Connecting Coloradans to the Jewish community & the people of Israel.

Join YAD Ambassadors Genna Morton and Sofi Pechner on a beautiful, 9.5-mile hike to view some of Colorado’s aspens and immerse yourself in fall colors. This hike is moderate to strenuous. Please read the description carefully before signing up: https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/colorado/three-mile-creek-trail

Please bring the ten essentials with you: https://www.nps.gov/articles/10essentials.htm This hike includes stream crossings. Please bring waterproof hiking shoes or water shoes.

*Neither Genna nor Sofi are certified hiking leaders and in joining this event you are acknowledging that you fully understand that there are certain risks of physical injury in connection with group activities and agree to release, waive and fully discharge Genna Morton, Sofi Pechner, and YAD of any and all claims arising out of or related to any incidents involving personal injury.

Sign up today as space is limited!  Register here: https://forms.gle/3YWV3Pjsw61DGRkA8

YAD serves Jewish adults ages 21-45. Questions? Email YAD@JEWISHcolorado.org. 

We at JEWISHcolorado are reactivating our efforts to raise dollars to support our global partners working to help Jews who want to get out. With the safety of hundreds of thousands of Jews at risk, we have reopened our emergency fund. All emergency dollars raised go directly to support the work of our partners on the ground. Now, an anonymous donor JEWISHcolorado will match each gift 1:2, up to $100,000 in the next 90 days. We have a goal of $300,000 by the end of 2022. As our partners rush to save lives, to reunite families, and to bring hope to fellow Jews, they need our support.

Join YAD Family, Jewish Explorers, and PJ Library for a special Shabbat celebration!

Activities include candle lighting, Shabbat blessings, singing and dancing, and more. We will provide a family Shabbat dinner.

We observe kosher-style and we’ll be serving a meal that is peanut and tree-nut free. Please let us know if you have any other special dietary needs.

Our event is geared towards families with children ages 2-8. Masks are welcome but not required for this event.

Mitzvah Project: We will be collecting new pajamas for the Pajama Program. In lieu of physical items, please consider making a gift to our Ukraine Emergency Fund. 100% of funds are being distributed to those in need by local partners and organizations in both regions.

About Pajama Program: Donate new pajamas to benefit Pajama Program, a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that promotes and supports a comforting bedtime routine and healthy sleep for all children to help them thrive. Since 2001, they have provided over 7 million cozy pajamas and inspiring storybooks to children who are facing adversity, as well as critical resources for parents & caregivers to support children at bedtime.

Contact us with questions or if you need financial assistance: YAD@jewishcolorado.org

Your support makes programs like this possible. Consider a donation to YAD And help us spread the light on Friday night!

Enjoy a special lunch with JEWISHcolorado and our special guest, Julie Platt, Chair of JFNA. We will also honor Jackie Sprinces Wong, recipient of the 2022 Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland Award, which recognizes one woman from each Federation community who has set a high standard for philanthropy through her lifetime commitment to volunteerism, leadership, and philanthropy.

About Julie Platt:

Julie is the 2nd woman in the history of the Jewish Federations to serve as Board Chair. She served as JFNA’s National Campaign Chair (she will continue as the Chair of LiveSecure), Chair of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, Chair of the Foundation for Jewish Camp (where she was instrumental in saving Jewish camps during the pandemic), served on the Advisory Board of the Jewish Future Pledge (of which she is a signatory), as well as the Board of Trustees of her alma mater the University of Pennsylvania and Penn Hillel’s National Board of Governors.  She is also the wife of Hollywood producer, Marc Platt, and the mother of 5 impressive children, including actor Ben Platt.

Interested in becoming a Lion of Judah? Reach out to Roberta Witkow. Email: RWitkow@JEWISHcolorado.org

PJ Library GG participants will gathering to celebrate the completion of the Book Club book, socialize and plan for the next

book club book. Snacks will be served. Room will be decorated with pillows, sheets, and “comfy” items.

If you are interested in line dancing lessons in Denver, there is no place better than The Grizzly Rose, one of the last great honky tonks in America! Join YAD Ambassador Eduardo Sigal for some live music, dancing, and drinks. Free dance class starts at 7pm. Cover at the door is $10. The first 7 registrants’ admission will be waived.

Sign up today as space is limited! 

YAD serves Jewish adults ages 21-45. Questions? Email YAD@JEWISHcolorado.org

Highlighting the Argentinian Jewish community & promoting / recruiting for the South American Expedition to Argentina and Uruguay scheduled for March 13 – 23, 2023. 

Klein Halevi is senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem and a journalist and author, on the future of the Jewish people. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor and co-host with Donniel Hartman and Elana Stein Hain of the Institute’s For Heaven’s Sake podcast. He is also the author of Like Dreamers: The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers Who Reunited Jerusalem and Divided a Nation, which won the Jewish Book Council’s Everett Book of the Year Award.

ELEVATE is JEWISHcolorado’s only signature event specifically designed to highlight and honor young Jewish professionals, leaders, and philanthropists between the ages of 21 and 45. 

On the evening of November 19, 2022, JEWISHcolorado’s Young Adult Division (YAD) is reintroducing its highly anticipated fundraising event, ELEVATE. We are excited to face the challenge of putting on an even more successful event than 2019, which saw an unprecedented number of attendees and funds raised as the only JEWISHcolorado fundraiser that caters specifically to Jewish young professionals. ELEVATE supports the Young Adult Division’s programs from leadership and philanthropic development to service projects, to professional networking, to bringing together young Jewish families. 

Through Operation ELEVATE, you will help secure a future for the growing Jewish young adult community here in Colorado and fund programs that are crucial to the success of our greater community. 

This year’s theme is 007/Secret Agent, so don your swankiest outfit (black tie optional) and help JEWISHcolorado’s YAD do our part to keep the world safe.

Volunteer with YAD at Mile High Stadium! We will be working with We Don’t Waste to recover safe-to-consume leftover food from each private suite following the Broncos game. Volunteers then bring the recovered food to the Epicurean kitchen located within the stadium where the food is refrigerated and picked up the following day by We Don’t Waste staff to distribute. Volunteers arrive at the stadium at the start of the third quarter and the shift lasts about four hours.

Additional registration needed: Please sign up using this link. Those who haven’t volunteered with us before will be prompted to create a profile on our volunteer platform called Volunteer Matters. This process takes about 5 minutes and will allow each person to sign our waivers and sign up for the shift.

JEWISHcolorado’s Young Adult Division (YAD) events are for ages 21 to 45.

Questions? Contact YAD@JEWISHcolorado.org.