Jewish researchers led the way in the biotech industry last year, with a promising outlook for this year. Here are the top 6 developments in biotech from 2017.
Read More »Friendly Visitor Volunteers Needed!
In the new year, are you looking for a meaningful way to spend an hour a week? Boulder Jewish Family Service (JFS) is seeking Friendly Visitors for older adults.
Read More »Help Save Temple Aaron
The team working on saving Temple Aaron now has a GoFundMe page and a matching grant from Larry Mizel. Can you help?
Read More »Guest Post: Never Been More Proud to Be Jewish
A few weeks ago, I traveled with 13 other Jewish teens from BBYO to Ukraine on Ambassadors to Ukraine. After returning home from this life-changing experience in Ukraine, I see the work I must do in my local community.
Read More »Fundraiser ‘The Faces of JFS’ Raises Nearly $375,000
Jewish Family Service of Colorado (JFS) raised nearly $375,000 at its fundraiser, "The Faces of JFS 2017 Winter Soirée," on December 14.
Read More »Local Org Turning School Bus Into Sustainability Classroom
“Sustainability is a team sport,” says founder Chava Tzemach, “Individual actions are important, but community support and institutional changes are where the magic happens.”
Read More »Boulder Muslims and Jews Serve on Christmas Day
The perennial question, what does one do on Christmas if one doesn’t celebrate the holiday? For over 100 members of Boulder’s Jewish and Muslim communities, you participate in a day of service.
Read More »Just a Few Slots Left for MJAB’s Day of Christmas Service
MJAB (Muslim-Jewish Alliance of Boulder) is on track for a powerful, joint day of service on Christmas Day!
Read More »JEWISHcolorado Xmas Mitzvah Project Poised to Provide 300+ Volunteers on Monday
Jewish volunteers will provide relief to non-Jewish employees/volunteers at a range of local healthcare and non-profit facilities, enabling them to spend Christmas with their loved ones.
Read More »A Declaration of Interdependence: Hanukkah is a Feast of Solutions
The lesson of Hanukkah that I am suggesting we consider for 2017 and beyond is to stop pointing our fingers at Agribusiness, Big Pharma, the Fossil Fuel Industry. I suggest that we can refocus our language and our behavior on our own agency and how it impacts our global interdependency.
Read More »Soliloquy of Yehudis
Given the present day focus on gender abuse, the story portrayed here about Judith and the Maccabees seems to have particular contemporary relevance.
Read More »Next-Generation Donors Will Revolutionize Giving
We are currently engaged in the largest wealth transfer in history. Over 50 years, between 2007 and 2061, an estimated $59 trillion will pass from older to younger generations. What does that mean for philanthopy?
Read More »Boulder Lights the 5778 Menorah on Pearl St.
Over 350 people came out in mild weather in front of the Boulder County Courthouse to light the Menorah for 2017 Chanukah.
Read More »This Chanukah, Adopt-A-Safta
There are still 136,000 Holocaust Survivors living in Israel that need your support. Consider adopting a lonely Holocaust Survivor this year.
Read More »JCRC and JEWISHcolorado Respond to White House Jerusalem Announcement
The Jewish Community Relations Council, a program of JEWISHcolorado, and JEWISHcolorado welcome President Trump’s decision to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel and begin the process of relocating the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem.
Read More »JScreen at Hillel Global Assembly to Educate About Testing for Jewish Genetic Diseases
JScreen was at the Hillel International Global Assembly in Denver, engaging with Hillel professionals in order to bring JScreen to their campuses for education and screening events. JScreen’s expanded screening panels now enable for testing of more than 200 diseases, a significant development from a generation ago.
Read More »Congregation Har HaShem Completes 50 kW Solar PV Project
Congregation Har HaShem has completed installation of 50 kW of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on its buildings. To mark the project’s completion, Har HaShem will hold a dedication event on Wednesday morning, December 13.
Read More »Coco and Jewish Perspectives on Life and Beyond
Honor your parents, follow your destiny, remember your ancestors, cherish honesty…prime Jewish values? Indeed, these are some of the main themes in the upcoming Joseph story throughout the final Torah portions of the book of Genesis.
Read More »JCC Denver Names Lara Knuettel New CEO
The Staenberg-Loup Jewish Community Center (JCC Denver) announced it has hired Lara Knuettel as the organizations's permanent CEO.
Read More »CSU Hillel First in the Nation to Receive Certified Sustainability Rating
CSU Hillel, a campus of Hillel of Colorado, has embraced sustainability through a variety of efforts and is currently the only Hillel House in the country that is certified sustainable by Hazon, the county’s preeminent Jewish sustainability organization.
Read More »Humanistic Rabbis and Jewish Leaders Ordained
The International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism (IISHJ) celebrated the graduation of three new Leaders and ordained two new rabbis this past Friday at The Birmingham Temple Congregation for Humanistic Judaism.
Read More »This Thanksgiving, Carve More Than Turkey
Soon, many of us will gather around the Thanksgiving table with family and friends -- to indulge in an abundance of delicious traditional foods and give thanks for abundant blessings and freedoms.
Read More »ADL Calls for Action After New FBI Data Shows Rise in Hate Crimes Nationwide
The Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region expressed concern that, for the second year in a row, the FBI’s annual hate crimes report documents an increase in hate crimes nationwide.
Read More »JNF Honors Drs. Toby and Mort Mower With ‘Heritage Award’ for Their Lifetime of Service
JNF honored Drs. Toby and Mort Mower of Denver (formerly of Baltimore, MD) with the JNF Heritage Award for their lifetime of service and leadership on Sunday.
Read More »Rose Community Foundation Announces Grants from Q2 and Q3 of 2017
Between April and September 2017, Rose Community Foundation awarded 414 grants totaling almost $6.4 million.
Read More »