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Join us for ten days of cinema and conversation as our 17 films examine the Jewish experience throughout time and across the world.

Their offense was to shake hands with the devil.

Approximately 300 people enjoyed the Fall Festival at the Boulder JCC on Monday, August 28.

The new Exchange: A Hub for Learning program will offer six classes for the fall term starting October 2, with these classes tailored toward adults 55+. Registration opened on Monday, August 28.

It seems Summer Lee is enthralled by the “woke” dictum that Israel and Israelis are irredeemably evil and to be ostracized by all “good” people. Thus, she refused to attend the talk given by Israel’s President Herzog.

Meeting people of any age is challenging. Since the isolation from the COVID lockdown, the circumstances made it even more difficult for folks who live alone. From that, the Chai Life Group was created. The Chai Life Group is a collaboration of the Boulder JCC, Boulder JFS, Congregation Har HaShem, Congregation Bonai Shalom, and Congregation Nevei Kodesh. This group supports and provides outlets for single, older adults to come together for community. 

After seven months on the job, U.S. Rep. Summer Lee set herself up for the winter of Summer, to borrow from “The summer of George” title of a Seinfeld segment. Earlier this month, she traded barbs with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which criticized her decision to boycott Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s address before Congress.

Recently Princeton Assistant Professor Satyel Larson's included as required reading Jasbir Puar's book "The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability." MAIM is the operative word. Puar's premise is that every shot fired by every IDF soldier since May 1948 is solely aimed to maim Arabs and Palestinians notwithstanding that 28,400 Jews have have been murdered by the Arabs -- murdered being the terminology of Arab leader the Grand Mufti Amin al Husseini -- since May 1948.

JFS is happy to announce Danielle Rifkin, LPC, ATR as our new facilitator. The Jewish Grief Group is for anyone that identifies with a Jewish identity and is grieving.

We caught up with Farmer Becca, Farm and Sustainability Director, to ask a couple of questions about the farm and herself. If you are interested in touring the farm, attend the Farm Tour on Thursday, August 31!

Imagine going back to school to attend only the classes that tickle your fancy? No tests, no grades, and in most cases, optional homework? To launch EXCHANGE, the Boulder JCC is hosting an Open House on Monday, August 28.

Colorado Jewish Climate Action is launching a series of new programs this fall to engage the Jewish community in bold climate action. The three new programs are the Colorado Jewish Climate Corps, Greening Jewish Institutions, and Climate Mitzvah Projects.

It’s obvious that both Israelis and Palestinians need to be concerned about the condition of water that flows across the boundaries people have established. Yet reports from Israel and from Palestinian-administered areas have differed considerably.

“This is an affront to American democracy and does permanent, irrevocable harm to our justice system,” says America’s Mayor. Rudy Giuliani was not referring to charges that he conspired to overturn Georgia’s 2020 presidential election results.

16 streams in Israel are shared between Israel and the Palestinian Authority; roughly two-thirds of the streams originate in the West Bank, crossing Israel and emptying into the Mediterranean Sea. However, due to various factors, the waterways continue to suffer from excessive pollution and contamination.

With amazing instructors and classes spanning sports, dance, art, farm, and STEM, the Boulder JCC is committed to fostering inclusivity and learning for individuals of all backgrounds, faiths, and families. Welcome to a series introducing them to the community.

The sentencing of Tree of Life synagogue killer Robert Bowers raises disturbing questions about antisemitism’s link to mental illness, the deterrence value of the death penalty and the value of hate-crime laws.

Pickleball launched at the Boulder JCC with three indoor courts last July, since then over 600 people have learned to play, improved their skills, and enjoyed some friendly competition in the Boulder area.  Last fall the Boulder JCC introduced lessons and clinics with a Pickleball Professional, Kathy Mihelic. 

I share Bruce Ticker’s concern about the future of Israel as the home of the Jewish people – the place where no Jew who needed to go there would ever be turned away.

The Boulder JCC is rejoicing as the farmers and volunteers came together to celebrate the bountiful harvests of the season, one plant being the Hair Melon. The harvest took place over the past week,

When the perpetrator of this act of racist and antisemitic violence was found guilty on all counts this past June, I felt a palpable sense of relief. Justice had been done and this evil human would be punished for his horrific crime. Upon hearing the news that he would be given the death penalty, however, I felt a sense of unease and trauma – similar to what I felt when I learned about his murderous act in the first place.

It is cruel irony that Israelis are preparing to move to Germany or Poland where their parents or grandparents survived Hitler.

Congregation Bonai Shalom is thrilled to announce that we have received a Torah from the Pinchas Synagogue in Prague, Czech Republic!

In June, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that the theme of National Preparedness Month (September) will focus on preparing older adults for disaster.  “With the Atlantic hurricane season now underway, it is imperative that we advocate for the well-being of our nation’s older adults and champion them as …

Premier Tech’s Israeli sprinters Itamar Einhorn and Oded Kogut have etched their names in the Israeli cycling books by winning stage 1 of Czech Tour and stage 2 of Dookola Mazowsza on Thursday.