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Do you ever wonder how life might be different if you felt less anxious?

Unlearning Jewish Anxiety offers a powerful way to understand yourself better, deepen your self-compassion, and learn simple tools to decrease anxiety. In this 6-week class, you’ll learn about some common, inherited Jewish anxiety patterns. You’ll learn how to notice when you’re in an anxiety spiral and how to get out of it. You’ll also learn some simple, accessible spiritual tools to meet difficult moments with new and better habits. Unlearning Jewish Anxiety can help you practice curiosity and self-compassion each day to respond to whatever arises in your life.

March 5
March 12
NO class on March 19
March 26
April 2
April 9
April 16

Networking over lunch occurs monthly on the fourth Tuesday of the month. A quick break from the office, each luncheon allows for quality networking, a hardy meal and time to return to the office.

Similar to our breakfast networking, members and guests are welcomed, and each attendee then has the opportunity to share their 30 second introduction about themselves and their business. 

The networking luncheon is a benefit of membership. Guests are welcome to visit two times prior to joining. Should a visitor decide to join during their first visit, the Denver Jewish Chamber of Commerce formally welcomes you with a complimentary lunch.

Join Billboard Magazine award recipient Laurie Dameron as she performs on guitar some original compositions from her albums with some Jazz, Blues and Latin music spanning 6 decades and just about every genre in between. Best of all Laurie also takes requests! $5.00 includes schmoozing and light snacks.

Join Honeymoon Israel (HMI) at an in-person information session to learn more about this trip of a lifetime! HMI Colorado alumni couples and Emma Dunn, HMI’s Midwest Regional Director, will be available to answer all your questions about HMI applications, trips, and the alumni experience. HMI is open to couples with at least one Jewish partner early in their committed partnership living in the Denver/Boulder area. Register to attend here. Vegetarian refreshments will be served. 

Join us for a panel discussion to help “unravel” various perspectives on this important issue and its ramifications for the greater Jewish Community and our country.

Hear from:
– Barry Curtiss-Lusher, National Board of ADL
– Brian Friedman, GHP Investment Advisors, Inc.
– Dr. Robert Hazan, Metropolitan State University

Moderated by: Robyn Loup

More Information On Our Featured Speakers:

Barry Curtiss-Lusher has been involved with the Anti-Defamation League since 1982. He was the ADL National Chair 2012-2015 and continues to serve on a number of ADL governance bodies. Barry is on the Board of the Denver Jewish Community Center and has served as Chair of the Board of Colorado Public Radio and Chair of the Board of Directors of Rose Medical Center. Barry is Chair and co-founder of Nexus BSP LLC, an oil and gas exploration and production company. Barry received a B.A. from Yale University and a law degree from the University of Michigan Law School. 

Brian J. Friedman, CFA, CBE is a Co-Founder and Chair of GHP Investment Advisors. A Denver native, Brian earned his BA in Economics at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and studied for a year in Israel at Tel-Aviv University. He earned his MBA in Finance and Accounting at the University of Chicago. He’s a board member at the World Trade Center Denver and a former Co-Chair of the Financial Roundtable of the National Association for Business Economics (NABE), as well as other national and international designations. Brian well-known in the community for his philanthropy, his support for education, and his advocacy for Israel. Brian founded GHPIA adjunct Israel Investment Advisors, which caters to clients who want to support Israel by investing in Israeli companies. 

Dr. Robert Hazan is Chair and Professor of Political Science at the Metropolitan State College of Denver. He is a founding member of the Middle East Study Group of the Anti-Defamation League-B’nai Brith, and holds memberships with the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies, the Byron and Christine Johnson Legacy, Inc., The Mizel Museum, and The Turkish-American Cultural Society of Colorado, Dr. Hazan grew up in Istanbul, Turkey, and was educated in France and the United States. He received his doctorate from the Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. 

Robyn Loup is the Chair and co-founder of Moving to Our Center. For five decades she has been a leader, advocate, coach and mentor on behalf of the Jewish community, Israel, and Mental Health. She is a connector and a coalition builder. Robyn believes intentional listening and understanding through dialogue is how we come to our soul’s center.

In partnership with JCC Denver and in collaboration with JEWISHcolorado’s Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC)

This afterschool club is open to any high school student, whether or not the student identifies as Jewish. We have food every week, play games, and celebrate Jewish holidays throughout the year. Jewish Culture Club is a drop-in-style program that allows teens to choose how often they wish to attend.

