Spring Means Time for Shir Aviv
NEWS FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 25, 2015
COMMUNITY
Shir Aviv Gala

Sunday, May 3rd; 5:00-9:00pm
The Boulder Theater

A musical evening honoring outgoing Rabbi Glickman and starting the celebration year of our 50th anniversary.

Featuring our own Or Zimrah and with special guest Rocky Mountain Jewgrass.

Look for the invitation soon, use the RSVP form, or CLICK HERE to purchase tickets by April 17 for a discount.

  

Volunteers Needed to Help Out on the Day of Shir Aviv Gala

volunteers Help make Shir Aviv a spectacular success. We need volunteers to:
  • assist with check in or check out
  • help with set-up or take down
  • provide support to the auctioneer during the live auction
  • greet people when they arrive
  • help with decorations
If you can help in any way, please contact Audrey Franklin at 303-443-2723 or [email protected].
  

Congratulations to Rabbi Glickman


Rabbi Glickman has received an honorary degree, Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, from Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion for 25 years of service in the rabbinate. Congratulations!
  
California Pizza Kitchen Fundraiser

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Monday, April 13th; 11:00am-9:00pm
California Pizza Kitchen 1711 29th Street #1180
Boulder, CO 80301
303-440-3390

Grab a flyer from the lobby at Har HaShem or print one out here and bring it with you on April 13th for dine in or take out for lunch or dinner. The Women of Har HaShem get 20% of total purchases.
  
Keitanat Har HaShem Day Camp Registration is Open

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Start your summer break with Congregation Har HaShem's camp for kids entering 1st-5th grades led by Co-Directors Caroline Saliman and Leah Boonin
Each week is filled with ruach, games, swimming, challah baking, crafts, field trips, music, mitzvah projects and more! Field trips have included Coors Field, hiking, boating on Lake Estes, the Denver Aquarium, the zoo, and lots of swimming pools.
The regular day camp week runs Monday through Friday 9 AM to 3 PM. You can join us for one week, or for all five. The summer session ends with a one-night overnight that is open to everyone who attends one or more sessions. Click here for session dates and costs and to register for camp.
  
Community Wide Yom HaShoah Event
Telling the Story: 70 Years of Responding to the Holocaust

April 15; 7:00-9:00pm 
Congregation Bonai Shalom

Join Haver, Boulder's Rabbinic Council, for Four Multi-Generational Voices in Fiction including readings from Tadeusz Borowski's This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen; Carl Friedman's Nightfather; Etgar Keret's The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God and Julie Orringer's The Invisible Bridge
  
Liz Fox and Estelle Miller will be Honored at Boulder Hadassah's Shoshanim Brunch

Sunday, April 19, 2015, 10:30am-2pm 

Hotel Boulderado Event Center

Corner of Broadway and Pine in downtown Boulder

 

This year, Liz Fox and Estelle Miller are being honored along with Cheryl Fellows, Linda Loewenstein, and Judy Megibow, at the Boulder Chapter of Hadassah's Shoshanim Brunch for their work in shaping our Jewish community and Hadassah over the years. We are so honored that they are part of Har HaShem's family.  Please join us, Hadassah, and the rest of the Boulder Jewish community as they are honored. This "not for women only" event is a benefit for the Hadassah Medical Organization and will feature a silent auction, delicious food, and a chance to mingle with old and new friends. Cost is $80 per person. The RSVP deadline is March 23. If you have questions about the event and to get registration information please contact Lauren Stewart at 303-910-5173 or  [email protected].

  
Women of Har HaShem Book Event

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Sunday, April 26; from 1-3pm
Nancy Cohen's house

Announcing our next BOOK EVENT!  We will be reading Anita Diamant's book DAY AFTER NIGHT, with Dawn Rogers providing questions for discussion.  The meeting will be held at the home of Nancy Cohen from 1-3 p.m. on Sunday, April 26th

 

The bestselling author of "The Red Tent" re-imagines a true event in the aftermath of World War II in a haunting fictionalization of the post-Holocaust experience.  Atlit is a holding camp for "illegal" immigrants in Israel in 1945. There, about 270 men and women await their future and try to recover from their past. Diamant, with infinite compassion and understanding, tells the stories of the women gathered in this place.  They find salvation in the bonds of friendship and shared experience, as they confront the challenge of re-creating themselves and discovering a way to live again.

If you have questions or plan to attend, please contact Dawn Rogers at [email protected] or 303-807-8602.

  
Help Har HaShem Teens go to Israel
Reloadable Grocery Store Gift Cards


Reloadable Gift Cards for King Soopers and Safeway

Keep using your gift cards or buy one to help! 

11th Graders have the opportunity to travel to Israel with the Israel Study Tour (IST). This 5-week program is amazing but very expensive. King Soopers and Safeway give Har HaShem 5% of all purchases made on these cards. Please contact Alise Jackson to purchase a reloadable card and find out more information.
LEARNING

Snipers, Searchers, and Sages: A Rabbi's Adventures in Jewish America led by Rabbi Glickman

Saturday, May 16; 7:00-9:00pm
Havdalah, Refreshments, and Program
Har HaShem North Building
No Cost. Click here to register.

