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The weekly Open Maj Game is once more at Glacier Ice Cream on Baseline just west of Foothills at 7 pm~ Beginners welcome! Follow twitter.com/glaciericecream for specials (including free ice cream specials!) Have a game you want to share? Need a 4th or 5th because someone can’t make it? Share …

Tune your body with the rhythm of the Torah cycle and the biblical Hebrew chants. Torah Yoga ® is an integrative and gentle activity of body/mind/soul in which participants experience Yoga poses, Hebrew chanting and Jewish meditation. Click to learn more!

"We're having a holy hootenanny," exclaimed Kathryn Bernheimer, partway through Saturday night's Celebration of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach. Rabbis and others joined together for a moving program that incorporated film clips, stories (by and about Reb Shlomo), poetry and song. Photos

We braved the storm Saturday night and motored out to Congregation Beth Evergreen for the birthday celebration for Rabbi Jamie, featuring a concert by Jewish Rock Superstar Rick Recht. Click to read more!

This year's Allied Jewish Federation Men's Event drew 1,300 men (about 30 from Boulder) Thursday night to hear featured speaker Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon. Click headline to read the story and see the pictures.

To find the perfect Hanukkah gift that makes a positive difference in the lives of those less fortunate, head over to Boulder First Presbyterian Church (Walnut and 15th Street), Sunday, November 15th between 12 and 2pm for the annual Alternative Holiday Gift Fair. Click the headline to read more and see a video about one of the products that will be sold Sunday.

The Boulder Jewish community is helping to send much needed medical supplies to Sudan, and Har HaShem's Sudan Genocide Response Team is screening the world acclaimed film, "War Child," today - Sunday. Click headline for more details about both.

The MoVeRs series fall programming concludes with a free lecture and visual presentation, "Radical Artists: Jewish Art in Diaspora," Monday night. Click the headline for more info.

Shabbat shalom! Another great week in Boulder. Click the headline to read all about it.

Stan Kreis suggests that when it comes to Israel, readers maintain a modicum of skepticism and read all points of view and trust those most who build credibility the old fashion way, one piece at a time. Click the headline for more.

This week for Boulder Jewish News OpenCoffee Friday (11/13), we'll be at Ozo Coffee, 5340 Arapahoe Avenue, from 10ish to noonish. Check out our growing collection of "coffee pix."

Attention 11 - 18 year olds: Do you want to change the world? With the help of CAJE, Jewish Community Foundation and B’nai Tzedek you can. Click the headline for more info.

During the third quarter of 2009, Rose Community Foundation awarded 74 grants totaling more than $2.1 million. Click the headline for a detailed list of third quarter grantees.

On November 27 the Buffs will take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers and CU Hillel invites you to be there with us! Join other Alums, Friends and Parents for a pre-game brunch, support Hillel, and then cheer the Buffs on to victory! Click for more info!

Known as Reb Shlomo, The Singing Rabbi and The Pied Piper of Judaism, Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach is widely considered the foremost Jewish religious songwriter of the 20th century who continues to influence Jewish rock bands. Click the headline to read all about this upcoming event.

Boulder Jewish News congratulates the following winners of the Favorite Deli Contest: Lisa Trank, winner of the Comment drawing, and Brian Seigal, winner of the Email Subscribers drawing.  Each wins a $25 gift certificate to Jimmy & Drew’s 28th Street Delicatessen. Thanks for playing and a big thank you to …

Ahoy Vey! We aaaarrrrrrgh launching a new contest this week. What Jewish books aaaarrrrrrgh you reading? Can you guess the prize? Click the title for contest details, mateys!

Author Bryan Mark Rigg captivated his audience at the Boulder JCC for two hours, explaining his own journey of discovery and telling stories of a few of the thousands of men of Jewish descent who fought for the Third Reich in World War II. Click the headline to read more of this fascinating history.

Great finds spotted at the Chanukah Bazaar now underway at the Boulder JCC. Click on headline to see the slideshow!

November 11 has been celebrated as Veterans Day in the US since Congress renamed the holiday from Armistice Day (celebrating the end of World War I) and declared it to be a holiday to honor all Veterans in 1954. Boulder Jewish News would like to give you the opportunity to honor and recognize our Jewish Veterans on this Veterans Day 2009.

ISIME:  Institute for the Study of Israel in the Middle East invites the community to “Israel Today: Challenges and Opportunities,” a lecture with his excellency Jacob Dayan,  Consul General of Israel to the United States in Los Angeles.  The lecture will be on Wednesday, November 11 at 6:30PM, in the …

Rahm Emanuel didn't quite hold the attention of the folks tweeting from the GA Tuesday morning. They were too excited to hear who would win the award for Jewish Community Hero. Out of 400 nominees (including at least two Boulder-area Heroes), and 600,000 online votes. . . Click the headline to learn about the winner!

Missed an event – listen to it on-line! Selected MoVeRs events are now available on-line. Click the headline for more info.

This Saturday, November 14th, 2009, Ilana Hertz and Jacob Krause will be called to the Torah as B’nai Mitzvah at Congregation Har HaShem.  They will be reading from Parashat Chayei Sara.

This Saturday, November 14th, 2009, Oliver Hewat will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah at Mincha services at Congregation Bonai Shalom.  He will be reading from Parashat Chayei Sara. Oliver is the son of Rachel Relin and James Hewat of Lafayette.