Over 200 people attended as Carmen Atilano and Rabbi Deborah Ruth Bronstein were honored with the Anti-Defamation League's 2009 Community Builder Awards.

Shortly before Yom Kippur, the Boulder Jewish Community Foundation announced its 2009 grantees. In 2008, the BJCF gave grants to 17 organizations; in 2009 the grantees totaled 22 local Jewish charities providing services within Boulder County including, for the first time, the Boulder Jewish News.

For those who applied for the Rose Youth Foundation from 10/9 to 10/12, their site had a glitch. Please resubmit by the extended deadline (10/19 at noon). More details in full post (click on the title, or on Read More).

"What a wonderful gift to the community."

It is particularly aimed to hamstring President Obama in matters of US national security

"Mindfulness in and of itself is a powerful tool. Sometimes merely the act of being mindful and tuning our awareness towards healing our soul, taking care of our self on a deeper level, works wonders...."

Stan Kreis takes a look at the US' policies in the Middle East and how they may affect Israel, intentionally or unintentionally.

Rabbi Dovi Scheiner, brother of Chabad Lubavitch of Boulder County's Rabbi Pesach Scheiner, has signed a lease to locate Soho's only shul in a building of its own.

Congratulations to Rose Community Foundation for a terrific launch of MazelTot, a new website that makes it easy for expectant parents and families with children under age five to explore Jewish life in the Denver/Boulder area.

The Anti-Defamation League’s Boulder Steering Committee will host the 4th annual Boulder Community Builder Awards Luncheon on Friday, October 16, 2009.

The Goldstone Report: Three Strikes and You're Out! David Harris' first blog for the Huffington Post.

Shana Tova to all my friends in Boulder Colorado. As we all know it was not an easy year for any of us here in Israel. We were forced to wage a war against Hamas in Gaza after eight years of non-stop rain of Qassam Rockets on towns and settlements …

Two free events led by Jewish genealogy pioneer Arthur Kurzweil will be held on Sunday, September 13, 2009 at the Denver JCC. Often described as America’s foremost Jewish genealogist, Arthur Kurzweil’s name has become synonymous with Jewish genealogical research. His highly praised book, From Generation to Generation: How to Trace …

Be the first to publish an article in this category – register today! Did you know that there are over 10,000 self-identified Jews in the Boulder County/Broomfield County area?* *Per the 2007 Denver/Boulder Population Survey from Allied Jewish Federation and Rose Community Foundation.

A cousin of mine in Florida sent me this link to the US Debt Clock — a real-time picture of the United States’ financial picture.  It’s a little scary… http://www.usdebtclock.org/ Food for thought!

According to Roseanne Barr, on her Roseanne’s World blog, Michael Jackson’s kids are Jewish…. and he was more than ok with that:http://www.roseanneworld.com/blog/2009/07/someone_tell_paris_and_prince.php

Check out this article on USAToday talking about Sarah Palin as this century’s Queen Esther… http://content.usatoday.com/communities/religion/post/2009/07/68493934/1Also this commentary on the article from Tablet:  http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/9834/queen-sarah/

Date: April 29, 2009 From Colorado Springs to Laramie and from Durango to Platteville, 21 schools have spent the 2008-9 school year working to earn their designations as No Place for Hate®. April and May have been punctuated by ceremonies celebrating these designations. Yesterday, Rangeview High School became the first school in …

AJC strongly condemned the University and College Union (UCU) of the United Kingdom for promoting a series of measures in support of boycotting Israel.

The Christian Science Monitor May 28, 2009 Don’t let Iran cross the nuclear threshold By David Harris New York – While there is a broad consensus in the West that Iran should be dissuaded from pursuing its nuclear weapons program, no clear strategy has emerged for attaining that goal. During …