Join us for ten days of cinema and conversation as our 17 films examine the Jewish experience throughout time and across the world.
Read More »Column: Seeking Peace with a Dysfunctional ‘Family’
Their offense was to shake hands with the devil.
Read More »“Fiddler on the Roof” Singalong Fills the Boulder JCC
Approximately 300 people enjoyed the Fall Festival at the Boulder JCC on Monday, August 28.
Read More »New Lifelong Learning Program Launches Six Classes at the Boulder JCC
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.
Read More »Letter: More on Rep. Summer Lee
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.
Read More »New Boulder Group Addresses Needs of Silver Singles
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.
Read More »Column: The Potential Fall of Rep. Summer Lee, the Squad Member from Pittsburgh
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.
Read More »Letter: The Antisemitic “Academic Freedom” at Princeton
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.
Read More »JFS Announces New Jewish Grief Support Group
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.
Read More »Boulder JCC Staff Spotlight from the Milk and Honey Farm
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!
Read More »Boulder JCC Announces New Lifelong Learning Program This Fall, EXCHANGE
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.
Read More »Colorado Jewish Climate Action Launching New Programs in Fall 2023
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.
Read More »Letter: Israeli and Arab Scientists Working Together — Welcome News
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.
Read More »Column: Jews in (Rudy Giuliani’s) Space
“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.
Read More »Israeli and Arab Scientists Work Together to Solve Regional Water Challenges
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.
Read More »Get to Know Boulder JCC Instructors
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.
Read More »Column: Tripwires in the Tree of Life Synagogue Trial…Or Will That Be Multiple Trials?
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.
Read More »Pickleball Pro Helps You Get in the Game
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.
Read More »Letter: What Will Happen to the Refuge That Is Israel?
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.
Read More »Exciting Harvesting Takes Place at the Milk and Honey Farm
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,
Read More »Column: Rabbi Black: “It Lessens Our Own Humanity When We Take the Life of Another Person”
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.
Read More »Column: What Will Happen to the Refuge That Is Israel?
It is cruel irony that Israelis are preparing to move to Germany or Poland where their parents or grandparents survived Hitler.
Read More »Czech Torah Arrives at Bonai!
Congregation Bonai Shalom is thrilled to announce that we have received a Torah from the Pinchas Synagogue in Prague, Czech Republic!
Read More »Upcoming 2023 National Preparedness Month Theme: Older Adult Preparedness
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 …
Read More »In Historic Week, Israel Premier Tech’s Cycling Sprinters Make It Back-to-Back Wins
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.
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