Events at this location

Join us for this valuable sibling class to help your child with this transition of becoming a big brother or sister. Audra Trask is a parent educator and child development expert. She loves to help families calm the chaos and enjoy their time together. Her passion is making this often-tricky phase of parenting easier. Tailored towards children ages 2-6 years and their care givers

“Audra did a fantastic job helping to prepare our son for his baby brother’s arrival! Her class was time definitely well spent! She makes the material incredibly accessible for the young mind with lots of takeaway concepts that are developmentally appropriate and very helpful.”

Sunday, October 1 | 10 – 11 am | $40

Bring all generations of your family to Milk and Honey Farm to celebrate the Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot. Celebrate the agricultural festival of thanksgiving and commemorate the 40 year period during which the children of Israel wandered the desert after leaving slavery in Egypt. Spend time in the Sukkah, shake the Lulav, feed the animals, taste our farm’s bounty, and participate in other seasonal farm activities at the Milk and Honey Farm. This program is designed for children 2-8 years old and and their families. Advance registration is required.

We invite you to join Men of the J for a monthly discussion group on the 1st Wednesday of the month. The group will focus on men’s issues and will not be discussing politics, current events, or sports. This is open to men of all ages.

First Wednesday of Every Month | 4:30 – 6:00 pm | FREE

What is your favorite pizza in Boulder County? That is one of the most popular New(ish) to Boulder questions! Join us in the Boulder JCC Sukkah as we put a few local pizza options to the test. Schmooze and celebrate Sukkot together with community. 

Thursday, October 5 | 12 – 1:30 pm | $20 per person

Roll into Fall by celebrating Sukkot with a sushi feast in the Sukkah! Bring a friend or make new ones, taste delicious sushi, and create lasting memories at the annual Sushi in the Sukkah party. Open to grades 8 – 12, this event is partnered with USY chapter from Bonai Shalom.

Thursday, October 5 | 5 – 7 pm | $15

Our School Day Out is available to support families on many dates when your school is not in session. The Boulder JCC plans a full day of activities including, but not limited to; sports, arts and crafts, dance, time in the library, Milk and Honey Farm adventures, and so much more.

This program is open to children in Kindergarten – 5th grade.

Monday, October 9 | 9 am – 4 pm | $90

“Sha-bbat, Sha-lom, Hay!” Join us for weekly Farmside Shabbat Sing beginning Friday, June 2 – Friday, October 27th. We’ll sing Shabbat songs, read a story, explore the farm, and welcome Shabbat with the blessings of the candles, challah, and grape juice. Celebrate the songs and traditions in an open, inclusive, and accessible environment. Everyone is welcome but geared toward kids 0-5 and their caregivers.

Advance registration is required once for the main season June – October.

The ancient Greeks first discovered the principles of the camera obscura sometime between the 5th and 4th centuries BC, but photography as we know it was invented in the 19th century. The first “photograph” was taken by Joseph Niepce in 1814, it wasn’t until 1839 when Louis Daguerre and William Henry Fox Talbot simultaneously released completely different processes for capturing and holding an image that we entered the age of photography.

Modern photography is a language that everybody speaks today. We walk around with tangible cameras in our pockets and have online platforms where pictures are a prominent aspect. Photography We instinctively understand and relate to photographic images, while contemporary paintings often require some kind of explanation and context.

How did we get to this point in photography in less than 200 years?

In this lecture with Peter Hay Halpert, look at the history of photography through ten pictures (and a few asides and detours), running from 1839 through to cutting edge contemporary work. Through this tour, examine some of the key issues that photography has dealt with and get to know some of the most important artists who have worked with the medium. Join in for a post-program social with light fare from 1:30 – 2 pm.

In an effort to reduce single-use items, we encourage you to bring your own water bottles, utensils, and other serving pieces to all programs at the Boulder JCC. We are grateful for the partnership of our community in our commitment to sustainability

Peter Hay Halpert
Peter Hay Halpert is a private art dealer, collector, author, and curator. He was educated at Trinity College, and did his doctoral studies at Brown University. As an art dealer he has specialised for 30 years in contemporary artists working with photography. Notably, he represented Ryan McGinley – the youngest artist ever to have a solo show at the Whitney Museum. The Metropolitan Museum, MoMA, ICP, the Whitney, the Guggenheim, the Getty, the MFA, Boston, SF MoMA, the MFA, Houston, the Centre Canadien d’Architecture, the Tate, and the Victoria & Albert Museum all collect work by his artists.

He has written as Contributing Editor of AMERICAN PHOTO, and as a Columnist for THE ARTNEWSPAPER, as well as articles for APERTURE, ART & AUCTION, ARTNEWS, ART & ANTIQUES, and THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE. He authored more than ten books, including three on the photographs of Hiroshi Sugimoto, and has written articles on Andy Warhol’s Polaroid photographs, David Hockney’s interest in photo-based technology; and the role of photography in Francis Bacon’s paintings.

He has been a professor at SVA and ICP, and a lecturer at Trinity College and the University of Pennsylvania, and has spoken at universities and museums around the world, including the Whitney, the High Museum of Art, and the Royal College of Art.