Thursdays January 12 – May 4 |  4:30 – 6:30 pm | $100

Kick off your Passover season with an inspiring evening of Freedom Songs with Judaism Your Way! In this musical journey, we’ll trace the arc of Exodus story. We’ll remember the enslavement of the Israelites, their confrontation with power, and their courageous, miraculous path to freedom. Join us for a powerful experience of yearning for liberation and singing songs of celebration!

As part of the JAAMM Series, from April 1-30, Documentary and fine art photographer, Paul Margolis’ work will be available for free viewing in the JCC Mizel Arts and Culture Center Reception Room.

Let us take you on a Jewish culinary tour! We’ll make our own Ethiopian soft matzah (often considered more authentic to the original Egyptian matzah and alleviating the need to pay $8 per box), and we’ll learn how to make Turkish Charoset (nut free, wine free, no problem)! Amy Atkins, Jewish educator, will guide you through a fun, no stress cooking experience that will help get you prepared for Passover.

Do you ever wonder how life might be different if you felt less anxious?

Unlearning Jewish Anxiety offers a powerful way to understand yourself better, deepen your self-compassion, and learn simple tools to decrease anxiety. In this 6-week class, you’ll learn about some common, inherited Jewish anxiety patterns. You’ll learn how to notice when you’re in an anxiety spiral and how to get out of it. You’ll also learn some simple, accessible spiritual tools to meet difficult moments with new and better habits. Unlearning Jewish Anxiety can help you practice curiosity and self-compassion each day to respond to whatever arises in your life.

March 5
March 12
NO class on March 19
March 26
April 2
April 9
April 16

The practice of casting non-Jewish actors in roles specifically written as Jewish has reached epidemic proportions in recent years, prompting comedian Sara Silverman to call Hollywood out for creating a heated controversy that continues to boil today. The glaring example of two recent, critically acclaimed childhood memoirs by famous directors– Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans and James Gray’s Armageddon Time – brought the issue of Jewish characters being played by non-Jews into sharp relief.

From The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel to The Patient or The Shrink Next Door, streaming services consistently turn to non-Jews to portray overtly Jewish characters. Kathryn Hahn, who played a rabbi in Transparent, was set to play Joan Rivers in a mini-series that was cancelled after much nasty pushback. Bradley Cooper, in a prosthetic nose, will soon be on screen as Leonard Bernstein. Helen Mirren will portray Golda Meir. Daisy Edgar-Jones has just been cast to play Carol King. The list is long, prompting questions that merit debate.

Join Kathryn Bernheimer, Founding Director of the Boulder Jewish Film Festival, for a discussion on this phenomenon. We invite film lovers to share their thoughts about a whole host of Jewish movies and streaming series, whether you are looking for recommendations of programs to watch or want to discuss what you’ve currently been watching. This program will cast light on a wide expanse of Jewish content.

Join us 12:30 – 1 pm for a pre-program social.

A special training designed for high school students, parents, and grandparents on keeping yourself safe in situations no matter where they occur. Featuring JEWISHcolorado Regional Security Advisor Phil Niedringhaus. 

Learning Objectives:
– Know the difference between security and safety
– Have a better understanding of what a real threat looks like
– Identify and explain modes of action to take care of yourself
– Learn what you need to do to commit to action

Registration is free! 

Questions? Reach out to JSC@JEWISHcolorado.org.

Join the JCC in partnership with JFS for Passover 2023. Lunch and a short seder, led by Rabbi Rick Brody, will be offered on April 4 from 11:30 – 12:45pm in the JCC Social Hall. Limited tickets available and pre-registration is required. Visit the JFS website to reserve your seat today! For questions or inquiries, please reach out to Blair Becker via email at bbecker@jccdenver.org or by phone at 303–316–6320. 

Create a beautiful arrangement to grace your Seder table! Bring your own vase.

Are you looking to grow your business and generate leads? Come join us the first Wednesday of the month to network and build relationships.
 
Each meeting will consist of the following:

• Networking
• Member introductions (30 second elevator speech)
• Member presentations
• Announcements
• Additional networking

This afterschool club is open to any high school student, whether or not the student identifies as Jewish. We have food every week, play games, and celebrate Jewish holidays throughout the year. Jewish Culture Club is a drop-in-style program that allows teens to choose how often they wish to attend.