The work of a rabbi involves much more than leading services and officiating at life-cycle events...and in Rabbi Mark Glickman's case, it tends to involve a lot more!  Are you interested in hearing how a Jewish leader such as Rabbi Glickman could find himself in the Alaskan tundra officiating at the funeral of a Jewish Eskimo? Or how he could find himself testifying in the trial of a world-famous mass murderer? Or teaching Torah to Benedictine monks at a mountaintop monastery in the Canadian Rockies? Or having a clandestine meeting and a latte with a Jordanian imam in Washington State? If you're interested in hearing these and other true tales of rabbinic adventure, then come to this session and hear them from our very own interim rabbi.
 PRAYER
Friday Evening Shabbat Services

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Friday, March 27th at 6:00pm

Led by Rabbi Glickman and Cantorial Soloist Holli Berman    


This Shabbat, join us as we shift from "Monday through Friday" mode to "Shabbat" mode, leaving you rejuvenated and buzzing with positive Shabbat energy. After the service - please stay for the Oneg in the Social Hall, say "Hi" or meet someone else you don't know yet, and have a little something to remind you of the sweetness of Shabbat!   
  
Saturday Morning Torah Study and Minyan

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Saturday, March 28th at 9:00am

    

What a combination! Bagels, cream cheese, coffee and inspiration. Wake up to your Saturday morning with a group discussion of the weekly Torah portion, led by clergy or a visiting scholar. We will weave together traditional Jewish wisdom and insights with a modern angle and walk away spiritually awake with ideas to carry into the week.

  

Time Change for Shabbat Services on April 3

Friday, April 3; 5pm
Led by member Gary Margolis

Please note that due to Erev Passover, Shabbat services for Friday, April 3rd will be at 5pm, so people can still attend a seder.

  
On the Colorado Jewish Community Calendar


Boulder Chevra Kadisha invites you to its annual community learning event. 

What: Reb Zalman video teaching on Chevra Kadisha and follow-up discussion

When: Sunday March 29th, 3-5PM  

Where: Nevei Kodesh sanctuary 

Who: All are welcome. We usually have current Chevra Kadisha volunteers, those interested in becoming volunteers, those wanting to know about Chevra Kadisha services for loved ones, and those generally wanting to learn about, support, and engage in community around compassionate Jewish death practices.  

 

CU Boulder's Program in Jewish Studies presents a free performance of The Ginzburg Geography by Jewlia Eisenberg and Charming Hostess.  The show features original songs drawn from the life and work of famous anti-fascist writers and artists Natalia and Leone Ginzburg, Italian Jewish liturgy, the oldest and most remote in Europe, anti-fascist songs, Italian work songs, and anthems.  Monday, March 30, 7:00 p.m. in the Old Main Theater on the CU campus.  For more information, contact Steve Glickman ([email protected]) or Meghan Zibby ([email protected]) at 303-492-7143.   

 

Ziva Moyal presents "The Path of Inner Consciousness in Our Life." Mondays, 6:30-8pm starting on March 30. This ongoing study group will focus on the book, The Path of the Just by Rabbi Moshe Chayyim Luzzatto. To register and for more information, call Ziva Moyal at 720-465-9030.

 

Fairview Leads for Change is hosting a fundraiser for Daughters for Life Foundation at 7:00PM on Friday, April 10th at the First United Methodist Church in Boulder. We are working to bring together Christian, Muslim, and Jewish communities (and of course the general public) in shared belief that "lasting peace in the Middle East depends on empowering girls and young women through education to develop strong voices for the betterment of life throughout the Middle East."

    

Jewish National Fund invites you to the Annual Breakfast on Friday, April 17, 2015 at Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum with special guest speaker Ron Dermer, Israeli Ambassador to the US. Click here for more information and to register. 

 

Flatirons Habitat for Humanity's Upcoming Interfaith Build Day: Friday, April 17. No construction experience necessary! These will be hands-on days of making a difference for a family whose home was lost in the 2013 Flood by rebuilding their house, and of building bridges of friendship between people of various faith traditions. (And please share this with others!)

For more information and to sign up, please contact Catherine: 

[email protected]303-447-3787, Ext. 230.

 

The Boulder JCC is hosting several Parenting Groups, including groups for parents of children with special needs, and an adoption group. Click here for more information.

 

Boulder Jewish Family Service is looking for compassionate, sensitive people to establish relationships with older adults. Visits can take place during the week or on weekends. We ask for a commitment of one or two hours a week, for a minimum of six months. Currently, we have people in Boulder, Louisville and Lafayette, who are waiting for such wonderful volunteers! www.jewishfamilyservice.org to complete an online application Ingrid Swords [email protected] 303-415-1025.

Jewish Together - Boulder, a collaboration between 30 Jewish organizations and synagogues in Boulder, including Har HaShem, has just launched two new life cycle compilation guides. One guide is for b'nai mitzvah resources in Boulder including tips on planning an environmentally responsible event, venues and a bit of learning. Our teen resource guide focuses on local opportunities to connect with other Jewish teens, national and international Jewish programs of interest, and information on local camps. If you have a pre-teen or teenager at home, these guides are for you!

 

JEWISHcolorado is pleased to initiate a three-year pilot project to bring PJ Library back to the greater Denver/Boulder community. PJ Library mails free, high-quality Jewish children's literature and music to families across the continent on a monthly basis. There is funding for 1,500 families in the Boulder/Denver area for families with children ages 6 months to 5.5 years, so please register ASAP. A waiting list will be created for additional families.

Visit MazelTot at www.mazeltot.org to sign up for discounts on Jewish programming for families with kids under age 5. Find Congregation Har HaShem listed on the MazelTot organization page for a list of activities you can apply your Mazeltot discounts.
Interested in Joining?
Contact Gary Fifer at [email protected]

Main Office: 303-499-7077