1. Jonathan Lev, executive director, Boulder JCC
2. Rivka Miriam Brackman, former counselor, Camp Gan Izzy
3. Ann Lederer, founder, Dyes on Silk
4. Jerry Pinsker, volunteer liaison, ADL's No Place for Hate
5. Amy Atkins, coordinator, Jewish Together Boulder
6. Kayla Goldstein, Kate Sadow, and Rachel Heilbronner, representatives, BBYO
7. Arel Mishory, founder, The Hands Work
8. Debbie Garelick and Marilyn Pinsker, members, Bonai Shalom Sisterhood
9. Josh Gold, initiative manager, MazelTot
10. Rabbi Anat Moskowitz, spiritual leader, Congregation B'nai Torah
11. Debbie Schwartz, vice president of programs, Jewish Genealogical Society of Colorado
12. Rabbi Pesach Scheiner, spiritual leader, Chabad of Boulder County
13. Josh Raderman and Ezra Cohen, chefs, LB Kosher Grill
14. Rabbi Joshua Rose, outgoing spiritual leader, Congregation Har HaShem 

A Personal Reflection On The Kidnapping of Three Israeli Teens

by Sara Yoheved Rigler (June 14, 2014)

At midnight, we finished saying the final psalm. I thought we would close our books and go home. But instead people spontaneously started singing the poignant melody, 

Our brothers are the whole family of Israel.
Those in distress and those in captivity,
Whether on the sea or dry land.
May God have mercy on them,
And bring them out from distress to relief,
From darkness to light,
From bondage to redemption,
Now, speedily and soon.
And let us say, Amen.

The song lifted us all up in its moving strains. When it was over, we sang it again. And again. And again. "Our brothers are the whole family of Israel." As we sang, we were fused into a single congregation of avid souls, beseeching God for the salvation of three boys and 14 million Jews, "the whole family of Israel."

Tel Aviv sets Guinness record for largest Shabbat dinner

by Laura Kelly (June 13, 2014)

Exactly 2,226 people gathered at Hangar 11 at the Tel Aviv Port to participate in the record-making largest Shabbat meal ever, organized by Chabad and White City Shabbat, the Tel Aviv-based NGO that organizes public shabbat meals once a month at the Goren Synagogue on Modigliani Street, as well as other events geared toward the English-speaking and immigrant community that include holiday learning classes, challah baking classes, and religious lectures. Sponsors of the Guinness event included the Tel Aviv Municipality.

The Facts About Israel's Demographics

by Yoram Ettinger (June 13, 2014)

* From 1995-2013, the annual number of Israeli Jewish births surged by 65 percent -- from 80,400 to 132,000 -- despite the decline in the fertility rate (number of births per woman) of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sector, but due to the unprecedented increase of secular fertility. At the same time, the number of Israeli Arab births increased by a mere 8 percent, from 36,000 to 39,000.

* According to the CIA World Factbook, Arab fertility in Judea and Samaria was 5.34 births per woman in 1995, rapidly reduced to 2.83 births in 2014, and trending downward.

* In 1995, Jewish births constituted 69 percent of total Israeli births, compared with over 77 percent in 2013 and trending toward 80 percent.

Students for Justice in Palestine, with nearly 100 chapters on campuses around the nation, has become increasing strident in promoting its agenda, staging "die-ins," handing out mock eviction notices in dormitories, and raising funds for Hamas-aligned groups, according to Jewish watchdog groups. Individual members have been accused of assaulting students, vandalizing property and hurling anti-Semitic slurs at Jewish students, all in the name of their cause.

"In the last several years, the tactics used by the group have created an atmosphere that ultimately does not help with a dialogue about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict," Oren Segal, director of the Anti-Defamation League's Center on Extremism, told FoxNews.com.

How This Israeli Proposed To His Girlfriend

by Brian Krassenstein (June 8, 2014)

The most important part of any proposal is usually the engagement ring. Instead of going out and purchasing a ring, Sefi decided to have a custom engagement ring 3D printed for Tania.

On one side of the ring, there is Hebrew writing which translates as 'I will betroth you to me forever'. On the other side there is a pattern chosen by Sefi.  

The venue in which he would propose was filled will all sorts of technological marvels. He had a quadcopter with led lights on hand, which was controlled remotely by a computer, a long exposure camera to capture the words which the quadcopter would spell out via the LED lights, and of course some fireworks. It took 21 people to set up and mange the entire production, and the coordination was like a military operation, according to Sefi.