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Boulder Jewish News wants to know: What's your Favorite Deli? Enter for a chance to win a gift certificate to Jimmy & Drew's! Click the headline for more info and to enter!

David Sax is a man on a mission to Save the Deli. He's coming to Boulder on November 16 - where else? To Jimmy & Drew's 28th Street Delicatessen.Click the headline to read more.

Friendship is important to all women, we know that. Jennifer Weiner's book, Best Friends Forever, shows the adventurous journey between two friends and their loyalty to one another.

Menorah's upcoming event "Bialywood: From Bombay to Boulder" honors Jerry Pinsker on December 5. Click the headline for more about this fun-raising event.

Americans Against Terror and three other pro-Israel activist groups called for a rally against the protest plans of the Colorado Palestine Solidarity Committee today. The Palestinian group accuses Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat of ethic cleansing of Palestinians. Barkat was honored Tuesday at the University of Denver and Mayor Hickenlooper and …

Benyamin Cohen, author of My Jesus Year speaks in Boulder Saturday night. Click the headline for more info about the book and the program.

Boulder Arts & Crafts, which hosts an annual Judaica show, offers art classes in November. Take a 2 hour class in jewelry making, jewelry silk knotting, fused glass, book making, repoussé, or stamp carving. Taught by artists from Boulder Arts & Crafts, you will have fun learning with plenty of …

Aaron Kirschner will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah on November 7th, 2009 at Congregation Bonai Shalom.

The weekly Glacier/Gindi Game is at Gindi Cafe, 3601 Arapahoe #181 (in the Peloton) at 7 pm~ Beginners welcome! Gindi Cafe has terrific sandwiches, salads, and drinks. Have a game you want to share? Need a 4th or 5th because someone can’t make it? Share the news here. You can …

The screening of the film "Refusenik," part of the BJCC's Festival of Books and Culture, combined a great film with local eyewitness accounts of the movement to free Soviet Jewry. Click headline to read more.

A wine and cheese reception kicked off an art show at the Boulder JCC as part of the Festival of Books and Culture.  The show, titled Search for Me with All Your Hearts, includes artwork by Shelly Finberg and photography and multi-media by Wren Siegel.

Award-winning author Jacqueline Dembar Greene spoke to a sold-out crowd of girls, parents, and their historical doll friends at the Boulder JCC on Sunday afternoon.

CLC is a center of spiritual development and experiential deep learning. The center offers individual and group opportunities to explore a deeper relationship with the spiritual aspect of being human in an interfaith setting. Click the headline for full article.

TED has released 6 videos leading up to the launch of their Charter for Compassion. Click the headline to watch one of the videos.

Rabbi Ian Pear, author of "The Accidental Zionist", is speaking at Congregation Aish Kodesh on Monday night, November 2nd, at 7:00 pm.

The coming week is busy in the greater Boulder Jewish community! Click the headline for a quick list of highlights.

Boulder Stepping Stones has received a grant to help the program get through these tough economic times. However, one small piece of the grant is contingent on raising $3,000 locally. Click on the headline for details.

Deb Dusansky's monthly newsletter for November explores routines and moving "out of our box." Click the headline for the full article.

Shabbat Shalom! It was a busy (and snowy) week in Boulder County. Here is this week's story recap. Click the headline to see the list of stories.

There is no doubt that this has been a “unique” year to be a fundraiser for the Jewish community. Whether you are a donor or an "asker," participating in the mitzvah of tzedakah helps connect us to our soul's purpose. Click the headline for the full text.

Stepping Stones will be holding its Fall Potluck Shabbat Dinner at the Boulder JCC from 5:30-7 on Friday, November 13. Click the headline for more info.

Anna Shternshis is an assistant professor of Yiddish and Transnational and Diasporic Studies at the University of Toronto, Canada. Click on the headline for more details.

Bonai Shalom, Har HaShem and MoVeRs have all cancelled or rescheduled programs for October 28th or 29th because of the winter wonderland we are currently experiencing... Click on the headline for details.

Readers, help us out on this one. According to Yelp.com, there are over 100 coffee/tea shops in the greater Boulder area – including Longmont, Louisville, Superior, Lafayette, Broomfield and Nederland.   On a day like today, at which coffee/tea place are you most likely to run into your Jewish friends?  Click …

The Boulder Jewish Community Center's Festival of Books and Culture opens on Sunday, November 1. Art, film, music, food, books and authors - something for everyone! Click the headline for more info, including the only on-line list of book fair hours.