His personal photography collection comprises close to 4,000 pieces and has been exhibited widely.

Wednesday, October 11 | 12:30 – 2 pm | $18 

Love to read? Join Women of the J at the Boulder JCC for a casual discussion of In An Instant by Suzanne Redfearn. Create new friendships, read more, and have great conversations! Feel free to attend, even if you haven’t finished the book.

Thursday, October 12 | 7 – 8:30 pm | FREE

Boxing was an integral part of American culture during the first half of the twentieth century, second only to baseball in popularity. It was also a heavily Jewish sport with 26 Jewish world champions from 1910 to 1940. Join the Men of the J for a night of discussion with Meg Frisbee, a History Professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver.

In an effort to reduce single-use items, we encourage you to bring your own water bottles, utensils, and other serving pieces to all programs at the Boulder JCC. We are grateful for the partnership of our community in our commitment to sustainability.

Thursday, October 12 | 7 – 8:30 pm | $15

“Sha-bbat, Sha-lom, Hay!” Join us for weekly Farmside Shabbat Sing beginning Friday, June 2 – Friday, October 27th. We’ll sing Shabbat songs, read a story, explore the farm, and welcome Shabbat with the blessings of the candles, challah, and grape juice. Celebrate the songs and traditions in an open, inclusive, and accessible environment. Everyone is welcome but geared toward kids 0-5 and their caregivers.

Advance registration is required once for the main season June – October.

The majority of European Jewish children alive in 1939 were murdered during the Holocaust. Of the 1.5 million children, only an estimated 150,000 survived. In the aftermath of the Shoah, efforts by American Jews brought several thousand of these child survivors to the United States. Open to all, join us for a social from 10:30 – 11 am and take part in discussion with historian, Beth B. Cohenat the Boulder JCC.

In her talk, historian Beth B. Cohen will weave together survivor testimonies and archival documents to bring their story to light. She reveals that even as child survivors were resettled and “saved,” they struggled to adapt to new lives as members of adoptive families, previously unknown American Jewish kin networks, or their own survivor relatives. Nonetheless, the youngsters moved ahead. As Cohen demonstrates, the experiences both during and after the war shadowed their lives and relationships through adulthood, yet an identity as “survivors” eluded them for decades. Now, as the last living link to the Holocaust, the voices of Child Survivors are finally being heard.

Beth B. Cohen received her Ph.D. in Holocaust History from Clark University, and her Master’s degree from Harvard University. Cohen is the author of two books and many publications on Holocaust survivors’ postwar experiences in the United States. She also consults widely to Holocaust museums and educational organizations. Currently, she is developing a permanent exhibit on the Holocaust for the United Nations Headquarters in NYC. Cohen lives and works in Berkeley, California.

This program is supported by the Ilona Irene Rosenschein Holocaust Education Endowment Fund (IIRHEF) at the Boulder JCC. This fund was launched in 2019 with a generous donation from Larry Cohn to honor Irene and her contribution to Holocaust education in the Boulder Community. If you would like to support the IIRHEF, you can make a donation (Please indicate in the notes that it is for this fund).

All Boulder JCC programs are open to everyone of all or no religious affiliation. You do not need to be Jewish to participate. There is also no membership requirement to participate in Boulder JCC programs.

If you can not attend in person please register for the Livestream option.

Sunday, October 15 | 10:30 am – 12 pm | FREE

Join Men of the J for a fun, low-pressure hiking meetup. Each hike will alternate levels of difficulty and the meet-up location will be announced prior to the hike to those that have registered. We ask that you leave your children and dogs at home.

Tuesday, October 17 | 9 am – 12 pm | FREE

Join facilitator Jeremy Nash for a small group poetry circle to relish in good, accessible poems and spirited conversation. Get inspired by your love of language, natural curiosity, and the poems’ invitation to reflect further on our lives. In addition, Jeremy will guide you through a remarkable harvesting exercise to complete this event. All poems will be carefully curated and sent to the participants in advance, registration is limited.

Jeremy Nash, M.I.M., M.Ed. is a Re-ignition coach, working with individuals and organizations individuals to relocate the passion, the pop, the purpose for their work, and the means to create extraordinary results. His work over the past 35 years has taken him to countries all across the world. Poetry is also a passion of Jeremy’s and he uses it to further personal and professional transformation.

In an effort to reduce single-use items, we encourage you to bring your own water bottles, utensils, and other serving pieces to all programs at the Boulder JCC. We are grateful for the partnership of our community in our commitment to sustainability.

Wednesday, October 18 | 10 – 11:30 am | $18

“Sha-bbat, Sha-lom, Hay!” Join us for weekly Farmside Shabbat Sing beginning Friday, June 2 – Friday, October 27th. We’ll sing Shabbat songs, read a story, explore the farm, and welcome Shabbat with the blessings of the candles, challah, and grape juice. Celebrate the songs and traditions in an open, inclusive, and accessible environment. Everyone is welcome but geared toward kids 0-5 and their caregivers.