Thursdays January 12 – May 4 |  4:30 – 6:30 pm | $100

Bring your favorite Pesach dish and enjoy a fun, interactive second seder! Kid-friendly!

“Sha-bbat, Sha-lom, Hay!” Join us on the First Friday, November through May, for a Farmside Shabbat Sing. 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.

We will plan to be outside just east of the barn or in the Greenhouse unless the weather makes those spaces inaccessible. In the event that we can’t be on the farm, we will email you Thursday evening and let you know to meet in the JCC library.

Advance registration is required once for the November through May series.

Friday, January 6, February 3, March 3, April 7, May 5 | 9:30 – 10:15 am | FREE

It’s been six months since we gathered at the Botanic Gardens for High Holidays. You’re invited to join Rabbis Caryn Aviv, Amanda Schwartz and musical leadership back at the Denver Botanic Gardens for a fourth night Seder and get your spiritual booster! This Seder will feature some of your favorite songs from High Holidays as well as the Seder classics. We will pay special attention to the Passover tradition of feeling as if each of us personally participated in the Exodus through an interactive evening!

Children are very welcome to attend this Seder though it is not specifically designed for children.

Join us for a special exploration of Passover and spring for the whole family! Together we’ll discover the signs of spring and make the Seder plate come alive through a multi-sensory adventure. Come prepared to plant, taste, greet our farm animals, and so much more! There is no rain date for this program, in the case of inclement weather we will cancel the program, refunds will be issued. Advanced registration is required, geared toward families with children ages 2-8 and their siblings. 

Sunday, April 9 | 10 – 11:30 am | $10/person

IAC Keshet families invite you to join a community exodus!Join a family hike with activities and competitions during the hike, and finish it with a family picnic. Bring your Moses costume with you. This is the 4th year in a row that we are having this exodus

Do you ever wonder how life might be different if you felt less anxious?

Unlearning Jewish Anxiety offers a powerful way to understand yourself better, deepen your self-compassion, and learn simple tools to decrease anxiety. In this 6-week class, you’ll learn about some common, inherited Jewish anxiety patterns. You’ll learn how to notice when you’re in an anxiety spiral and how to get out of it. You’ll also learn some simple, accessible spiritual tools to meet difficult moments with new and better habits. Unlearning Jewish Anxiety can help you practice curiosity and self-compassion each day to respond to whatever arises in your life.

March 5
March 12
NO class on March 19
March 26
April 2
April 9
April 16

Building your business is a contact sport – in person AND virtually. Bring a 30-second introduction and the intention of making new connections and expanding your network. Speed Networking is a fast-paced, fun way to make initial contacts. Talk for a minute, listen for a minute, exchange information… and then move to the next person. Pre-register on Zoom if you haven’t already.

Are you looking to grow your business and generate leads? Come join us the second Wednesday of the month for our Women’s Networking Breakfast to network and build relationships with the women of the Denver Jewish Chamber of Commerce.
 
Each meeting will consist of the following:

• Networking
• Member introductions (30 second elevator speech)
• Member presentations
• Announcements
• Additional networking

Bring your projects and come sit and knit with friends at the Boulder JCC! If you have questions about your pattern there will be someone who can help. This is an ongoing program happening on the 2nd Thursday of each month (please note, there will be no session in February). Please register each month you plan on attending. We look forward to seeing your projects and stitching with you!

Actress and scholar Judy Winnick will portray Irena Sendler.

As a Polish Catholic social worker during WWII, Irena Sendler risked her life to save others. She was the leader of the children’s section of Zegota, Council for Aid to Jews, and part of the Polish underground. With ingenuity, calmness and courage, she was responsible for rescuing 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto. Irena never thought of herself as a hero, and said she simply did what needed to be done, and followed her heart.

Irena was born in 1910 and died in Warsaw in 2008, at the age of 98. During her lifetime she received many awards for her humanitarian work. In addition to being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, Irena was recognized by the state of Israel as one of the “Righteous Among Nations” at Yad Vashem.

LOCATION: HAR HASHEM 3950 Baseline Rd, Boulder, CO 80303 – Sanctuary

The Chai Life Group is for single older adults (70 ) who are looking for cultural programs and opportunities to meet and socialize with others. It is a community collaboration of Congregation Har HaShem, Congregation Bonai Shalom, Congregation Nevei Kodesh, the Boulder JCC, Boulder JFS, and Kavod on the Road.

