Come join us at Bonai Shalom on March 3rd when Special Envoy Ellen Germain talks about diplomatic efforts in these areas past and present and how knowledge and understanding of the Holocaust informs current U.S. foreign policy.
Read More »CBS First Friday: Refugees and Citizenship in Israel
Professor Ben Herzog, CU Boulder's 2022-2023 Israel Institute Visiting Faculty, will speak about Refugees and Citizenship in Israel this Friday, January 13.
Read More »First Friday on Thursday with Professor Merav Ben David
In late fall of 2009, I was sitting for an interview with National Geographic on the bow of a Coast Guard Icebreaker in the Arctic Ocean. I was the chief scientist on an expedition to study polar bears. According to NASA’s predictions, we were supposed to be breaking solid ice. Instead, we were motoring at full speed: at a time the sea was supposed to be frozen, there was no ice to be seen.
Read More »KAVOD: Helping to Insure Dignity for Holocaust Survivors
Please join us Thursday at 7:00 pm to hear more about John and Amy Pregulman's inspirational work.
Read More »Tonight: Jewish Voices: Shanghai During WWII
Join CBS member Shoshannah Turgel for a presentation focusing on the history of Jews in China, with specific insight on the city of Shanghai during WWII.
Read More »Refugees and Asylum-Seekers: Then and Now – First Friday
Join Congregation Bonai Shalom and Sandra Saltrese-Miller, an immigration lawyer, for December First Friday, December 7 as she discusses the history of American asylum law and current key policy issues relating to refugees, asylum seekers, and birthright citizenship.
Read More »David Shneer to Speak at Bonai Shalom for August First Friday
On August 3 Professor Shneer will be speaking about the mixed media project: "Art is My Weapon: The Radical Musical Life of Lin Jaldati."
Read More »Jerry Pinsker to Speak About ADL for First Friday at Bonai Shalom
During the presentation on March 2nd, Jerry will examine the methods used by ADL, one of the largest civil rights organizations in this country, to fight for and protect civil rights.
Read More »Professor Sam Boyd to Speak at Bonai Shalom for January’s First Friday
Start the new year right by joining the Bonai Shalom community and guest speaker Professor Sam Boyd to discuss the Jewish departure from Egypt.
Read More »Let’s Talk About Creation, a First Friday Panel at Congregation Bonai Shalom
Join us at Congregation Bonai Shalom on September 8th for the First Friday Kabbalat Shabbat services and, in honor of Rosh HaShanah celebrating the birth of the world, a panel discussion on creation.
Read More »Bonai’s First Friday Is Sept. 9th: Calmer Waters with Barbra Cohn
Barbra Cohn offers a spiritual and holistic guide to help caregivers feel happier and healthier, have more energy and time for themselves, sleep better, feel more relaxed and confident, and experience inner peace.
Read More »June First Friday: Jewish Genealogy
What’s Jewish About Jewish Genealogy? Friday, June 3rd at 6:00 pm Presented by Jewish Genealogist Ellen Kowitt Reciting names and documenting family relationships are Jewish traditions found throughout The Torah and have played significant roles in the life cycles of Jews from ancient times to the present. Modern resources and …
Read More »May First Friday: “Prophesy and Madness”
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel has argued that prophets are not the same as “psychotics.” Was he correct?
Read More »April First Friday: Sustainable Israeli-Palestinian Projects (SIPP)
Peter Ornstein, President of SIPP, visits Bonai Shalom on First Friday to update the community on SIPP's progress.
Read More »CBS First Friday with Moishe House: Jewish Katrina A Decade Later
Bonai Shalom and the Boulder Moishe House present Moshe Kornfeld: Jewish Katrina – A Decade Later for First Friday this Friday, March 4th.
Read More »First Friday with Nan Goodman, PhD. at Bonai Shalom
Professor Goodman will imaginatively visit synagogues and mosques in Istanbul and discuss some of the salient issues in Jewish-Muslim relations in Turkey, past and present.
Read More »First Friday Stories with Morah Yehudis and Rabbi Marc
December's First Friday at Bonai Shalom will be an evening of storytelling by Rabbi Marc Soloway and Maggid – master storyteller, Morah Yehudis Fishman.
Read More »Bonai Shalom Welcomes Phil Goodstein, Denver Jewish Historian
Join Congregation Bonai Shalom for First (Second) Friday on November 13, 2015, when they will welcome Denver historian Phil Goodstein.
Read More »Jews in the Civil Rights Movement with Karen Raizen
Congregation Bonai Shalom’s first Friday in June will be about Jews in the Civil Rights Movement.
Read More »First Friday at Bonai Shalom – Mime, Bodyspeak and Kabbalah
You are invited to join Bonai Shalom's First Friday event featuring Samuel Avital: Mime, Bodyspeak, and Kabbalah.
Read More »Hammer and Pickle: Jewish Humor in the Soviet Union
Bonai Shalom invites you to explore the Soviet Jewish experience during its February First Friday service, on February 6th, 2015 with Professor Sasha Senderovich from CU.
Read More »Stories to Warm the Heart on a Winter’s Shabbat Night
January's First Friday at Bonai Shalom will be an evening of Storytelling by Bonai's very own Maggidot - master storytellers, Ru Wing and Yehudis Fishman.
Read More »First Fridays: Recipes for a Sacred Life
Rivvy Neshama will be reading stories from her award-winning book, "RECIPES FOR A SACRED LIFE" at Congregation Bonai Shalom on December 5th.
Read More »What the Dead Sea Scrolls Reveal about Judaism
This month's First Friday program at Congregation Bonai Shalom is a little different from most -- it is on the second Friday of July, July 11.
Read More »Janet Jacobs Next Bonai First Friday Guest
For Bonai Shalom's First Friday services on May 2nd, Professor Janet Jacobs will present The Holocaust: A Collective Memory.
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