Lisa Dicksteen
Boulder alleviates homelessness at ‘1175’
Lisa DicksteenNov 13, 2014
BOULDER HOUSING Partners (BHP) opened an apartment building at 1175 Lee Hill Road on Nov. 3 to reduce homelessness. BHP is the housing authority for Boulder since 1966....
Chocolate…chocolate…healthy!
Lisa DicksteenOct 23, 2014
Two companies, one founded in Boulder, the other international, are working hard to share the numerous health benefits of chocolate. MXI Healthy Chocolate is a Canadian...
Boulder’s Camp Inc. for teen entrepreneurs
Lisa DicksteenSep 19, 2014
ROSH HASHANAH EDITION SECTION B PAGE 4 Imagine walking into an auditorium full of middle and high school students on a summer afternoon. There are about 50 assorted...
Anti-circumcision movement comes to Boulder
Lisa DicksteenAug 21, 2014
UNLIKE the group that created the 2011 San Francisco ballot initiative that would have made circumcising a male under age 18 a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of...
‘Earthship’ homes off the grid, use few external sources
Lisa DicksteenJul 03, 2014
WHILE for most people, Boulder is synonymous with green and healthy and sustainable, those are not usually the first things that come to mind when one hears Colorado...
Boulder Jewish Foundation’s grants stay in Boulder
Lisa DicksteenJun 19, 2014
TWO organizations, the Boulder Jewish Community Foundation and Hazon, have funds available for Jewish organizations to use in their growth, outreach and...
Two decades on, Boulder Jewish Festival going strong
Lisa DicksteenJun 06, 2014
FOR the past 20 years, people from in and around Boulder have enjoyed an annual one-day celebration of Jewish culture, featuring live entertainment, fine art and...
Rabbi Joseph Telushkin explores forgiveness
Lisa DicksteenMay 15, 2014
APPLAUSE for a speaker being introduced is practically required, but the warm and affectionate introduction by Rabbi Tirzah Firestone of Rabbi Joseph Telushkin was less...
Chance conversation leads to miraculous reunion
Lisa DicksteenMay 01, 2014
IMAGINE that you and your family have said kaddish all your lives for a relative (or several) who perished in the Holocaust long before you were born. As long as...
There’s a new shul in town: Boulder Orthodox
Lisa DicksteenApr 11, 2014
PASSOVER 5774 EDITION SECTION C PAGE 5 If you are a follower of the Orthodox branch of Judaism, there’s a new shul in town. The Boulder Orthodox Synagogue opened...