Opinion & Editorial

The entire Boulder community is invited to today's groundbreaking ceremony.

For Bill Cohen, the debate hearkened back to a similar proposal in the 1980s - to link Boulder with Dushanbe. Hear his interview on Radio Chavura.

There are many ways to say the Boulder Nablus Sister City Project is an ill-conceived way to create person to person understanding, a stated goal of the sister city concept.

The Boulder City Council has set the public hearing on the proposed Boulder Nablus Sister City Project. Please plan to attend.

Several community members ask for community help. Read why.

A working group on gun violence prevention has recently been formed at Congregation Bonai Shalom. Find out more.

For my entire Jewishly-aware life, I have struggled with the intellectual tension between being Jewish religiously, and being part of the Jewish people, or tribe. Now I get it.

Rabbi Ori Har DiGennaro shares a letter in defense of Israel.

Renewing Jewish life and confronting the greatest challenges of our generation are inextricably intertwined, according to Nigel Savage, founder of Hazon. A timely Earth Day guest post.

Noodles and Company announced today that it would offer several special dishes in honor of their Jewish customers for Passover week, which starts Monday night, April 18th.

Editorial: Like much of America, we were shocked and saddened by Saturday's shooting in Arizona.

Find out how to give a $1,000 charitable gift for an after-tax cost of $203 -- but just for the next four days, and only to a few Boulder Jewish organizations.

Editorial: Community First Foundation sets out to raise $1 million online for Colorado non-profits. The perfect Chanukah gift.

The Avi Chai Foundation has just released a national report about trends among emerging Jewish leaders. Organization boards, staff and lay leaders - take note.

Editorial: A recent Newsweek article prompted some thinking about the upcoming High Holidays.

Facebook members voted for charities to receive money from Chase Bank and at least 1 notable new Jewish organization was a winner. See how Boulder-area Jewish organizations did.

Editorial: It's time for the Jewish community to welcome all couples who want to build a Jewish life together.

Beinart's article, "The Failure of the Jewish Establishment," has generated a lot of heat. We provide links to some of the on-going on-line dialog.

The New York Times Review of Books carried a challenging piece for the Jewish community to consider around support of Israel.

In light of this weekend's news about a lawsuit involving a local synagogue, BJN's team shares our guiding principles about what's "News."

New partnership with Starbucks will see eco-friendly, vente-sized mugs welcomed into Shabbat services nationwide.

The job of tracking Elijah has fallen to NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, headquartered at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado.

While the rest of us were busy with Passover, Staff got loose and took some liberties with the online edition of the paper.

Is Boulder really the happiest, healthiest city in the US?

Ever wonder about those tabs on the right? A few highlights recently read on the web.