boulder JTree to help reforest areas burned in the Calwood Fire in 2020.
Read More »Shoes Can Be a Method Of Escape, And a Tool For Taking Action
I recently gave a lecture to students at Colorado University about my childhood experiences as a refugee survivor from the days of the Holocaust. Aside from relating my story, I had a message to deliver: “Vote. Talk to your friends, parents, neighbors and anyone who will listen. Your country is at stake!”
Read More »Madden Scheff Bar Mitzvah
On Saturday, May 28th, 2022, Madden Scheff will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah with Adventure Judaism.
Read More »Ezra Margolis Bar Mitzvah
On Saturday, May 28th, 2022, Ezra Margolis will be called to the Torah as Bar Mitzvah at Congregation Bonai Shalom.
Read More »Isaac Emmenegger Bar Mitzvah
On Saturday, May 21st, 2022, Isaac Emmenegger was called to the Torah as Bar Mitzvah at Congregation Bonai Shalom.
Read More »Discover the Artist Marketplace at the Boulder Jewish Festival
The Boulder Jewish Festival has been known for years as an amazing place to purchase Jewish art and Judaica used in the celebration of Jewish holidays. We are especially excited by the number of artists that will have Judaica available.
Read More »Join Beth Ami Congregation for Refugee Havdalah
Every spring, in the weeks leading up to Passover, Jewish communities around the world set aside time to focus on the plight of refugees. In keeping with this new tradition, we will follow our brief Havdalah ceremony with a discussion of refugee circumstances around the world and just how we might be able to help.
Read More »Chariots of Fire
Many of you know that the allusion of the title, Chariots of Fire, relate to Eliyahu HaNavi, Elijah the prophet, ascending to heaven in a chariot of fire, as he was leaving this world. So why the connection to this film?
Read More »Column: Arab Leaders So Sure – Yet So Secretive – About Cause of Al Jazeera Reporter’s Death
Amid the varied dissections of Shireen Abu Akleh’s death, the Palestinian Authority was consistent. To paraphrase Israeli diplomat Abba Eban, they did not miss an opportunity to miss the opportunity to sound credible.
Read More »Eulogy for Henry Rasof
Henry was an active seeker whose Jewish identity was important to him. In fact, my husband, Rabbi Scheiner remembers Henry telling him that he got much more involved in his Jewish roots when he moved to Boulder.
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