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Shabbat Shalom: A Communal Confession
A conversation I had recently about community continues to gnaw at me. I was talking to someone in his 60s, someone who, throughout his life, has
Shabbat Shalom: Rosh Hashanah, a Day of Judgment or a Day of Compassion?
Twenty-five years ago, with the sweltering heat shimmering like a golden aura over the Santa Monica mountains, Beth and I and our assembled ...
JEWISHcolorado’s 2021 Annual Meeting: A Look Back, A Way Forward
I think back to what we did eighteen months ago, at the beginning of the pandemic, in the middle of March—March 11 to be precise. That was the ...
Friday In the Park with YAD
YAD Shabbat is back. In real life and better than ever. The program came roaring back, smokin’ hot, with a kosher BBQ in Creekside Park and ...
Challah Back (and Back and Back)
Every baker of bread bakes their bread standing in a (very) long line of bakers, going back thousands of years. Each loaf is a demonstration of ...
Shabbat Shalom: Listening to Many Voices
As the world has reopened, the frequency with which I am going out with friends and colleagues for coffee and meals has increased. Too frequently
Black Perspectives: One Year Later
In July 2020, in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police and the growing protests against systemic racism, the Jewish ...
Shabbat Shalom: A Little Boy Is the Only Thing God Gives Us to Make a Man
Yet again we are at an utter loss for words. Shmuli Silverberg, of blessed memory. An 18-year-old who lost his life in an act of horrific ...
Support the Family and the Yeshiva Toras Chaim Community
Our prayers are with the family and community of an 18-year-old Denver Yeshiva student who was shot and killed overnight in the front of the ...
Dignity Grows™ Launches New Chapter with JEWISHcolorado
JEWISHcolorado is creating a new chapter of the national Dignity GrowsTM program, designed to distribute free, monthly personal and feminine ...
Shabbat Shalom: Perspective and Analogy
This is one of those Shabbats when the date, the season, and the yearly cycle of Torah reading coalesce. Following Tisha B’Av, which commemorates
PJ Library Great Connections: More Friendships, More Jewish Stories
Colorado area families raising Jewish children will now have more opportunities to participate in Jewish life, thanks to a grant recently awarded
The 411 On Our Four New Shinshinim
JEWISHcolorado is set to welcome four young Israeli ambassadors, or Shinshinim, recent high school graduates who delay mandatory service in the ...
Ready. Set. Summer!
You remember those long summer days when it sometimes felt like there was nothing to do? So does PJ Library and, once again, they’ve come to the ...
Shabbat Shalom: A More Expansive Love
This is one of those Shabbats when the date, the season, and the yearly cycle of Torah reading coalesce. Following Tisha B’Av, which commemorates
Cintra Pollack Steps Down from the Board & Steps Up to New Challenges
Colorado’s Jewish communities will have a changemaker in their corner when it comes to the national and global work of the Jewish Federations of ...
Shabbat Shalom: Weaving Our Stories Together
The concept of inheritance is a reoccurring theme in the Torah and for the Jewish People. What can be transmitted from one generation to ...
From Boulder to the Springs: Jewish Organizations Awarded “Anything Grants”
(DENVER) — For the fourth consecutive year, JEWISHcolorado is awarding $50,000 in Staenberg Family Foundation “Anything Grants,” to Jewish ...
Shabbat Shalom: Reflections from Our ISTers
The concept of inheritance is a reoccurring theme in the Torah and for the Jewish People. What can be transmitted from one generation to ...
My Summer of a Lifetime
I grew up in Denver, but I went on the Joyce Zeff Israel Tour (IST) for the first time this summer at the age of 47. I realize it’s 30 years ...
Rob Kaufmann Named Incoming JEWISHcolorado Board Chair
(DENVER)—JEWISHcolorado President and CEO Rabbi Jay Strear announced today that Rob Kaufmann has been named the incoming board chair of the ...
Colorado Legislative Session: Busy, Busy, Busy
On June 8, a month later than usual, the Colorado House and Senate each adjourned their 2021 legislative sessions sine die (without plans to ...
New Government In Israel Sworn In—Barely
On June 13, a new governing coalition made up of eight of the 12 parties in the Knesset came to power after winning a confidence vote 60-59. ...
JCRC Bids Adieu to Chair (and Tireless Advocate) Diana Zeff Anderson
Two weeks ago, the Colorado General Assembly concluded its 2021 regular session, and last week, the JCRC held its last meeting for the 2020-21 ...
New on jta.org:
- 22% of adult Jewish gamers faced antisemitic harassment while playing, survey finds
The survey found that harassment and bigotry are common across the 97 million Americans who play multiplayer games. --The post 22% of adult Jewish gamers faced antisemitic harassment while playing, survey finds appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Read more » - Hagai Levi’s ‘Scenes From a Marriage’ is the Israeli creator’s most personal HBO series yet
Levi, a former Orthodox Jew known for acclaimed series such as “In Treatment” and “The Affair,” puts a Jewish spin on the Ingmar Bergman classic. --The post Hagai Levi’s ‘Scenes From a Marriage’ is the Israeli creator’s most personal HBO series yet appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Read more » - The Omar I knew: What ‘The Wire’ actor Michael K. Williams taught my Jewish students at NYU
Williams, who died last week at 54, embodied lessons in justice, humility and repentance. --The post The Omar I knew: What ‘The Wire’ actor Michael K. Williams taught my Jewish students at NYU appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Read more » - Muslims and Jews join in Congress to press US government for kosher and halal food relief
Reps. Ted Deutch and Ilhan Omar take a break from fighting over Israel to press for the initiative at the behest of a Muslim-Jewish coalition. --The post Muslims and Jews join in Congress to press US government for kosher and halal food relief appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Read more » - Taiwan’s longtime rabbi, whose life brimmed with international intrigue, dies at 103
Einhorn was Taiwan’s first resident rabbi and, for 30 years, the only one to serve the community that now includes an estimated 700 to 800 Jews. --The post Taiwan’s longtime rabbi, whose life brimmed with international intrigue, dies at 103 appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Read more »
New on MyJewishLearning.com:
- The Power of 50 Minutes
“How were your holidays?” is an entertaining question to receive as a clergyperson when it comes to the High Holidays. ... The post The Power of 50 Minutes appeared first on My Jewish Learning. Read more » - Beitzah 18
Cubs-Cardinals, Michigan-Ohio State, Republican-Democrat — if you love a good rivalry between legends, perhaps you’ve been enjoying the series of Hillel-Shammai ... The post Beitzah 18 appeared first on My Jewish Learning. Read more » - Beitzah 17
When the rabbis tackle big ideas, they rarely signal they are doing so. This means that you never know when ... The post Beitzah 17 appeared first on My Jewish Learning. Read more » - Mayim Bialik Explains SukkotActor, neuroscientist, mom, and a self-proclaimed aspiring “super Jew” Mayim Bialik explains the rituals of Sukkot, the weeklong Jewish harvest ... The post Mayim Bialik Explains Sukkot appeared first on My Jewish Learning. Read more »
- Blessings in Hard Times
It was the first day back in the office and I was nervous — happy, stressed, excited, but nervous. Eighteen ... The post Blessings in Hard Times appeared first on My Jewish Learning. Read more »
