Jewish Life

Rabbi Marc’s A Dash of Drash – The Violin Of Your Songs – A Poem for Jerusalem Day – Episode 115

May 19 was Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day, which is beautiful and very complex for most of us. Inspired by the amazing line "am I not the violin of all of your songs" in Naomi Shemer's song Jerusalem of Gold, I wrote this poem.

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Celebrate Shavuot 2023: Foundations of Righteous, Justice & Law

Join Haver, the Rabbinic Council of Boulder, in celebrating SHAVUOT 2023! This year's carefully cultivated theme, "Foundations of Righteousness, Justice & Law," provides an opportunity to study with Boulder rabbis and learn from community activists.

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I’m Cycling for Children’s Hospital

Melanie Gruenwald is participating in the Courage Classic Bicycle Tour in July to raise money for Children's Hospital Colorado patients and families because I want to help Children's Colorado ensure healthier futures for kids.

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Meet You at the Mountain! Ice Cream Sundaes and the Ten Commandments

We are gearing up to Shavuot, the holiday of the Giving of the Torah, Thursday night May 25th through Saturday night, May 27th. Join us!

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Mindful Moment: Believing Your Thoughts is a “Choice”

Here is a beautiful mindfulness teaching presented by facilitator Suzanne Weiss recently to the Morning Meditation group that meets daily on zoom, and in person on Tuesdays at Nevei Kodesh and Thursdays at the Boulder JCC from 9 to 9:30 a.m. All are free to join, no meditation experience necessary, only curiosity!

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RSVP Now for Sunday Women’s Brunch and Learn and Workshop!

Participate in a workshop with a guest speaker from Safed, Israel city of Kabbala on the topic: "Seven secrets to life and pleasure." This is part of the bi-weekly series of Brunch and Learn for Women that are hosted by Boulder Center for Judaism.

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When Offering Advice Yield to Restraint

I once said to my therapist that my love language is making helpful suggestions. But here's the thing. It's not true, because at its core, making helpful suggestions is a form of trying to control a situation or my own anxiety when people speak to me about their troubles or their pain. Or, I’m trying to feel helpful or powerful if I have the answers for people.

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Boulder JCC to Present Community Shaliach’s Final Israel Update

Community Shaliach Itai Divinsky has served our community for the last four years and is headed back to Israel in June.  We will have the chance to say farewell and have a presentation from Itai with highlights on topics in Israel that you might not hear about in the news.

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Join Jewish Meditation: Toe in the Water or Diving Deep

Every weekday morning from 9 to 9:30 a.m. there is a mindfulness community that gathers, on zoom daily, and in person on Tuesdays (at Nevei Kodesh) and Thursdays (at the BJCC) to meditate, share, and offer healing prayers and say Kaddish. All are welcome to join!

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Holocaust Education Program at the Boulder JCC on April 17, 2023

Dorota Glowacka

The Boulder JCC will host Holocaust Scholar Professor Dorota Glowacka on Monday, April 17 in advance of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Professor Glowacka will speak on “A Vanished World: Cultural Genocide and the Destruction of Central and Eastern European Jewish Heritage During the Holocaust.”

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