Join fellow Zionists for JNF-USA's annual Breakfast for Israel. Come stand in solidarity with the people of Israel ...
Israel
![Jewish Community Relations Council Responds to Anti-Israel Claims](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501212212/colorado-convention-center-400x250.png)
(DENVER) – The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), part of JEWISHcolorado, is responding to repeated calls ...
![JEWISHcolorado delegation joins nearly 300,000 for Washington, D.C. March](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501212210/JEWISHcolorado_DCMarchForIsrael00381_1920x1024-400x250.jpg)
The Colorado delegation joined nearly 300,000 people of all faiths and backgrounds on the National Mall to march ...
![‘When we landed, I saw people staring at their phones. Some were crying.’](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501212225/IMG_9480_1920x1024-400x250.jpg)
The family hugged and kissed their Israeli relatives goodbye and boarded the plane to return home the evening of ...
![A conversation with Nelly Ben Tal about life as a Shlicha after October 7](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501212230/JEWISHcolorado_DCMarchForIsrael01850_1920x1024-400x250.jpg)
Nelly Ben Tal joined JEWISHcolorado as our new Shlicha (Israeli emissary) last summer. In the wake of the October ...
![How displaced families in Israel will celebrate Hanukkah thanks to the Colorado community](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501212029/EXPLORERS-SHABBAT-11-10-2023-070_fixed_1920x1024-400x250.jpg)
The 125 Hanukkiyot are being hand-carried to Ramat HaNegev, JEWISHcolorado’s partner region in Israel, where they ...
![Responding to Recent Statements by the Colorado Black and Latino Democratic Caucuses](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501212437/Colorado-Black-and-Latino-Caucuses-400x250.png)
We, the undersigned, are disappointed with recent statements from the Colorado Black Democratic Legislative Caucus ...
![Foodways and Recipes of the Ashkenazim and Sephardim](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501212304/JCO-ADAFINA1-1920x1024-1-400x250.jpg)
So, the differences, as well as the similarities, between the foodways of the two Jewish peoples widely called ...
![JEWISHcolorado to coordinate Colorado delegation for March for Israel in Washington, DC](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501212441/March-for-Israel-web-400x250.png)
Jewish communities from across the country will gather on the National Mall to “March for Israel” on Tuesday, ...
![YAD evening of community and conversation offers hope](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501212424/YAD-community-and-conversation-3-400x250.png)
Jenna Raimist, who is currently serving the dual role of JEWISHcolorado’s YAD Director and Director of Annual ...
![A roller coaster of identities and emotions](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501212501/Nelly-Israel-Blog-400x250.png)
I'm out of air and not sleeping at all. You probably feel like me, right?
It's been 3 months since I moved here ...
![How you can help Israel right now](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501212524/Israel-400x250.png)
From donating to advocating to volunteering to raising awareness, here's what you can do to support Israel right now.
![How our Shinshinim alumni reached out after the attack on Israel](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501212614/CHOICES-10-10-2023-274_Shinshinim_1920x1024-400x250.jpg)
When you watch the video sent by JEWISHcolorado’s Shinshinim alumni, what strikes you is how very young, hopeful, ...
![A message from Ramat HaNegev during war: ‘We are counting on you.’](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501212558/Nitzana-during-war_1920x1024-400x250.jpg)
Recently, we talked with Itai about the events of October 7, the ways that JEWISHcolorado donors are helping, and ...
![We share thoughts from a Boulder Holocaust survivor on Israel, survival, and a long life, well-lived](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501212639/IMG_6410-1920x1024-1-400x250.jpg)
We share thoughts from a Boulder Holocaust survivor on Israel, survival, and a long life, well-lived
In her home nestled on a quiet cul-de-sac high above Boulder, 96-year-old Marion Kreith has closely watched news ...
![Hold Your Spot for the Summer IST Program; Registration is Open](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501214008/August-2023-IST-400x250.png)
We at JEWISHcolorado are receiving questions regarding the 2024 Joyce Zeff Israel Study Tour.
![Shabbat Shalom: Swords of Iron Personal Update](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501212930/general-photo-template-1800x1200-57-400x250.png)
Your weekly shabbat shalom message from the JEWISHcolorado team in Denver.
