Tag Archives: Denver -Statewide

On July 14th, join Ekar and Colorado Jewish Climate Action at the Denver JCC to learn how the Jewish community can plug into solar power!

Seserman has successfully led the organization through both prosperous and difficult economic times, and will continue to do so for up to five more years.

Roots & Branches Foundation, a grantmaking initiative of Rose Community Foundation, has awarded $75,680 in grants to three programs that help low-income families with children ages zero to five.

During the fourth quarter of 2014, Rose Community Foundation awarded 302 grants totaling more than $6.8 million. Read more for details.

The Denver Foundation announced on Friday that David Miller will be leaving his position as President and CEO at the end of 2015.

The Anti-Defamation League testified today in opposition to two right-to-discriminate bills that would have allowed individuals and business owners to claim that their religious beliefs permit them to refuse to follow laws that they do not like, including important non-discrimination laws.

ADL testified today in opposition to a bill that would have inserted a religious definition of life in state law and banned abortion in Colorado.

The first Honeymoon Israel trip for Colorado couples will run from October 29 – November 7, 2015. The total cost for a couple is $1,800 including all flights and ground costs.

Radio Chavura contacted each of Colorado’s national Congressional representatives and is reporting exclusively that Congresswoman DeGette is the only one of the nine elected officials who has said she will definitively not attend Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech.

The ADL testified in opposition to a bill that would have required public universities to recognize and financially support student organizations that discriminate based on religion and other personal characteristics.

JEWISHcolorado has formalized a Strategic Alliance partnership with United Jewish Appeal Aspen Valley, seeking to leverage the strengths of both organizations in order to better serve the Colorado Jewish community.

Jewish Disabilities Advocates hosts a Yachad Disability Sensitivity Training called “Walking in Someone Else’s Shoes” on February 22 as part of Jewish Disabilities Awareness Month.

Jewish National Fund (JNF) is proud to announce Ron Dermer, Israeli Ambassador to the United States, as the keynote speaker at the Annual JNF Breakfast on April 17, 2015.

The Anti-Defamation League’s Mountain States Office will present its 2015 Civil Rights Awards to Terrance Carroll, former Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives, and Pat Steadman, Colorado State Senator, at a reception on January 28, 2015.

"Innovate for Good" was created to find and fund ideas by asking the question, “What new and innovative idea would you bring to life to make the Greater Denver community a better place to live?”

"We are deeply disturbed by ads that falsely accuse Israel of 'war crimes' appearing on RTD buses this holiday season."

A Shloshim service for Dalya, marking 30 days since her burial, was held at BMH-BJ in Denver this past Tuesday, organized by Brian and Sarina Lemkus Kopinsky, her uncle and aunt.

After 17 years of ownership, Marcy and Michael Schreiber have sold the East Side Kosher Deli and are planning to relocate next spring to New York to be closer to their family.

A popular Denver-Boulder area professional portrait service, Photography by Avital, is now offering Chanukah gift cards just in time for the Festival of Lights.

The synagogue attack impacted the local Boulder community, as one of the victims, Rabbi Kalman Levine, 55, was the brother of Boulder's Shelley Levine and brother-in-law of Shelley's husband, Jonathan Bein.

JEWISHcolorado announced that David Siegel, Israeli Consul General, will be the keynote speaker at The Men's Event on November 12, 2014 at Wings Over The Rockies.

For the third year in a row, MazelTot.org: Connecting Young Families to Jewish Life has been named among North America’s top 82 innovative Jewish organizations in the tenth annual Slingshot Guide.

The Anti-Defamation League welcomes Colorado Attorney General John Suther’s decision to expedite the process of allowing same-sex couples to marry in Colorado. Read the full statement.

During the first and second quarters of 2014, Rose Community Foundation awarded 335 grants totaling more than $4.4 million. Read on for the full list.

JEWISHcolorado will honor Essie Perlmutter with the 2014 Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland Award.