Nearly four years ago, Liz Cheney and 22 other Republicans voted against a motherhood, apple pie-style resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives denouncing antisemitism, Islamophobia, sexism, racism, homophobia and all other forms of bias.
Read More »Staenberg-Loup JCC’s Ranch Camp and Camp Shai Receive Funding to Advance Mental Health
The Foundation for Jewish Camp recently selected two camps run by the Staenberg-Loup Jewish Community Center, JCC Ranch Camp and Camp Shai, to participate in a ground-breaking initiative to enhance the mental, emotional, spiritual, and social health of its camp community.
Read More »Letter: Response to Open Letter from 330 Rabbis
The true affront to the vast majority of American Jews and “our values” is that, like anti-Zionist Berkeley Law student groups, we now have 330 rabbis pledging not to invite any speakers whose views they oppose.
Read More »Column: Palestinians Dread What They Have Wrought
Most American Jews and possibly almost half the Israeli electorate would concur with my neighboring diners that Ben-Gvir and Smotrich could be disasters waiting to happen. I do not sympathize with those diners or Palestinians as a society, though I certainly fear for peaceful, rational Arabs caught in the middle.
Read More »Chanukah Skates Into Night 3 in Louisville
Boulder County Jews again showed their flexibility as a good crowd showed up two nights "early" at Winterskate in Louisville for a rescheduled "Chanukah on Ice" Tuesday night.
Read More »Letter: The Antisemitic Fallacy of “Israel Apartheid”
At "progressive" cocktail parties, at "mideast studies programs" across America and among mainstream media "mideast experts," the phrase "Israel apartheid" is always applauded.
Read More »Boulder Menorah Lighting Shifted to BJCC After Sunshine Wildland Fire Warnings
After a wildfire evacuation order was set near downtown Boulder, the Grand Menorah Lighting shifted to the Boulder JCC for indoor fun!
Read More »Column: Outreach or “Pod Squads”? Breaking Down Bias on The Left and The Right
Top federal officials and Jewish leaders spoke to each other, and together they spoke to the public at large, the public that reads newspapers, watches television news programs and listens to those who run our government. But they did not speak to the people that count.
Read More »Column: ‘Complicity’ With Antisemites Is Bipartisan
The Three Stooges of Mar-a-Lago launched a hate-fest that is hardly the first that is directed at Jews. Nor are Republicans alone in enabling antisemitism in America. Democrats have been restrained in responding to antisemites in their own ranks and advocacy groups have failed to deter antisemites and other bigots.
Read More »Remembering the 10th Anniversary of Sandy Hook and Too Many Others
In the wake of yet another mass murder in Colorado, Club Q in Colorado Springs, as well as other recent mass murders, at the University of Virginia and a Walmart in Virginia, this Dec. 14th marks the 10th anniversary of the Sandy Hook school massacre that galvanized so many of us into action.
Read More »Letter: The Islamic Antisemitic Dumbing Down of American Higher Education
Earlier this year the Harvard Crimson enthusiastically supported Omar Barghouti's antisemitic genocidal BDS movement.
Read More »Column: Jerusalem Bombings: ‘Collective Punishment’ Against Jews
The morning before Thanksgiving, the Schupaks could not escape the enmity toward Jews when Aryeh was murdered in the first of two bus stop bombings in Jerusalem.
Read More »New Chai Life Group for Single Older Adults
Boulder's Jewish community has grown in the last bunch of years with lots of programming and opportunities to match, but one segment of our population was being underserved...single older adults.
Read More »L’chaim! A Jewish Anti-Death Penalty Group
The grandson of two Holocaust survivors, Michael Zoosman grew up thinking capital punishment was justified. But thanks to a spiritual evolution that began when he was a student at Brandeis University and accelerated during a stint as a prison chaplain, Zoosman changed his mind.
Read More »Letter: Spinning Off Into Madness…
But why, what possible reason could Trump have had for allowing lunatic antisemite Kanye West to visit him after all of West’s frightening hate was made public, despite it intentionally being relegated to Tucker Carlson’s cutting room floor?
Read More »Denver Philanthropists Join 1,400 Proud Zionists at Jewish National Fund-USA’s National Conference
Over 1,400 supporters of the land and people of Israel, including a delegation from Denver, united in Boston on November 4-6, 2022, for an unforgettable weekend at Jewish National Fund-USA’s largest-ever National Conference.
Read More »Column: Deep in the Heartlessness of Texas: Is Abortion Law an Antisemitic Plot?
Jewish Texans, estimated to number 176,000, should probably worry about the deep in the heartlessness of the Texas abortion law - with the reporting of Amanda Eid’s near-death experience.
Read More »Faith & Advocacy Groups To Host Club Q Vigil In Denver
The Colorado interfaith community is hosting a Club Q vigil tonight, Monday, November 21, 2022, at 7 p.m. at ReelWorks, 1399 35th St. in the Rino District in Denver. Additionally, the program will be streamed live on YouTube.
Read More »Our Hearts are Heavy: A Statement in Support of the LGBTQ+ Community
As more information unfolds about the 5 lives lost and the many more injured at the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs, we are again left without words in the face of yet another act of senseless violence and hate.
Read More »The Rabbinic Council of Boulder Speaks Out Against Hate Crime, Gun Violence And Intolerance Following The Mass Shooting In Colorado Springs
As members of Haver, the Rabbinic Council of Boulder, we are enraged and deeply saddened by Saturday night’s shooting by a 22-year-old at an LBGTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs.
Read More »Column: Road to the Jewish White House
Jared Polis, Joshua Shapiro and Lee Zeldin ended the day, on Tuesday, Nov. 8, able to claim vast political accomplishments. All three can be credited with consolidating or augmenting power in their states for their respective political parties.
Read More »Red Cross Awards Grant to JFS Boulder for Extended Mental Health Services
JFS Boulder has received a $250,000 recovery grant from the Red Cross to expand access to longer-term mental health services for those impacted by the Marshall Fire and Straight-Line Wind Event, as well as individuals who have secondary trauma attributed to their roles as first responders, teachers, and disaster recovery staff.
Read More »JFS Boulder Provides Resources for Those Impacted by the Marshall Fire
As the one-year anniversary of the Marshall Fire approaches JFS Boulder continues to provide resources for those impacted by the fire.
Read More »The Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s JCamp 180® to Invest $25 million in Jewish Camps
JCamp 180, a core program of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation (HGF), will support more than 100 nonprofit Jewish overnight camps over the next five years with the $25 million Forward Together matching grant.
Read More »Column: Two Perilous Forces in Israel
No question that American Jews should be anxious about the future of an Israel in Bibi’s hands. There will likely be two prime forces at work that can intensify the conflict with the Palestinians.
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