![The Colorado JCRC asks all Coloradans to stand with the Colorado Jewish Community](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501212919/general-photo-template-1800x1200-60-400x250.png)
The JCRC is proud of the many elected leaders who have strongly condemned Hamas and expressed support for Israel. ...
![Governor Polis Issues Anti-Semitism Proclamation](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501215017/June-2023-JCRC-Legislative-Accomplishments-400x250.png)
With Nearly 100,000 Jewish Americans living in Colorado, Gov. Polis celebrates the many contributions of the community
![Shabbat Shalom: Solidarity Around the World](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501212913/general-photo-template-1800x1200-62-400x250.png)
Your weekly shabbat shalom message from the JEWISHcolorado team in Denver.
![Thank you for joining us at CHOICES](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501213046/CHOICES-10-10-2023-291-400x250.jpg)
It is a poignant moment to be honoring Diana Zeff Anderson, and ardent supporter of Israel and our Jewish ...
![Public Officials and Community Leaders: Statements of Support](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501212936/general-photo-template-1800x1200-55-400x250.png)
It has been a day filled with horrific and ever worsening news coming out of Israel. At this time, we know there ...
![Community comes together at Pray for Peace Vigil](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501212720/ISRAEL-VIGIL-10-09-2023-405-1920x1024-1-400x250.jpg)
On October 9, less than 72 hours after Hamas began its attack on Israel, more than 2,500 people gathered to attend ...
![Israel Update: Here’s what we are doing](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501212933/general-photo-template-1800x1200-56-400x250.png)
It has been a day filled with horrific and ever worsening news coming out of Israel. At this time, we know there ...
![Israel Update](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501225720/israel-flag-sunset-1200x800-1-400x250.png)
We continue to monitor the devastating news out of Israel today where Hamas terrorists launched an unprecedented ...
![Update on the Current Situation in Israel](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501222151/20221128_132846-400x250.jpg)
As you no doubt have seen in the news, Israel is at war with terrorist groups in Gaza, who have mounted an ...
![Impact investing offers opportunity to ‘do well by doing good’](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501213228/October-2023-Impact-Investing-1-400x250.png)
As part of its core mission, JEWISHcolorado serves as a philanthropic home for the community in Colorado—investing ...
![Get to know Nelly Ben Tal, the new Shlicha](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501213434/JEWISHcolorado_2023StaffBoardPortraits_CHM2383-scaled-e1694538946805-400x250.jpg)
In August, Nelly Ben Tal arrived in Denver to assume the position of JEWISHcolorado’s Shlicha. A couple of weeks ...
![Welcome JEWISHcolorado’s 2023-2024 Shinshinim](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501214143/all-4-e1690557525210-400x250.jpg)
In August, JEWISHcolorado welcomes its tenth group of Shinshinim. They bring with them new interests and passions ...
![Shabbat brings meaningful experiences to IST](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501214012/JEWISHcolorado_2023ISTPoland16469-scaled-e1691073839972-400x250.jpg)
This year, JEWISHcolorado celebrated the 53rd year of the Joyce Zeff Israel Study Tour (IST), and for the first ...
![From Tel Aviv to CU Anschutz—Masa Israel Journey offers professional and personal opportunities](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501214552/July-2023-Masa-Israel-Julia-Milzner-400x250.png)
When Julia Milzer walked across the stage at Folsom Field and picked up her diploma from the University of ...
![YAD’s exchange program is building living bridges between young professionals](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501214959/June-2023-YADRNG-Exchange-400x250.png)
The last time you heard from me was December 2022, right after the Colorado cohort of JEWISHcolorado’s YAD/Ramat ...
![Shabbat Shalom: Two Divided Streams](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501215159/Shabbat-Shalom-5.25-web-400x250.png)
Your weekly shabbat shalom message from the JEWISHcolorado team in Denver.
![Celebrate Israel marks 75 years of a home away from home](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501215053/June-2023-Celebrate-Photo-Story-400x250.png)
On Sunday, May 7, 2023, JEWISHcolorado brought together more than 1,500 members and
allies of the Jewish ...
![Yom HaShoah 2023](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501215507/Reps-hug-during-Proclamation-reading-400x250.png)
Outside of the JCRC’s work at the Capitol, we also partnered with several member organizations to provide speakers ...
