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Boulder, Ramat HaNegev are sister cities

IJN Staff -
Last week, the Boulder City Council unanimously voted to usher in a new Sister City partnership with Ramat Ha-Negev, Israel. JEWISHcolorado congratulates Boulder on this development, which promises to further enhance Colorado’s current alliance with the region. JEWISHcolorado has enjoyed a...
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Major restructuring of Hillel of Colorado

Chris Leppek -
Colorado’s largest Jewish student organization, the Hillel house at the University of Colorado at Boulder, has been declared an independent entity, according to a joint statement issued July 18 by Hillel International and Hillel of Colorado. The reorganization, termed a...
Boulder

Meet Har HaShem’s Rabbi Greene

Chris Leppek -
The first full week of June was a busy one for Rabbi Fred Greene and the congregation he leads, Boulder’s Har HaShem. He called for congregants to join him for a vigil to remember the ill-fated Jewish refugees aboard the...
Boulder

‘Worn out’ CU Hillel House is now up for sale

Chris Leppek -
The CU Hillel House, a fixture of the Boulder Jewish community for decades, has been put up for sale, the property’s managing organization, Hillel of Colorado, reported last week. The mid-century modern structure with a large yard, located at the...
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Author researches her family’s ghostly New Mexico past

Chris Leppek -
How would you react if you discovered that your great-great grandmother was rumored to be a ghost? Boulder Jewish journalist and author Hannah Nordhaus learned of precisely such a rumor and responded the way any self-respecting writer would: She wrote...
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White House lauds Rabbi Soloway for green activism

Special to the IJN -
The White House honored 12 people of faith, each one as a “Champion of Change,” for their achievements in protecting the environment and communities from the hazards of climate change, on Monday, July 20. One of these “Champions of Change” is Rabbi Marc Soloway of Boulder’s Congregation Bonai Shalom.
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Phenomenal Holocaust collection at CU

Uriel Heilman, JTA -
PASSOVER EDITION 5775SECTION B PAGE 8 BOULDER — The yellowing document is crumbling and fading, but the smooth signature on its cover is as legible as it is chilling: Rudolf Hess, the Nazi who served as a Hitler deputy...
Boulder

Chocolate…chocolate…healthy!

Lisa Dicksteen -
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 company with distributors around the world — the first in Colorado being Dr. Dan...
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Boulder’s Camp Inc. for teen entrepreneurs

Lisa Dicksteen -
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 seats — folding chairs, beanbags, a few small sofas along the walls. Two-thirds...
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Anti-circumcision movement comes to Boulder

Lisa Dicksteen -
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 $1,000 or up to one year in jail, with no religious...
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VIP: Legal legend Len Chesler

In a legal career that began in 1967, Denverite Len Chesler, by his accounting, has tried “hundreds and hundreds” of civil and criminal cases. He is a member of the exclusive, 200-member American Board of Criminal Lawyers.In the June, 2013, 100th anniversary magazine of the IJN, Chesler was characterized: “The mind of a defense attorney, the heart of humanity. Len Chesler walks into court. Immediately, the clerks, the judges, the opposing counsel relax. Len’s manners and mannerisms bespeak respect and fairness. Meanwhile, this legendary counselor wins very tough criminal cases.”