Holidays

Pesach: Unbreakable Soul

Pesach: Unbreakable Soul

Some 3000 years ago, we were an enslaved people yearning for liberation from a tyrant. With the Haggadah, every year we gather to start our calendar anew by retelling the saga of the birth of the unbreakable soul of our nation.

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Beth Ami Congregation to Host “Passover Seder Plate”

Beth Ami Congregation to Host “Passover Seder Plate”

We welcome you to celebrate Passover/Pesach with the old and new themes of liberation and welcoming the stranger. We will provide a Seder plate of ritual foods, a Humanistic Haggadah, songs, and the opportunity to "do Jewish" in a meaningful way.

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OneTable and Haggadot.com Partner to Help Young Adults Build Community, Connect During Passover

OneTable and Haggadot.com Partner to Help Young Adults Build Community, Connect During Passover

(New York) – OneTable and Haggadot.com are partnering for Passover this year to enable Jewish young adults to create, host, and participate in meaningful in-person Seders, the ritual Passover meal, with peers. This major national initiative comes at a time when young people are eager to engage in in-person experiences that are rich with connection and meaning. 

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It’s Crunch Time!

It’s Crunch Time!

Boulder County Center for Judaism is set for Passover 5782/2022: a community Seder, Shmura Matzoh for sale, we'll sell your Chametz, and you can order a full Seder meal. Check us out!

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Purim: From Exodus to Esther

Purim: From Exodus to Esther

The 14th of Adar, Purim, is one of my favorite holidays. I love dressing in costumes, getting together with my community and partying with friends. Hopefully, we do this more than once a year!

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Community Tu B’Shevat Seder Thursday

Community Tu B’Shevat Seder Thursday

Join us Thursday, January 13, at 7:30 pm for a virtual Tu B'Shevat seder where we'll talk about Boulder's new climate initiative to create cool corridors throughout our community and explain the importance of urban forests and carbon-rich landscapes as critical to both community well-being and climate action.

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Celebrating Hannukah at Boulder as an Israeli!

Celebrating Hannukah at Boulder as an Israeli!

I have been a Shinshinit with JEWISHColorado for almost four months now, and I can tell you that when I ask the people I engage with what their favorite holiday is, most of the time, the answer is, “Hanukkah,” which is why I was very excited to celebrate my first Hanukkah here.

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Louisville Celebrates Chanukah on Ice

Louisville Celebrates Chanukah on Ice

On Tuesday night, November 30, 2021, the Jewish community gathered at Winterskate in Louisville to celebrate the third night of Chanukah, in person, for the first time since 2019. A local business owner with deep ties to the Boulder Jewish Community, Joey Gindi, served as Lamplighter, and Rabbi Pesach Scheiner …

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My Hanukkah Present

My Hanukkah Present

I bought myself a Hanukkah present from Boulder Book Store (I do love to support our wonderful locally owned businesses!) of the magnificent two volume set recently published by Paul McCartney called The Lyrics: 1956 - Present... 

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Chanukah: I Have a Dream!

Chanukah: I Have a Dream!

For eight nights, starting with the twenty-fifth of the month of Kislev, Jews celebrate the 165 BCE victory of the Maccabees, a brave troop of priest-warriors that vanquished the mighty Syrian-Greeks.

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