![Yom HaZikaron: A solemn service of remembrance](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501215626/May-2023-Yom-HaZikaron-400x250.png)
On Monday, April 24, 2023, more than 200 Coloradans stopped their busy lives and took time to gather at the Hebrew ...
![Masa Israel Hosts Largest English Yom HaZikaron Ceremony in the World](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501215756/Masa-Israel-Yom-HaZikaron-Crowd-400x250.jpg)
The ceremony brought together Jews from around the world to honor Jewish victims of terror and the fallen Israeli ...
![Nelly Ben Tal will be new JEWISHcolorado Shlicha](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501232146/Ramat-HaNegev_crop-400x250.jpg)
Nelly Ben Tal and her family will call Denver, Colo., home as she assumes her position as the new JEWISHcolorado Shlicha.
![In Israel, JEWISHcolorado shares concern for divisions that judicial reform debate is causing in Israel & among Jews worldwide](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501220117/group-shot-with-herzog-400x250.jpg)
JEWISHcolorado Board Chair Rob Kaufmann and Interim President and CEO Renee Rockford were among 30 Federation ...
![Celebrate Israel Walk and Festival marks 75 years!](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501220032/April-2023-Celebrate-Israel-Preview-400x250.png)
JEWISHcolorado will celebrate Israel’s 75 years of statehood with the annual Celebrate Israel Walk and Festival on ...
![Signature Event and Liev Schreiber pack Ball Arena](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501220622/March-2023-Signature-Event-Story-Banner-400x250.png)
The atmosphere inside Ball Arena on the evening of Wednesday, February 22, for JEWISHcolorado's Signature Event ...
![Liev Schreiber tours Golda’s House, stars as Kissinger](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501220751/March-2023-Liev-at-Golda-house-400x250.png)
Golda Meir, Israel’s fourth Prime Minister and only female head of state, is experiencing a resurgence of fame in ...
![JFNA General Assembly travels to Israel to celebrate Israel at 75](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501220817/Israel-at-75-GA-Banner-400x250.png)
This April, the Jewish Federations of North America (JNFA) is taking its annual General Assembly to Israel to ...
![From Russia to Israel to the U.S.—this family is honoring the sacrifices of the past](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501222118/USEBorisElena_IMG_5017-ps-400x250.jpg)
The many photos testify to this family’s commitment to l’dor v’dor. But behind great achievement there is ...
![Adventure is an Understatement in YAD/Ramat HaNegev Exchange](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501222247/5C733ABC-3BC6-4B9B-AEEB-D155CD17EB0D-400x250.jpeg)
Designed as a 9-month program to explore big topics like identity and Jewish peoplehood, this exchange began with ...
![Inspiring Dialogue with Yossi Klein Halevi](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501222603/Klein-Halevi-Convo-400x250.jpg)
Klein Halevi explained that he wrote this book in the hopes of eliciting responses from his literal Palestinian ...
![Forging a Lasting Partnership with Ramat HaNegev](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501222712/RamatHanegev-Tomatoes-400x250.png)
The snapshot, taken 23 years ago, freezes a moment that would have an impact for years—even generations—to come.
![The Mosaic of Israel & Its Cuisine: A Feast for the Senses](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501224533/in-search-of-israeli-cuisine-1800x1200-2-400x250.png)
JEWISHcolorado's Israel & Overseas Center brought the Colorado community together to learn more about Israel's ...
![Ethiopian Olim Have an Inspiring Trip](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501223520/ethiopian-plane-400x250.png)
Two Denver-based YAD leaders joined 209 Ethiopian Olim on their journey to Israel for an inspiring trip.
![Local Leaders Join Jewish Federations Delegation to Ethiopia, Accompany 209 Olim on Celebratory Flight from Ethiopia](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501223449/Steven-and-Hirsch-Ethiopia-picture-400x250.jpg)
On a mission to Ethiopia and Israel, local leaders visited sites of historical significance to Ethiopian Jewry, ...
![After Three-Year Hiatus, JEWISHcolorado’s Joyce Zeff Israel Study Tour to Return to Poland in 2023](https://d19nu91zz7veuv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20240501224244/IMG_9613-400x250.jpeg)
For more than fifty years, the Joyce Zeff Israel Study Tour has helped thousands of Colorado teens connect to and ...