This afterschool club is open to any high school student, whether or not the student identifies as Jewish. We have food every week, play games, and celebrate Jewish holidays throughout the year. Jewish Culture Club is a drop-in-style program that allows teens to choose how often they wish to attend.

Thursdays January 12 – May 4 |  4:30 – 6:30 pm | $100

Join Sisterhood at our Women’s Seder at Temple Emanuel on Thursday, April 13, 2023, from 6:00 – 8:30 as we celebrate women in the Torah and throughout history.

The Seder will take place in the Sisterhood lounge. Check-in will be from 6:00 – 6:30. 

Participants must pre-register. Registration is limited to 50. No walk-ins accepted. RSVP by April 10th.

If you are planning to attend the Seder, please register at Sisterhood Seder Registration 

Join Michelle Wolf and Susan Berman as we create an instant mini-choir! Rooted in Jewish wisdom, the music will include a range of melodies intended to delight and open hearts, as well as integrate songs from other folk/wisdom traditions, weaving in prayer, poetry, and story. All levels of musicality are welcome and no specific knowledge of Hebrew or Judaism is needed.

Michelle Wolf, Ba’lat Tefilah (Master of Prayer), is a lifelong vocalist with experience in a range of genres: classical, jazz, a cappella, and liturgy. She feels most on-purpose when leading sacred prayer and chant, using her voice and presenceto open hearts and lead others to connection with Source. Michelle served Jewish Renewal Congregation Nevei Kodesh as cantor for 11 years alongside Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, and more recently as lead prayer service leader. For her mastery as Jewish liturgist, Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (z’’l) formally conferred upon her the title Ba’alat Tefilah.

Susan Berman is a singer, flutist, and choral leader, as well as a service leader actively involved in the Boulder community. Most recently, she collaborated with Michelle Wolf to lead Song Circle, an eclectic mix of Jewish, traditional, and contemporary chant and song. Susan has enjoyed many years of work as a music teacher, studio musician, private flute and vocal teacher, and gig musician with numerous music groups. Her exposure to indigenous culture, instruments, and vocal traditions while living in Taos, NM, for 30 years informed her Singer/Songwriter period, with three original CD releases. The albums are a fusion of world music, Jewish heritage, and American folk roots.

Michelle and Susan have been co-creating musical and ritual experiences for 10 years, and leading sacred song circles since 2020.

Tuesday, March 21 & Thursday, April 13 | 6:30 – 7:45 pm | $18

Help NCJW Colorado as we bring together 100 high school students to share their ideas on how to stop gun violence with leaders in the community and to see how those community leaders will commit to making their ideas reality. This event is open to high school students from the area. Event and registration details will be available at www.ncjwcolorado.org.

Join us for National Good Deeds Day by volunteering with other young Jewish adults!

On the morning of Sunday, April 16, we will be visiting Ekar Farm (6825 E Alameda Ave) and getting our hands dirty while we serve the community. Please be sure to bring water, shoes that can get dirty, and be ready to be outside! 

YAD Volunteer Days are opportunities to connect with new and old friends while supporting our Jewish community and beyond. 

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

Questions? Contact YAD@JEWISHcolorado.org. 

Bagels, cream cheese, cucumber salad, and rugelach all made from scratch! If you want to host (or just eat) a great, homemade brunch, you will have to add a little more than water to what you make in this class, but not much!!! We will make bagels with a wide selection of toppings, scratch-made cream cheese, Old World cucumber salad and rugelach! Make sure to invite some friends to meet you at home afterward to devour the feast you’ve made!

Join us this year in our second 6 Million steps event, in which partners from all around Denver join efforts in one memorial service and walk to honor those who lost their lives in the Holocaust. Six Million Steps is a unique international effort led by the Israeli-American Council and our Community partners; preserving the memory of the lives lost during the Holocaust and bringing attention to the alarming resurgence of antisemitism in the US and around the world. This event is suitable for everyone including young children.

The Colorado Shakespeare Festival invites you to learn about the innovative Shakespeare & Violence Prevention program and its impact from experts in the field. The Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s touring company will perform a 45-minute Merchant of Venice production followed by a panel discussion focusing on the intersections of violence prevention research, bias and discrimination, antisemitism, and applied theatre. Panel representatives include:

The Colorado Shakespeare Festival
The Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
CU Boulder’s Program in Jewish Studies
The Anti-Defamation League’s “No Place for Hate” program.