Advance registration is required once for the main season June – October.

Join us in contemplating the beauty and vibrance of plants through still life collage. Thinking about the consciousness of plant life, we will approach a still life that is focused on flowers and fauna. We will cover painterly concepts of space, line, form and color as light as we observe and interpret the still life. Pushing observational painting and our conscious thoughts about plant life into new dimensions. We will use collage to play with balancing different realms and experiences into one work.  Students will use a common departure point but are welcome to bring sketches and ideas to incorporate into their collage.  

All levels and beginners are welcome!

Carol Ann Wachter is a fine artist and fashion designer based in Boulder, Colorado. With a background as an observational oil painter and fashion designer, Carol Ann is now exploring those nuances of depth, light, form, space, and color in a new way: Richly hued abstract collages. She studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and has built a reputation as both an accomplished painter teacher and a designer of quality wearable yet elegant silhouettes. 

Monday, October 23 | 10 am – 2:30 pm | $130 (Fee is $85, Kit is $ 45)

Cancellations are allowed 72 hours in advance of the class start date

Single and divorced moms, join us for an evening of connection! This group is designed to foster a growing need in our community for support around raising children for single and divorced mothers. Members of the group help support each other by sharing their challenges and successes around trying to find a balance between work, life, single motherhood, and raising children. Occasional guest speakers will be invited to join, Childcare and dinner is provided at no cost.

In an effort to reduce single-use items, we encourage you to bring your own water bottles, utensils, and other serving pieces to all programs at the Boulder JCC. We are grateful for the partnership of our community in our commitment to sustainability.

5 – 5:30 pm – Dinner together
5:30 – 7 pm – Children in a separate room as moms and moms meet

Tuesdays, September 26, October 24, November 28, December 19 | 5 – 7 pm | FREE

TRUE COLORS is a salon theatre show in which Jews of Color share true stories about their yearning for belonging and the rich and complicated question that is identity. While all people face challenges and struggles, Jews of Color have many touching and unique stories to tell about resilience, self-respect, and celebrating the many colors and voices in our community.

The stories in TRUE COLORS, ostensibly about Jews who feel “different,” actually remind us how very much alike we are. In TRUE COLORS, audiences will meet unforgettable characters who tell personal stories about how they see themselves and how others see them. Ironically, while many American Jews can reach consensus about a commitment to social justice for others, they do not always embrace diversity in their own community. The enlightening show will explore the impact of living as Jews of Color when inclusion and equity are not always practiced in the Jewish community.

“We are proud to spotlight the experiences of Jews of Color.” said Ronda Spinak, The Braid’s Artistic Director. “These are poignant and moving stories of questioning, of feeling like the outsider, of committing to Judaism…quintessential and universal Jewish stories!”

TRUE COLORS was created and produced by The Braid (formerly Jewish Women’s Theatre) as part of its Salon Theatre season in May 2019 with material curated and adapted by Ronda Spinak, directed by Susan Morgenstern and co-produced by Eric Greene. Learn more about The Braid.

Learn to make your own homemade soap with the farmers from the Milk and Honey Farm at the Boulder JCC. Farmer Rachel and Becca will teach cold process soap making and share the coveted recipe for the moisturizing and luscious Milk and Honey Farm Soap using goat milk, beeswax, and dried herbs from the farm. Leave the class with soap you made and the know-how to make it at home. Perfect for holiday gifts and events happening during the winter seasons. 

Wednesday, October 25 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm | $60 (Includes bringing home 4 bars of soap)

Join Cookbook Author Leah Koenig for a talk and soiree in celebration of her latest cookbook, PORTICO: Cooking and Feasting in Rome’s Jewish Kitchen. Leah will share the fascinating story behind Rome’s historic Jewish community (which dates back over 2,000 years and remains vibrant today) and its uniquely delicious cuisine filled with simple-but-elegant vegetable dishes, saucy braised meats, beguiling desserts, and an obsession with olive oil-fried foods.

Participants will be able to sample a variety of Chanukah-friendly Roman Jewish desserts and light appetizers, have their copies of Portico signed, and toast to la dolce vita (the sweet life).

Leah Koenig is the author of seven cookbooks including the acclaimed The Jewish Cookbook and Modern Jewish Cooking. Her newest cookbook, PORTICO: Cooking and Feasting in Rome’s Jewish Kitchen is available for pre-order now. Leah’s writing and recipes can be found in The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Food & Wine, Epicurious, and Food52. She also writes a weekly newsletter, The Jewish Table, which shares recipes and stories from the world of Jewish food. In addition to writing, Leah leads cooking demonstrations and workshops around the country and world. She lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband and two children.

Please join us in Levin Hall for an interactive musical Chanukah celebration with Jeff and Paige! This annual event will get your family excited for the Festival of Lights with elaborate costumes (including Latke Man!) and catchy songs. Jeff and Paige use storytelling to explore Chanukah and celebrate its many traditions. This is a family-friendly event and all ages are welcome!

$12 per person, children 2 and under free. $14 per person at the door.