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Izaak Weiss will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah on October 24th, 2009 at Congregation Nevei Kodesh.  Izaak will be reading from Parashat Noach.

My working thesis is that the case for Israel is much, much stronger than the case against Israel.

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 …

Jacob Bloom will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah on October 24th, 2009 at Congregation Bonai Shalom.  Jacob is the son of  Ilyse Bloom of Boulder, and will be reading from Parashat Noach.

Katie Hersch will be called to the Torah as  Bat Mitzvah at Congregation Har HaShem on Saturday, October 24th, 2009.  Katie is the daughter of Jeff Hersch, and she will be reading from Parashat Noach.

Over 200 people attended as Carmen Atilano and Rabbi Deborah Ruth Bronstein were honored with the Anti-Defamation League's 2009 Community Builder Awards.

The Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado announced Thursday that the speaker for this year's Men's Event will be Daniel Ayalon, current Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for the State of Israel and the former Ambassador of Israel to the United States from 2002 to 2006.

Kathyrn Bernheimer, the "cinemaven", reviews the film "Yoo,hoo, Mrs. Goldberg" playing at the Chez Artiste in Denver.

Shortly before Yom Kippur, the Boulder Jewish Community Foundation announced its 2009 grantees. In 2008, the BJCF gave grants to 17 organizations; in 2009 the grantees totaled 22 local Jewish charities providing services within Boulder County including, for the first time, the Boulder Jewish News.

ISIME, the Institute for the Study of Israel in the Middle East, announced today that Dr. Gershon Baskin will be speaking at CU-Boulder and at the University of Denver in early November. The topic of Dr. Baskin's lecture will be "Peace Education in Israel/Palestine". The talk will be free and open to the public.

B’YahadTREX is gearing up for 2 Israel Trips in 2010: April 18 – 26  ZOOM IN™  Israel through your lens. Photography explorations & workshops for hobbyists, amateurs & pros lead by a Israeli professional photographers. Fieldwork in the Negev, Tel Aviv & Jerusalem and a day in the West bank. Focus on multiple images of diverse, modern …

Lisa Arnold, Content Manager of The Generations Network, will visit from Utah and speak on "Maximizing Your Ancestry Subscription including the Jewish Collection." This monthly lecture of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Colorado is free and open to everyone.

For those who applied for the Rose Youth Foundation from 10/9 to 10/12, their site had a glitch. Please resubmit by the extended deadline (10/19 at noon). More details in full post (click on the title, or on Read More).

Hazon has just received grants from Rose Community Foundation and Oreg Foundation to promote a new Jewish food movement in Denver/Boulder, including mobilizing volunteers interested in the intersection of Judaism, sustainability and food.

Thirteen organizations collaborate to present a year of MoVeRs: Jewish Mavericks, Visionaries & Rebels. The Program Launch & Teach-In, “Smashing the Idols,” will be held Thursday, October 22 @ 7 PM.

"What a wonderful gift to the community."

The weekly Glacier/Gindi Game is at Glacier Ice Cream, Baseline at Foothills, in the Meadows shopping center. 7 pm ~ Beginners welcome! Have a game you want to share? Need a 4th or 5th because someone can’t make it? Share the news here. You can also become a Facebook Fan of …

On October 17th, 2009, Eli Rogers will be called to the Torah at Congregation Bonai Shalom to read from Parashat Bereshit.  Eli is the son of Joel Rogers and Ruth Lieberman of Lafayette.

At any given time, there are more Jews not affiliated with the Jewish community than actively involved. To address this need for outreach to unengaged Jews, the Jewish Outreach Institute (JOI) has formed the Big Tent Judaism Coalition.

Join us for sessions on... Climate Change, Text Study, Eco-Kashrut & Cooking Demonstrations, Torah Yoga, Art & Music, and much more.

It is particularly aimed to hamstring President Obama in matters of US national security

The holiday of Sukkot ends tomorrow at sundown. This last day of Sukkot is also the holiday of Shemini Atzeret, which marks the beginning of the rainy season (looks like our weather will cooperate).  Saturday night (October 10) begins the holiday of Simchat Torah, when the cycle of Torah is …

Shofar, Sho-good! Chabad Lubavitch of Boulder County put on a Shofar Factory just before the High Holidays.  The successful event drew over 250 people including kids and adults from Boulder Jewish Day School, Hebrew High and the Boulder JCC Preschool. Pictures: Congratulations on a successful event!

"...Bob's character was a model of honor, truth, kindness and generosity. The rabbis ask aizeh hu m'chubad? Who is honored? The answer: Ham'chabed et habriyot. The one who honors all humanity. (Pirke Avot 4:1). ..."

"Mindfulness in and of itself is a powerful tool. Sometimes merely the act of being mindful and tuning our awareness towards healing our soul, taking care of our self on a deeper level, works wonders...."