For more information contact csfshakespearience@colorado.edu, Advance registration required.

Sunday, April 16| 3:30 – 5:30 pm | FREE

Do you ever wonder how life might be different if you felt less anxious?

Unlearning Jewish Anxiety offers a powerful way to understand yourself better, deepen your self-compassion, and learn simple tools to decrease anxiety. In this 6-week class, you’ll learn about some common, inherited Jewish anxiety patterns. You’ll learn how to notice when you’re in an anxiety spiral and how to get out of it. You’ll also learn some simple, accessible spiritual tools to meet difficult moments with new and better habits. Unlearning Jewish Anxiety can help you practice curiosity and self-compassion each day to respond to whatever arises in your life.

March 5
March 12
NO class on March 19
March 26
April 2
April 9
April 16

Hillel’s next “Live from Campus” event featuring April Powers, Project Shema’s Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. April will help us understand one the oldest form of hate on earth, and how knowledge can lessen the spread of antisemitism on campus and beyond. The Jewish People, only 15 million strong worldwide, have faced marginalization, oppression, and violence in society after society, era after era. Antisemitism again is on the rise on campuses and in communities nationwide and globally. Join us to better understand this ancient form of hate and how by slowing the spread of anti-Jewish ideas we can make all marginalized and oppressed people safer.

In honor of Yom Hashoah, we will show the film My Italian Secret.

Would you risk your life to save a stranger and never talk about it? MY ITALIAN SECRET tells the story of sports idol Gino Bartali and other courageous Italians who carried out ingenious schemes to rescue Jews, partisans and refugees from Nazi-occupied Italy. Gino Bartali is a sports legend; but his most daring triumph came when he risked his life over and over to save Jews threatened by Nazi extermination. The story of Bartali and the secret network he worked with stands in for the stories of thousands of Italians who risked their lives to save others from capture and death. As an entire continent was engulfed in a genocide which took the lives of most Jews in Nazi occupied Europe (nearly 6 million people), more than 80 percent of Italy’s Jews survived. Bartali, like most of the rescuers, never sought recognition or reward. Few of those he helped knew his name or what role he played in their rescue. 90 minute film plus schmooze following.

Are you looking to grow your business and generate leads? Come join us the first Wednesday of the month to network and build relationships.
 
Each meeting will consist of the following:

• Networking
• Member introductions (30 second elevator speech)
• Member presentations
• Announcements
• Additional networking

Are you seeking to live with greater consciousness and mindfulness, both in your actions and thoughts?  Mussar, a Jewish spiritual practice, explores personal character traits called Middot. Examples of these soul traits include humility, patience, honor, trust, and generosity, to name a few! Through working on the development and awareness of these traits, each of us learns how to respond to the world in ways that help bring about greater peace, compassion, understanding, and joy.

This 3-session class will provide a sample of the ancient Jewish, contemplative practice of Mussar through a variety of teaching modalities and expressive arts. No artistic experience is necessary, as we will use simple art techniques and supplies to explore our relationship through this spiritual pathway. Materials provided. 

Rabbi Eva is an experienced Mussar teacher, studying and practicing for over two decades. Her passions include integrating Jewish and Mystical practices (text study, chanting, embodied modalities, meditation) with the expressive arts. R’ Eva is currently a fellow in the Jewish Studio Project Creative Facilitator Training and in their first Clergy Cohort. 

Wednesday, April 19, 26, May 3 | 10 – 11:30 am | $120

Volunteers are needed to help prepare soup, cookies, and biscuits for families impacted by the Marshall Fire. The soup will be distributed through several Louisville elementary schools.

Under the supervision of Chefs Miche Bacher and Amy Cramer, volunteers will clean, chop, stir, pour, package, chill, and label up to 400 portions.

Wednesday, April 19 | There are two shift options: 10 am – 12:30 pm and 1 pm – 4 pm

Welcome to the National Poetry Month JCC Poetry Circle, where a small group hosted by Jeremy Nash will gather to relish 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 us 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.

