Jewish Life

On Saturday, May 20th, 2023, Leo Greenberg will be called to the Torah as Bar Mitzvah at Congregation Har HaShem.

Rabbi Soloway provided his eulogy for Tom Trager, who passed away on May 14, 2023.

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.

Tom Trager (Avraham Yitzhak) passed away early on Sunday morning, May 14, 2023 at home with his devoted wife Barbara by his side. 

Lois Kolodny (Leah Asne) passed away early Friday morning, May 12, 2023 at Life Care in Longmont. 

Claire Lucille Bolder, mother of Larry Bolder, died in her sleep on Monday night in Michigan. 

Join Haver, the Rabbinic Council of Boulder, as we celebrate Shavuot, a holiday commemorating receiving the Torah at Mt. Sinai, the evening of May 25-26.

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!

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.

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.

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.

On Saturday, April 29th, 2023, Zev Tilzer will be called to the Torah as Bar Mitzvah at Congregation Har HaShem.

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!

On Saturday, April 22nd, 2023, Cassidy Sutton will be called to the Torah as Bat Mitzvah at Congregation Har HaShem.

On Saturday, April 15th, 2023 Caleb Schlechter and Lucy Chasnow were called to the Torah as B'nai Mitzvah at Congregation Har HaShem.

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.”

A Pre-Passover meditation.

Passover is coming in a little less than a week! It begins Wednesday evening, April 5!  While the costs of many things have gone up, check out these SERIOUS Savings!

Can’t make it to Israel for Pesach? The Carlton Tel Aviv’s head chef, Eran Nachshon has some recipe ideas for your festival table.

Leah Miller, a resident of Boulder who is passionate about recovery in Jewish communities, is hosting her second annual Recovery Seder in Boulder, Colorado on April 8, 2023.

When you sign up to volunteer you can come to the Volunteer Kick Off Party on Monday, May 1 to learn more about the volunteering opportunity, logistics and meet the other volunteers.

We will provide a Seder plate of ritual foods, a Humanistic Haggadah, songs and the opportunity to "do Jewish" in a meaningful way. Enjoy the ritual and contemporary content.

Why do I feel joyous, calm, and inspired when I observe seniors living with astounding physical, and sometimes mental challenges; why do I feel so uplifted? Perhaps it is because for some, the mitzvah is living.  

Dan Fraenkel, longtime member of Bonai Shalom, passed away at 76. The funeral is Friday, March 10, 2023.

On Saturday, January 28th, 2023 Toby Ellis and Tyler Emdur will be called to the Torah as B'nai Mitzvah at Congregation Har HaShem.