Jewish Life

On Saturday, August 15th, 2015, Leah Nickles will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah with the Adventure Rabbi.

On Saturday,August 15th, 2015, Alexander Rudawsky will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah at Congregation Har HaShem.

Please join Rabbi Fred Greene, Cantorial Soloist Holli Berman and Rabbi Ruthie Gelfarb of Congregation Har HaShem, as we begin preparing for the High Holidays.

Here is another Nishmat poem, suitable for Shabbat morning. It can go after the Nishmat prayer. Now, take a deep breath and remember the connection between breath, life, and soul (soul = neshama--same root as nishmat, you probably know).

Denver Jewish community leader Joyce Zeff passed away on Thursday.

Congregation Har HaShem can help. Join our Educational Program Open House for a presentation about the various choices we have for families to learn and become part of a Jewish community.

Join Congregation Har Hashem for a lively evening of inspirational song and prayer.

On Saturday,August 8th, 2015, Summer Runestad and Mitchell Goodman will be called to the Torah as B'nai Mitzvah at Congregation Har HaShem.

Adventure Rabbi Kids takes a unique approach to Jewish education that is fun, inviting, and practical.

Topics will include Jewish lifecycle events and rituals, holidays, theology, prayer, and history from a pluralistic, non-denominational perspective.

On Saturday,August 1st, 2015, Thomas Hainline will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah at Congregation Har HaShem.

Rabbi Fred Greene, Har HaShem's new senior rabbi, will be leading a Tisha B'Av study session on Sunday, July 26th. All are welcome.

On July 30, we celebrate Tu B’Av, a day where love is in the air and singles hope to find their soulmate while couples celebrate their relationships.

On Saturday, July 25th, 2015, Brendan Carroll will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah with the Adventure Rabbi.

This week we read two Torah portions. The first one is called Matos (literally staff) and the second one Masai (journeys). The commentaries tell us that there is a connection between the Torah portion and the time that it is read.

This Shabbat, July 18, 2015 from 9:00 am-11:15 am, both our adult hike and our family hikes will be free. Come meet our Educator Elaine Barenblat (leading the hike for kids and their adults) and Rabbi Jamie Korngold (leading the hike for adults). Find out what we do and how we do and if it might be a good fit for you.

The Adventure Rabbi's Teen Cohort grew almost 30% in its first year. Check them out!

On Friday, July 17th, 2015, Rachel Krams will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah with the Adventure Rabbi.

On Saturday, July 18th, 2015, Zach Schwartz will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah with the Adventure Rabbi.

This past Sunday, we began a three week mourning period over the destruction of the two Temples in Jerusalem.

Here is an ahavah poem thanking God for giving us the capacity to love. It fits with the liturgy and takes the form of a ghazal, a genre of poetry popular in India, Pakistan, and the Middle East. Ghazals are love poems to God that, like the Song of Songs, express this emotion in the language of human love.

This Saturday, July 11th, the young Jewish professionals of Boulder are splashing away the summer heat during a relaxing and fun Shabbat afternoon and we want you to join us!

This week's Torah portion is perhaps the portion of the Torah that shows more than any other the divine love to the Jewish people.

Moshe Stern, father of Alex Kohav, passed away in Israel last week.

The Adventure Rabbi classic summer Shabbat program resumes this summer, June 26, 2015 at 6:00 pm.