April 19 | 10 – 11:30 am | $18

Holocaust Genocide and Contemporary Bioethics Program 2023

The Legacy of the Holocaust for Medicine and War Crimes Today
Professor Phillippe Sands

Join us by Zoom as we present our keynote speaker for the 2023 Days of Remembrance programming will be the prominent international
lawyer, Queen’s Counsel, and multiple award-winning author, Philippe Sands. He is a professor of law at Harvard Law School and Directs the Centre on International Courts and Tribunals at University College London. Sands has worked closely with physicians documenting torture and medical war crimes, and he has argued multiple cases before the International Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights and the International Criminal Court. 

This is one of two hybrid events produced by the CU Center for Bioethics and Humanities, CU Law, the CU Dept of Medicine and the CU Program in Jewish Studies with support for the William Silvers Endowment for Holocaust Genocide and Contemporary Bioethics.  We will also have a conversation with Professor Sands at CU Boulder on April 20th at noon which will be livestreamed and open for in-person attendance from the public. RSVP for one or both events using the same link.

Global Connections with Robert Siegel:  Who’s Afraid of Artificial Intelligence?

Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews:

Sherry Turkle (Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor, Social Studies of Science & Technology, M.I.T.)

Daniel Rockmore (Neukom Institute for Computational Science Professor, Dartmouth College)

Leor Perl, MD (Rabin Medical Center Innovation Center)

Wednesday, April 19^th @ 4pm ET

FREE REGISTRATION: https://globalconnections.splashthat.com

WATCH LIVE: https://tinyurl.com/3k2mvh6r

Actress and scholar Judy Winnick will portray Irena Sendler.

As a Polish Catholic social worker during WWII, Irena Sendler risked her life to save others. She was the leader of the children’s section of Zegota, Council for Aid to Jews, and part of the Polish underground. With ingenuity, calmness and courage, she was responsible for rescuing 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto. Irena never thought of herself as a hero, and said she simply did what needed to be done, and followed her heart.

Irena was born in 1910 and died in Warsaw in 2008, at the age of 98. During her lifetime she received many awards for her humanitarian work. In addition to being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, Irena was recognized by the state of Israel as one of the “Righteous Among Nations” at Yad Vashem.

The ADL Mountain States Region is pleased to announce that the 2023 Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program will once again be held in person, on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at Temple Emanuel in Denver, CO with a livestream option.

The Program allows people of all faiths to come together each year to honor Holocaust survivors, remember those who perished, educate the community about this horrible crime against humanity and translate those lessons into contemporary action.

Thank you to our generous primary sponsors (as of 3/2/23):

The Curtiss-Lusher Family
Michael and Debbie Feiner and the Feiner Family Foundation
JEWISHcolorado
The M.B. Glassman Foundation
University of Denver

This year’s program will feature a conversation with Holocaust Survivor Paul Galan. Paul is a native of former Czechoslovakia.  Through a series of unusual circumstances and an extraordinary amount of luck, he and his immediate family members – although separated from one another – all survived the war. Paul immigrated to the United States as a teenager and spent his career in film production. On his retirement in 2006, he decided to put his skills as a communicator towards disseminating the memory and the legacy of the Holocaust by sharing his own story of survival during that dark period in history with student as well as adult audiences. He also produced several video projects dealing with the Holocaust. Paul is a member of the Board of Trustees and currently co-president of the Holocaust Museum and Study Center located at Rockland Community College in Suffern, NY.

The program will also include remarks from Governor Jared Polis, a presentation to the winners of ADL’s A Tribute to Moral Courage Student Essay Contest, the chanting of the El Maleh Memorial Prayer and more.

ADL’s Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program is one of the largest in the United States and allows Coloradans of all faiths to come together to honor Holocaust survivors, remember those who perished, educate the community about this horrible crime against humanity and translate those lessons into contemporary action. The annual program features Survivor testimony, a memorial ceremony and a special Message to Colorado from the Governor. Winners of ADL’s “A Tribute to Moral Courage” student essay contest will also be recognized. For more information, please visit mountainstates.ADL.org.

Join Honeymoon Israel (HMI) at an online information session to learn more about this trip of a lifetime! HMI Colorado alumni couples and Emma Dunn, HMI’s Midwest Regional Director, will be available to answer all your questions about HMI applications, trips, and the alumni experience. HMI is open to couples with at least one Jewish partner early in their committed partnership living in the Denver/Boulder area. Register to attend here. 

