Rabbi Joseph R. Black began serving as the Temple Emanuel’s 14th senior rabbi on July 6.
Rabbi Black moved from Albuquerque, where he was the senior rabbi at Congregation Albert for 14 years. During his tenure there, Rabbi Black increased membership from 540 member families to 740.
He focused on youth programming, outreach and enhancing studying and learning opportunities for all age groups.
Outside the synagogue, Rabbi Black was an integral part of the New Mexico Jewish community.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 22 July 2010 23:45 )
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WHEN 12-year-old Josh Eakman entered camp at Ramah Outdoor Adventure at Ramah in the Rockies last month, he expected to be immersed in outdoor and wilderness exploration and skills building that is the new camp’s signature.
Little did the Las Vegas youth know that his four-week camp session would end with a crash course of study for his Bar Mitzvah.
It took place just after dawn Monday, July 12, on a rustic outdoor pavilion with a service that led him along the path of Jewish observance and identity. And it rooted this brand new camp firmly in its devotion to Jewish and personal growth amid the Rocky Mountains.
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Ramah in the Rockies’ grand opening will be Sunday, June 13, 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at the camp site near Deckers, Colo.
Guests will experience a “taste of Ramah” as they participate in camp activities, explore the 360-acre site and celebrate this historic event.
Featured activities include wilderness survival and orienteering, arts and crafts, back-country cooking, low ropes course, mountain biking, and music. Visitors will have the opportunity to plant trees as part of reforestation efforts.
IN the roughly four years that the Zionist youth group Bnei Akiva has been active in Colorado, it has impressed many with a strong beginning — a process that one might liken to a tender young plant putting down roots.
Under the leadership of its Denver-based leaders, slichim Hagai and Moriyah Shoham, the regional chapter has amassed a membership of some 60 youths, aged 8-18, many of whom have become active in regional and national Bnei Akiva activities, and a substantial majority of whom made lively participants at this year’s local Israel Independence Day festivities.
Ramah in the Rockies is hosting its second annual family camp Aug. 6-9.
Families will spend the weekend at the site of Ramah in the Rockies in the Rocky Mountains.
Adults will engage in study and discussion of The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel. Programming will be provided for children.
Family Camp highlights include:
• Shabbat services and celebration;