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As six members of the DPS board filed into its monthly meeting Sept. 17, a palpable air of angst was in the air. The board was slated to address the awkward dynamic over allegations that one board member, Monica Hunter, had made a blatantly anti-Semitic remark about fellow board member Amy Klein Molk, who is Jewish.

The agreement between the ADL and Boulder Valley School District includes sweeping changes at the school district, including the designation of an executive-level staff member to serve as the district’s Title VI director and compliance officer.

Tara Winer has been on Boulder’s City Council since 2021. She is now running for her final term. Her demeanor was immensely positive and it is clear she feels called to do the work she’s been doing. How does she feel about being a Jew today in Boulder? How does she navigate the rise of anti-Semitism, specifically in local city politics?

In an attempt to deny accusations of anti-Semitism, a restaurant on East Colfax that barred Zionists earlier this week told one former patron that “Zionism is a political ideology like Nazism is.” On Sept. 8, Sap Sua, a fine dining Vietnamese restaurant, posted on its Instagram “From the River to the Sea, Falastine will be free.”

The Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) has entered into a settlement agreement to implement comprehensive, districtwide measures to prevent and address anti-Semitic harassment, bullying and discrimination, resolving a federal civil rights complaint filed by ADL.

Eight years ago, Jeremy D. (JD) Krones moved to Grand Lake to run Colorado Headwaters Land Trust. Today, he is running for County Commissioner for Grand County.

The Anti-Defamation League was put on trial at the Aug. 11, 2026 Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) Board Meeting.A meeting that was ostensibly about addressing the insufficient attention of BVSD, and particularly Southern Hills Middle School, to acts of documented anti-Semitism of a student at that middle school for more than two years, turned into a forum for person after person explaining why ADL’s anti-bias programming did not belong in the school district.

Born and raised in Denver near Sloan’s Lake, Dr. Shimon Blau, Independent candidate for Colorado Congressional District 1, sat for an interview with the Intermountain Jewish News and laid out his personal history, his plans for Denver and his plans for his campaign.

Alex Doe remembers, to this day, an incident that transpired 16 years ago, when he was a student at Cherry Creek High School. “In freshman year I was in a class and some guy Hitler saluted at me.”

The Colorado Secretary of State announced today that Dr. Shimon Blau, the Jewish community member who decided to stand for Colorado Congressional District 1 as an independent candidate, has qualified for the November ballot. He will face Democrat Melat Kiros and Republican Christy Peterson.