Love to read? Come join Women of the J at the Boulder JCC for a casual discussion of a new book approximately every six weeks. Make new friends, read more books, and have great conversations! Feel free to attend, even if you haven’t finished the book! We will discuss The Last Green Valley, by Mark T. Sullivan at our next meeting.

Holocaust Genocide and Contemporary Bioethics Program 2023

Conversation with Philippe Sands and S. James Anaya
University Distinguished Professor Nicholas Doman Professor of International Law 

Join us in person at CU Boulder Law School or by Zoom for a conversation with the keynote speaker for the 2023 Days of Remembrance programming, Phillipe Sands will be the prominent international lawyer, Queen’s Counsel, and multiple award-winning author, Philippe Sands.

His book East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity (2016) has been awarded numerous prizes, including the 2016 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. His latest book is The Ratline: Love, Lies and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive (2020). Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Sands has written multiple influential op-eds on genocide and other war crimes taking place there.

This is one of two hybrid events produced by the CU Center for Bioethics and Humanities, CU Law, the CU Dept of Medicine and the CU Program in Jewish Studies with support for the William Silvers Endowment for Holocaust Genocide and Contemporary Bioethics.  We will also have a conversation with Professor Sands at CU Boulder on April 20th at noon which will be livestreamed and open for in-person attendance from the public.  RSVP for one or both events using the same link.

Journey along with Scott Thompson as he shares the importance of having a passion in life. He will demonstrate the value for staying active and engaged in learning new things during retirement. Learn why hobbies and activities enable us to use the creative part of our brains and ultimately live more fully. Scott is known to spend hours woodworking and assists a friend who is building a single person helicopter. Cost $5 and Light refreshments included.

Journey along with Scott Thompson as he shares the importance of having a passion in life. He will demonstrate the value for staying active and engaged in learning new things during retirement. Learn why hobbies and activities enable us to use the creative part of our brains and ultimately live more fully. Scott is known to spend hours woodworking and assists a friend who is building a single person helicopter.

This afterschool club is open to any high school student, whether or not the student identifies as Jewish. We have food every week, play games, and celebrate Jewish holidays throughout the year. Jewish Culture Club is a drop-in-style program that allows teens to choose how often they wish to attend.

Thursdays January 12 – May 4 |  4:30 – 6:30 pm | $100

Join the DJCC for a networking happy hour at Impact Healing. Light bites and drinks will be served. Free for guests to attend. 

Are you in the real estate or construction industry and interested in building your network? Join JEWISHcolorado’s Real Estate & Construction Network for an evening of appetizers, drinks, and schmoozing at the Space ANNEX art gallery.  A perfect place to make new relationships and renew old friendships. Enjoy good food and networking on the rooftop patio and outdoor bar. Welcome spring and renew connections with the Real Estate & Construction Network! Registration coming soon!  

Thank you to our event sponsors:
Saunders Construction
Sterling Property Tax Specialists
Midwest One Bank
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Most students learn about the concentration and death camps of the Holocaust — Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Dachau, etc. Few are aware that more than ⅓ of the 6 million Jewish people and thousands of non-Jewish victims targeted during the Holocaust were murdered in fields, forests, and ravines in the former Soviet Union and other countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Many of these sites remain unknown, unmarked, and unrecorded to this day.

Save the date for a 2-day workshop to learn more about this unknown chapter of Holocaust history and its contemporary implications.

This two-day, 16-Hour Seminar will take place on Friday, April 21 & Saturday, April 22, 2023, at the University of Northern Colorado’s Lowry Campus in Denver, CO.

Registration will begin the week of March 27, 2023….more details to come.

During the workshop, which will be facilitated by Yahad – In Unum educators, you will:

Learn about the fate of the Jewish communities in the former Soviet Union and about the mass shootings in which they perished, known today as the Holocaust by Bullets.
Discover Yahad – In Unum’s investigative work in the archives and in the field: the organization has interviewed over 7,400 eyewitnesses to those crimes, and it has identified over 3,200 killing sites in Eastern Europe.
Investigate excerpts from eyewitness testimony and how this can be used to enhance students’ critical thinking skills.
Get an overview of educational tools which will help you address this part of Holocaust history with your students.
Learn about contemporary mass crimes investigated by Yahad – In Unum: mass killings of the Mayan populations in Guatemala, Yazidi genocide in Iraq, and current war crimes in Ukraine.
Discuss means of connecting the past with the present and of making the study of the Holocaust relevant to students’ lives.